Pipeline Engineer
Work with our client, an international AAA Studio, to help design and implement solutions.
Our Mission
Radical Forge is a Middlesbrough, UK-based developer that has provided co-development services on a range of AAA and indie titles. In 2021, the company created its first original IP, 'Brightpaw', which Rogue Games published on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series S/X, Google, and iOS. The studio is currently working on the much-anticipated silly, physics-based, sandbox farming game, 'Southfield'.
Since its beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to over 60 incredibly talented, collaborative, and creative individuals. We are the sum of our skills, passion, and, most of all, our people. We firmly believe that treating individuals with genuine respect, understanding, and kindness creates a welcoming culture that allows creativity to thrive and for individuals to join together to create games they are genuinely proud of.
Your Mission
- Design and implement solutions that provide both production and runtime requirements.
- Integrate new technologies into the pipeline.
- Collaborate with developers in surrounding disciplines to build and maintain long lived, architecturally sound graphics and animation pipeline components.
- Provide support and training to co-developers and users.
- Document workflows and advocate best practices.
Ideal Applicant
- Robust programming skills in C++
- Experience working with other languages (Python, C#, AngelScript, etc.)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Experience developing processing tools (ex: geometry, animation, textures)
- Solid math background
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Self-sufficient, with strong time management skills
- Interest/experience in service-based architectures
- Solid understanding of contemporary graphics capabilities and processes
- Familiarity with Qt
- Experience developing plugins for various DCCs (Houdini, Maya, etc.)
- Experience with various formats: FBX, USD, Alembic, Proprietary
- Experience working on MMO or GaaS
- Perforce experience
- We will require all applicants to live in the UK, and have a pre-existing right to work in the UK.
- The role will initially be a 12 month contract with the potential to extend after this.
- Interested in the job but don't feel you match the criteria? If you feel passionate about this role or joining the Radical Forge team we would still like to hear from you! We value our company culture, and we’re always looking for creative individuals from a variety of backgrounds to join our team!
- Department
- Engineering
- Locations
- Middlesbrough
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Number of open roles
- 1
KICK ASS BENEFITS
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Open & Honest
We keep our employees in the loop every quarter about where we are heading as a studio and what's going on behind the scenes.
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Flexible Working
We offer flexible work hours with the option to work from home part-time or always.
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Employee Health Benefits
We offer private healthcare, including a cash plan to help with day-to-day health costs such as dental, optical, physiotherapy, and more.
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First Fridays
Every first Friday of the month, everyone is free to work on group projects, self-directed learning, research games, and share what they've learned.
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Well-being Allowance
Employees are able to claim back up to £50 a month for personal health and well-being costs. This includes gym and sports memberships.
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Fitness Workshops
We regularly have yoga and PT classes for all staff to get involved in. We also run online sessions for remote employees.
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Paid Game Subscription Service
We reimburse our employees for a chosen game subscription service. This can be Switch Online, Xbox Game Pass, Prime Gaming, Apple Arcade or similar.
OUR CULTURE
We offer a safe-haven for your creativity, where you’ll be treated with fairness, respect and honesty. We take that shit really seriously. We’re transparent with all our staff about what we’re doing and where we’re going, and our leadership keep you in the loop.
We’re inclusive too. We’re devotedly LGBTQ+ and POC friendly, and we know the best teams are diverse ones where everyone feels accepted and supported.
Speaking of support, we’ve partnered with the mighty Safe in Our World to continuously educate our understanding of mental health so we can better serve our team. We also have trained mental health first aiders throughout the studio, and provide private healthcare that includes access to therapy and GPs.
Pipeline Engineer
Work with our client, an international AAA Studio, to help design and implement solutions.
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