Senior Programmer (Unreal Engine) in Middlesbrough

We’re looking for a Senior Programmer (Unreal Engine) to join our award winning team in Middlesbrough (UK), home to the beautiful North Yorkshire coastline and countryside. As a Senior Programmer (Unreal Engine) at Double Eleven, you'll play a major part in shaping how players experience our games. By building new features, optimising performance and creating core mechanics, you’ll ensure that we continue to create best selling games. In this role, you'll be the guiding force behind our talented team of developers, helping them grow, succeed, and deliver high-quality code. You will work closely with diverse teams across various disciplines, combining your expertise with that of designers, artists, and developers to transform innovative concepts into immersive, interactive experiences that captivate and engage players.

As a global gaming company, we've enabled millions to conquer Minecraft Dungeons, battle in Rust Console Edition and create new adventures in Fallout 76. Recently, we collaborated with Rockstar Games to bring Red Dead Redemption to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as well as partnered with Obsidian Entertainment on Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 and 5. Double Eleven is a place where our people come first. Our 400-person team proudly represents over 30 nationalities. We strive to avoid crunch, we offer flexible working hours to allow you to truly enjoy work/life balance whilst making great games and any overtime is always planned, optional and paid. We can support UK relocation and have both a dedicated People and Operation teams on standby to assist you. On this occasion, we’re unable to sponsor a visa for this role.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, develop, test, and implement robust systems and gameplay code within Unreal Engine.
• Refine and iterate on gameplay features and systems throughout the development cycle to ensure quality and balance.
• Accurately estimate tasks and deliver high-quality, maintainable code on schedule.
• Conduct code reviews to uphold coding standards, identify improvements, and mentor team members.
• Contribute to technical design specifications, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with designers, artists, and publishing teams to deliver the highest possible quality titles.

What we’re looking for

• Excellent knowledge and deep understanding of C++.
• Extensive hands-on experience developing with Unreal Engine in a production environment.
• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise and balance workload effectively.
• Proven ability to write clear, maintainable, debuggable, and performance optimised code.
• Skilled at breaking down complex tasks into structured steps to meet deadlines efficiently.
• Proficient in profiling and optimisation techniques for improving performance across platforms.
• Solid experience with multi-threaded programming.
• Track record of contributing to post-launch product development, updates, and live service support.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively with non-programming team members.

Qualifications

All relevant qualifications considered.

What to expect

• Start your day any time between 8:00am and 10:00am.
• 35 working hours per week with a 1 hour lunch break (with the opportunity to flex down to 30 minutes or up to 2 hours).
• Opportunity to apply for hybrid working (up to 2 days working from home per week).
• 28 days annual leave (20 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday).
• 1 day leave for your birthday and 1 day leave if you’re moving house.
• Up to 10 days discretionary annual leave during our end of year break.
• Potential for annual performance bonus.
• 5 additional days annual leave for 5 years service and a further 5 days annual leave for your 10 years service milestone.
• A brand new, state-of-the-art studio facilities that includes a market hall serving nutritious, subsidised meals, round-the-clock gym access, an auditorium and more.
• Free breakfast options, juice, hot drinks and fruit.
• Employee referral bonus (up to £2000!).
• Electric Car Scheme.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Free game codes, game swag and merchandise.
• Family-friendly leave available.
• Christmas Saving Scheme.
• Free parking.
• Best-in-class tools and workflows so you can focus on creativity.
• Professional development and wellbeing.
• Vitality Private Healthcare, discounts and rewards for you, your spouse and children (upon the successful completion of your 6 month probationary period).
• Access to mental health and wellbeing support via Plumm (includes 4 free video therapy sessions per month for both the employee and up to 3 family members aged 18+), unlimited text therapy, courses, meditations.
• A personalised development plan with dedicated support tailored to your growth and goals.
• Access to an accredited Academy providing professional qualifications (and access to 500 UK discounts and offers via TOTUM when registered as a student).
• A dedicated Workplace Experience team responsible for work environments, workplace and quality of employee life services to help foster collaboration, creativity and innovation.
• In-studio wellbeing programmes and People team support.
• Free activities via our Bus Tours programme (where on occasion, partners and children are welcome to join you).
• Many team events to celebrate team and game milestones.
• Sponsored team activities including football, basketball, book club, movie club and more.
• Opportunity to contribute to our internal Employee Diversity and Equality Network.

Ways to reach us

If you have a general query or if you need support with your application and/or an alternative way to apply, please do not hesitate to contact our Talent team at jobs@double11.com.