Senior Software Engineer (UI) – Speculative Application in London

Founded in 1994, Sports Interactive became a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA Europe in 2006. Based at the Here East technology hub in Stratford, East London, the SI team continues to expand as we bring our titles to an ever-growing audience across an increasing variety of platforms. To support our growth, we welcome the opportunity to connect with passionate people with the drive to match our ambitions and initiative to realise your individual potential.

Position Overview

The UI/UX team are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join the Football Manager team. As part of the UI team, you’ll help shape all aspects of the game’s User Interface across our products. This role involves collaborating closely with production, design, QA, gameplay engineers, core tech engineers and stakeholders to ensure we have quality deliverables which flow through the entire end to end experience of Football Manager. You will work closely with UI engineering leads and production to drive delivery of our feature roadmap, alongside owning aspects of our UI tooling and systems within Unity to improve and automate our existing processes. We expect our senior software engineers to take responsibility for their work, and their own professional development goals, with the objective to continue to develop technical knowledge and enhance their established technical communication skills. We expect senior software engineers to impart good working practices to junior engineers by leading by example and developing their mentoring skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement complex systems.
• Own areas of the codebase with the ability to develop new features from scratch and support current features across all supported platforms.
• Work closely with leads and production to drive new features and set long term roadmap.
• Work across multiple platforms and projects to ensure we deliver the best performance and experience to our customer base.
• Work with more lead engineers and managers to drive initiatives to improve software engineering at SI.
• Develop, extend, improve, and maintain our code base, workflows, documentation and tools.
• Collaborate with other disciplines, including user experience, design, QA and production to contribute to the overall development of our game.
• Managing delegation and assignment and breaking down of technical tasks to junior engineers.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Minimum five years of professional experience with considerable C++ and C# knowledge.
• Professional experience using Unity is essential, with knowledge of Unity UI Toolkit being desired.
• Knowledge of Flexbox and CSS is desired.
• Experience of cross platform game development is important.
• Solid understanding of UI/UX design principles with a passion for user experience.
• Experience working collaboratively with UI/UX designers to develop a range of systems.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and portable code that is performant.
• Self-motivated with a drive to improve yourself and others continuously.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team as well as independently.
• Knowledge of Football Manager is essential.
• Knowledge and interest in football is beneficial.
• Experience of mentoring is beneficial.

Benefits of Working at Sports Interactive:

• Private Healthcare and Dental Plans.
• A range of Gym Membership options through our Benefits partners.
• Travel Insurance for yourself and your family.
• Subsidised mental health, therapy, and coaching sessions are available.
• Access to our on-site physical and massage therapist services.
• Free access to games released under the SEGA Europe umbrella.
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 7% of annual salary).
• Regular events in collaboration with our partnered football clubs.
• Free onsite evening bar in our London HQ.
• A well-stocked breakfast bar with cereals, fruits, teas, and coffees.
• Multiple clubs and societies to join e.g., book club and art workshops.
• Your club’s shirt personalised upon passing probation.
• Trophies & gift cards for length of service milestones.
• Cupcakes delivered on your birthday.

What is it like to work here?

We approach everything with passion, whether that is making our mark on the football industries or doing our bit for the world around us. We want to share that outlook with everyone who shows up to work here each day. For us, talent wins games, but teamwork wins titles. All our roles require a level of Studio attendance to help us collaborate effectively and stay connected as a team. Collaboration is the key to constantly topping our best. Everyone's contribution counts, no matter which part of the business you are in. We encourage and support our people in driving your own growth and realising your full potential. But, more than anything else, we are a team. A team with a down-to-earth dynamic, that has a lot of fun doing what we do. And whether that’s technical tweaks or fine-tuning our creative process, everything is geared at producing the best game possible for our players. To do that, we need to be tenacious and ambitious and not be afraid of switching things up. It is these principles that have enabled us to produce a game that has defined year after year, and that will continue to push us for many more to come.

We’re also a London Living Wage employer and boast one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from any relevant candidate irrespective of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. SI is proudly a Disability Confident Committed employer, and we are dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Our studio has disabled access and facilities but please ensure you advise us if you require any other reasonable adjustments to be made to support you during the recruitment process.

Our Values:

• Keep collaborating: Teamwork wins titles - Here, ideas belong to everyone, whatever department you’re part of. Collaboration lets us score more as a team than we could individually.
• Be flexible: We think fast and adapt faster. The football and entertainment worlds never stand still, so we keep progressing and switching things up to stay ahead.
• Stay Tenacious: We don’t overlook the details. Everything we do is about producing the best game possible, in other words, never settle.
• Show Ambition: Let your drive lead the way - Your individual outlook can give everyone the edge. Make the studio’s purpose personal and let your drive lead the way.
• Bring the Passion: Have fun doing your thing - Don’t be fooled, what we do is not a game. Making our players’ passion come to life is our passion.
• Consider the Bigger Picture: Keep things in perspective - We want our impact to be a positive one. From built-in work/life balance to initiatives covering the most important topics of today, we have what matters in focus. Putting people at the centre of their passions.