Niantic is looking to solve the business and technical problem of developing and enhancing engaging client features for Pokémon GO, a popular mobile game. This involves creating new experiences, improving existing ones, and ensuring a responsive and engaging player experience through close collaboration between client and server engineers.
Requirements
- You can work in multiple programming languages; C-Sharp for Unity, Java in Android, Obj-C in iOS, C/C++ mobile native.
- You have published at least one mobile app to the app store (iOS or Google).
- You have experience working with a ‘AAA’ game engines (Unreal, Unity, Lumberyard, Frostbite, etc.) or proprietary game engine
- You have work experience with Unity on mobile devices in Android and iOS.
- You have 3D game engine experience, particularly in Unity3D.
- Experience in optimization, systems architecture, profiling, tooling, and reporting.
- You are experienced with profiling and optimization for mobile.
Responsibilities
- Build engaging features on the Unity game client.
- Debug sophisticated projects built on Unity.
- Perform load and performance testing, participate in code reviews, write unit tests, and conduct troubleshooting to ensure uptime for live systems.
- Work together with Game Designers to design and develop game features for Pokémon GO
- Work closely with Pokémon GO server engineers to ensure solutions are high quality and scalable.
- Ensure the Niantic engineering organization constantly improves its development best practices
- Mentor junior client engineers on technical solutions.
Other
- Required in-office 2 days/week (Wednesday, Thursday).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
- Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including synchronous interactions with others.
- Operate directly with studio engineering managers and partner platform teams.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.
