To be a part of Virtuos means to be a creator and aim at excellence.

At Virtuos, we harness the latest technologies to make video games better and more immersive than ever before. That is why we pride ourselves in constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility since our founding in 2004.

With over 3,500 staff in 22 studios around the world, Virtuos is one of the largest independent game developers. Since 2004, Virtuos has contributed to hundreds of games on all major platforms. Our track record is full of achievements. Virtuos has worked with 18 of the top 20 game companies worldwide (2K, Activision-Blizzard, Bandai-Namco, EA, Microsoft, Square Enix, Sony, Ubisoft, Warner Bros...) by contributing to many of their largest AAA, New-Gen titles as well as shipping over 10 co developed titles each year in recent years.

Virtuos Group contributed to creation of such games as Batman - Return to Arkham, Assassin's Creed Liberation Remastered, Marvel's Avengers, The Last of Us Part II, Horizon Forbidden West, Marvel Midnight Suns, NFS Unbound, Callisto Protocol...

Our French studios are located in Paris, Lyon and Montpellier - join us to make games better, together.
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Avec plus de 3 500 employés et 22 studios à travers le monde, Virtuos est l'un des plus gros développeurs indépendants au monde.
Depuis nos débuts en 2004, 18 des plus grands acteurs de l'industrie (2K, Activision-Blizzard, Bandai-Namco, EA, Microsoft, Square Enix, Sony, Ubisoft, Warner Bros...) nous ont fait confiance pour réaliser des assets graphiques, des niveaux, des quêtes, des DLC complets, des adaptations ou des missions d'engineering.

Nos équipes multiculturelles et cosmopolites ont régulièrement l'opportunité d'oeuvrer sur des jeux vidéo populaires tels que Batman - Return to Arkham, Assassin's Creed Liberation Remastered, Marvel's Avengers, The Last of Us Part II, Horizon Forbidden West, Marvel Midnight Suns, NFS Unbound, Callisto Protocol...

Nous recherchons des talents passionnés pour rallier les équipes de nos studios français à Paris, Lyon et Montpellier.

With over 3,000 staff in 16 studios around the world, Virtuos is one of the largest and most recognized game developers. Since 2004, Virtuos has contributed to hundreds of games on all major platforms. Our track record is full of achievements. Virtuos has worked with 18 of the top 20 game companies worldwide (Square Enix, Warner Bros., 2K, Ubisoft, EA, Activision, Sony, Microsoft...) by contributing to many of their largest AAA, New-Gen titles as well as shipping over 10 co developed titles each year in recent years. Virtuos aims at being the Number One game development partner by providing the best games and art to developers and publishers worldwide.

For our studio located in Montpellier, working on high expertise level projects (engineering, rendering), we are looking for a Lead Tool Programmer passionate about programming, eager to train and lead a small team of programmers to deliver high tech projects.

Customer satisfaction, external or internal, is an important part of your motivation as well as working with international teams from other Virtuos studios (Lyon, Paris, Dublin, Shanghai, Chengdu, Singapore). You are eager to achieve technical challenges and get your team grow in many areas of expertise, focusing on tool programming, and possibly network programming for video games.

You report to the Studio technical director and will be responsible for a small team of tool programmers.

With your team, you work on :

• the goals definition using Agile methodology
  
• the creation or improvement of tools for the production of video games.
  

You will be responsible for the recruitment, training and career development of your team.

You will assess the risks and propose mitigation together with the Technical director.

Must have

• You have at least five years of experience as a C# programmer (WinForms or WPF) or lead tool programmer in the video game industry of which one year as a team lead.
  
• You have worked on at least one video game that has been published.
  
• You have at least a first successful experience using the Agile methodology.
  
• You are comfortable in English, both written and spoken.
  

Nice to have

• An experience developing a AAA game
  
• You are proficient in Unreal Engine (4 or 5) or a proprietary game engine.
  
• A shared development experience across multiple sites
  
• You have a good knowledge of mathematics, especially linear algebra.
  

What we offer :

• Open and collaborative employee culture.
  
• Partial work from home possible.
  
• Overseas work opportunities.
  
• Healthcare plan.
  
• Team buildings and company activities.
  
• Complimentary drinks.
  
• And more...
  

Resume, cover letter, references, web site (if relevant)

To: Recruitment manager