Avec plus de 3 800 employés et 23 studios à travers le globe, Virtuos est l'un des plus gros développeurs indépendants au monde.
Depuis 2004, les plus grands acteurs de l'industrie (2K, Activision-Blizzard, Bandai-Namco, EA, Microsoft, Square Enix, Sony, Ubisoft, Warner Bros...) nous font confiance pour co-développer 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 les franchises les plus populaires telles que Assassin's Creed, Beyond Good & Evil, Call of Duty, DC Comics, Dune, Horizon, Marvel, Need for Speed, The Last of Us, Tomb Raider A ce jour, nous avons livré des contenus haut de gamme pour plus de 1500 projets différents.

Virtuos est certifié "Great Place to Work" et figure parmi le top 3 des meilleurs employeurs IT selon le classement Pro-Conso publié dans 01net. La France compte 250 Virtuosi rassemblés dans trois studios : le premier à Cergy en région parisienne, le second au coeur de Lyon et le dernier en date à Montpellier.

Le studio de Cergy est implanté dans un écrin de verdure (Parc Saint-Christophe de Cergy) avec restaurant d'entreprise et salle de sport pour les plus actifs. Au coeur de la capitale des Gaules, le studio de Lyon se situe entre l'Hôtel-Dieu et la Place Bellecour. Le studio est facile d'accès en transports en commun, et n'est qu'à quelques encablures des typique bouchons lyonnais, bars, cafés, boutiques, espace piéton et autres réjouissances du centre-ville. L'équipe de Montpellier bénéficie du cadre idyllique du Sud de la France, le studio n'étant qu'à 20' en voiture de la nature et des plages méditerranéennes, tout en gardant la praticité de la proximité du centre-ville (10' en vélo).

Tous nos studios disposent :
- d'un espace détente avec une sélection de jeux et consoles dernière génération afin de jouer aux dernières sorties entre collègues pendant les pauses, soirées ou pour en profiter à la maison.
- d'une cuisine avec en libre-service boissons chaudes, sodas et fruits de saison pour satisfaire la gourmandise de chacun.

About Game Source Paris
Our French studio located in Cergy is specialized in co-development on Xbox, PlayStation and PC platforms, and contributed to Batman - Return to Arkham (2016), L.A. Noire : The V.R. Case Files (2017), Vampyr (2018), Assassin's Creed Liberation Remastered (2019), The Outer Worlds (2019), Marvel's Avengers (2020), Horizon Zero Dawn : Complete Edition (2020) and Medal of Honor : Above and Beyond (2021).

About the position
For our ongoing and unannounced projects, we are looking for a versatile Lead Developer motivated by various missions around Gameplay, Animation, Graphics and Tool fields, on large-scale game development projects for PC, Xbox Series and PlayStation 5, in order to establish guidance and architecture for our team of talented developers.

Main responsibilities

• Make the team execute the development strategy defined in cooperation with the Technical Director ;
  
• Organize tasks among developers and support them to establish the fairest estimates ;
  
• Commit the team to meeting all objectives according to producer's goals ;
  
• Guide daily the team on the best choice to proceed in order to maximize the production safety ;
  
• Coach your team members on their skills by sharing knowledge and mentoring the junior ones ;
  
• Make sure the working processes are applied in a compliant way ;
  
• Efficiently communicate messages to and from upper management ;
  
• When needed, be part of the development, especially to implement the most critical features ;
  
• Collaborate with other development, art or production teams, whatever local or remote ;
  
• Make propositions to improve existing functionalities, for the sake of the final quality of the game ;
  
• Make sure the provided work result fit the expected quality and is delivered on time ;
  
• When necessary, write or make write tech documents explaining the developed or studied systems ;
  
• Make sure the developer team deliver a clean, clearly commented and structured code, in respect of the suitable conditions of performance and reliability ;
  
• Report to the referent Technical Director and provide with all the necessary information.
  

Must have qualifications

• Minimum experience of 3 years in game programming or any equivalent in multimedia or 3D industry ;
  
• Proficient in C++ and object-oriented programming ;
  
• Demonstrated expertise in software engineering ;
  
• Familiar with modern game engine architectures ;
  
• Excellent understanding of the code impact on performance and memory utilization ;
  
• Autonomous, efficient and proactive attitude ;
  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, French and English both written and spoken ;
  

Nice to have qualifications

• Familiar with Unreal Engine 5 as well as its various features and API ;
  
• Has shipped one console or PC title at least ;
  
• Comfortable in optimization field ;
  
• Experience in Gameplay, Animation, Graphics or Tool development fields ;
  

Position
Permanent contract located at Cergy, France. Partial work from home possible.

What we offer

• Open and collaborative employee culture ;
  
• Team buildings and company activities ;
  
• Healthcare plan ;
  
• Work from home possible ;
  
• Oversee work opportunities ;
  
• Located in a green campus near RER ;
  
• Meal allowance ;
  
• Videogames and board-games library ;
  
• Complimentary drinks ;
  
• And more...
  

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

A l'attention de : Talent Acquisition Specialist