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.

With over 3,500 staff in 22 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 C++ 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, from engine programming to rendering.

You report to the Studio technical director and will be responsible for a small team of programmers (engine, rendering).

With your team, you work on :

• the goals definition using Agile methodology
  
• the improvement of game engines (Unreal Engine 5 and / or proprietary game engines) on PC and on consoles of the latest generation (Xbox Series, PS5 and Switch),
  
• the improvement or optimization of graphics rendering (DirectX 12 and Vulkan).
  

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 or lead 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 proficient in Unreal Engine (4 or 5) or a proprietary game engine.
  
• You have good knowledge of multithreaded programming, low-level programming and code optimization.
  
• Knowledge of rendering (DirectX 11 and 12, OpenGL, Vulkan, PBR rendering...) .
  
• You have a good knowledge of mathematics, especially linear algebra.
  
• You are comfortable in English, both written and spoken.
  

Nice to have

• An experience developing a AAA game
  
• A shared development experience across multiple sites
  
• Knowledge of C# (WinForms or WPF)
  

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)

A l'attention de : Recruitment manager