Lockwood Publishing Hiring for Software Engineer – Content Job at Nottingham, England Full Time

At Lockwood, our vision is to bring people together through Avakin Life so they can play, share and socialise! Listed as one of Europe’s fastest growing tech companies by the FT for 2020 as well as winning numerous TIGA and other awards several years in a row, our journey’s only just begun. With great benefits including an employee share scheme, we’re a super destination for those who want to work on cutting edge social experiences in an environment that fosters communication and creativity. We’re always looking for talented people – if you are interested in helping us shape Avakin Life’s future, this is a great opportunity.
Lockwood is evolving a living virtual world with over a million daily active users and we are looking for talented and motivated individuals to help us build it. The Live Ops Team creates and maintains the interactive content within Avakin spaces. We are looking for a scripter to help us create new content and shape our scripting tool sets. The ideal candidate would have experience in scripting / modding other games using Lua or similar. Experience in developing with Unity. And experience in visual scripting tools such as Unreal Blueprints or CryEngine FlowGraphs is also a plus.
Responsibilities

• Maintaining existing in-game content;
• Creation of new in-game content as part of a small content team;
• Helping define the scripting API by providing feedback and recommendations.

Requirements

• Experience in scripting at least one game, ideally to the point of releasing the mod to the public;
• Experience with Lua;
• Experience with Unity;

Desirable: Typescript/Javascript (node.js), Experience with visual scripting systems (e.g. Unreal Blueprints, CryEngine FlowGraph or similar), Experience of scripting multiplayer games, Experience in design of games / mods.
Benefits

• Bonus Scheme, Share Option Scheme
• Life Insurance, Healthcare Cash Plan, Income Protection
• Flexible working hours
• Quarterly staff socials
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Flexible 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Bike to Work scheme & other benefits

Lockwood Publishing provides a welcome and safe working space for all employees globally. We do not discriminate on any grounds or characteristics protected by applicable employment law – including race, religion, faith, sex, relationship status, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical condition or disability. We will consider all qualified job- seekers and can provide appropriate accommodation to applicants with disabilities should they need it. If you believe you may require accommodation during the interview process, please do not hesitate to ask.

Job Type: Full-time