Digital Lode

C++ Generalist

Us:

Digital Lode is an immersive media company located in the Docklands Cotton Mills, Footscray. We are a team of VR evangelists working on a variety of real time-rendered VR projects for all platforms, with a focus on standalone consumer VR.

Digital Lode’s primary focus is our original "Espire VR” franchise. Espire 1: VR Operative released in November 2019 and is a single player VR experience with a focus on stealth, espionage and action. It’s a consistent top seller on the Oculus Quest storefront, and we want to take that success to the next level.

We are expanding our team and have a position open for a C++ Generalist. We are looking for someone with a keen interest in gaming and VR to join our team.

You:

You’re great at C++ programming and can write code that is clean and optimised. Multiple years of experience working as a C++ programmer. You might be looking to get into gaming, or already in the game dev industry and looking to shake things up. A passion for VR and a general awareness of trends in the video games industry would be a plus.

What you’ll be doing:

Creating coding solutions that are well optimized and platform-agnostic. You’ll be refining existing code as well as creating new code within our UE4 project, building with C++ and extending with Blueprint in Unreal Engine. You’ll also have the opportunity to use Unreal Engine alongside C++, as well as troubleshooting, problem-solving and even some game designing.

To Apply:

Email us at jobs@espirevr.com with [C++ Generalist] as the subject heading.
Please include a cover letter, your CV and link to an up-to-date folio with examples of your work.
Please note: we do require applicants to have the appropriate rights to work in Australia, and only successful candidates will be contacted.

AI Programmer - Unreal Engine 4

Us:

Digital Lode is an immersive media company located in the Docklands Cotton Mills, Footscray. We are a team of VR evangelists working on a variety of real time-rendered VR projects for all platforms, with a focus on standalone consumer VR.

Digital Lode’s primary focus is our original "Espire VR” franchise. Espire 1: VR Operative released in November 2019 and is a single player VR experience with a focus on stealth, espionage and action. It’s a consistent top seller on the Oculus Quest storefront, and we want to take that success to the next level.

We are expanding our team and have a position open for an AI Programmer. We are looking for someone with a keen interest in Stealth AI to take ownership of the AI programming, and create a system to put us in the big leagues of stealth action games.

You:

Using Unreal or Unity, you’ve spent several years crafting consistent and believable AI enemies in games from lowly cannon fodder to dastardly world bosses. You’re a great problem solver, great coder, and understand that games are a team endeavour and are happy to collaborate and share ideas, solutions and code with other team members.

What you’ll be doing:

Creating coding solutions that are well optimized and platform-agnostic, building our new AI system in UE4 using our existing implementation as a base. You’ll be refining existing enemy classes, building new enemy classes, and crafting compelling boss AI for single and multiplayer missions.

To Apply:

Email us at jobs@espirevr.com with [AI Programmer] as the subject heading.
Include a cover letter, your CV and link to an up-to-date folio with examples of your work.
Please note: we do require applicants to have the appropriate rights to work in Australia, and only successful candidates will be contacted.

Multiplayer Specialist - Unreal Engine 4

Us:

Digital Lode is an immersive media company located in the Docklands Cotton Mills, Footscray. We are a team of VR evangelists working on a variety of real time-rendered VR projects for all platforms, with a focus on standalone consumer VR.

Digital Lode’s primary focus is our original "Espire VR” franchise. Espire 1: VR Operative released in November 2019 and is a single player VR experience with a focus on stealth, espionage and action. It’s a consistent top seller on the Oculus Quest storefront, and we want to take that success to the next level.

We are expanding our team and are looking for a Multiplayer Specialist to join our company. We have grand plans for our Espire stealth franchise and are looking for someone to join the team to help achieve our vision of a sequel that extends the success of our first game and opens it up to a wider audience.

You:

You have several years in game development and have worked on multiplayer systems using a major game development engine such as Unreal or Unity. Your code is well written, well commented, and well optimised so that it works on multiple platforms. Beyond code, you understand how gameplay systems interact and change where players can help or hinder one another, and work with the designers to give players the best experience possible in VR.

What you’ll be doing:

Creating coding solutions that are well optimized and platform-agnostic, programming for multiplayer gameplay mechanics, building with C++ and extending with Blueprint in Unreal Engine, working with replication and solving network gremlins.

To Apply:

Email us at jobs@espirevr.com with [Multiplayer Programmer] as the subject heading.
Include a cover letter, your CV and link to an up-to-date folio with examples of your work.
Please note: we do require applicants to have the appropriate rights to work in Australia, and only successful candidates will be contacted.

Title:

Stealth game AI Programmer- Senior / Mid Level

Description:

Digital Lode is an immersive media company located in the Docklands Cotton Mills, Footscray. We are a team of VR evangelists working on a variety of real time-rendered VR projects for all platforms, with a focus on standalone consumer VR.

Digital Lode’s primary focus is our original "Espire VR” franchise. Espire 1: VR Operative released in November 2019 and is a single player VR experience with a focus on stealth, espionage and action. It’s a consistent top seller on the Oculus Quest storefront, and we want to take that success to the next level.

We are expanding our team and have a position open for an AI Programmer in a contract or full-time capacity. We are looking for someone with a keen interest in Stealth AI in a Virtual Reality context, who will join our company to take ownership of the AI programming, and create a system to put us in the big leagues of stealth action games.

Responsibilities:

- Work with the team to refine the AI system design
- Build a new AI system in UE4 using our existing implementation as a base
- Refine existing enemy classes (soldiers, flying drones, hostages, stationary threats)
- Build new enemy classes
- Create compelling boss AI
- Optimize AI system for the target hardware (Standalone VR)
- Work with the team to maintain and extend the AI system throughout production
- Generalist game programming and level scripting tasks

Requirements:

- Expert knowledge of and demonstrated experience with game AI
- 2+ year’s experience in a production environment
- Ability to work within the strict performance constraints of Standalone VR
- Ability to create functionality while working within (and improving) existing game systems
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work to deadlines
- Have a proactive and problem solving attitude
- Ability to self manage, prioritise and work to deadlines
- Work well within a team environment
- Ability to work remotely off-site (Covid 19)

Preference to applicants:

- With UE4 production experience
- With prior experience working with stealth game AI
- Who are Australian Citizens (or have relevant working visas) with the ability to work onsite in a covid-normal world (our studio is in Footscray’s “Docklands Cotton Mills” - Melbourne Australia)
- Prior VR, Android or multi-platform development experience
- Perforce and JIRA Experience

Title:

UE4 Programmer - Senior / Mid Level

Description:

Digital Lode is an immersive media company located in the Docklands Cotton Mills, Footscray. We are a team of VR evangelists working on a variety of real time-rendered VR projects for all platforms, with a focus on standalone consumer VR.

Digital Lode’s primary focus is our original "Espire VR” franchise. Espire 1: VR Operative released in November 2019 and is a single player VR experience with a focus on stealth, espionage and action. It’s a consistent top seller on the Oculus Quest storefront, and we want to take that success to the next level.

We are expanding our team and are looking for a multiplayer and refactor evangelist to join our company. We have grand plans for our Espire stealth franchise, and are looking for someone to join the team to own our porting process and support our multiplayer endeavours.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the team on our VR projects, creating coding solutions that are well optimized and platform-agnostic
• Refactor existing codebase (Blueprint to C++) for multiplayer and performance
• Gameplay programming for interactable items, gameplay mechanics, etc; building with C++, extending with Blueprint
• Working with UMG (3D widgets, menu system implementation)
• General level scripting tasks
• Adding support for various VR headsets, controller interfaces, peripherals
• Platform feature integration (online leaderboards, achievements, etc)

Requirements:

• 2+ year’s UE4 experience in a production environment (C++, Blueprint)
• Prior experience with multiplayer in UE4
• Ability to write well optimized code, critical for multi-platform and VR performance targets
• Ability to create functionality while working within (and improving) existing gameplay systems
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work to tight deadlines
• Have a proactive and problem solving attitude
• Ability to self manage, prioritise and work to deadlines
• Work well within a team environment
• Ability to work onsite when the world returns to Covid-Normal (studio is in Footscray’s “Docklands Cotton Mills”)
• Ability to work off-site (Covid 19)

Preference to applicants with:

• Prior VR, android or multi-platform development experience
• Experience building, packaging, multi-device deployment & automation
• Perforce and JIRA Experience

To Apply:

Email us at jobs@espirevr.com with [UE4Programmer] as the subject heading.
Include your CV and link to an up-to-date folio with examples of your work. Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted.

Digital Lode is an immersive media company located in Melbourne, Australia. We are VR evangelists; dedicated to creating real-time rendered, interactive, immersive experiences. We are currently evolving our original IP, "Espire 1: VR Operative"​ - a single player Virtual Reality experience with a focus on stealth, espionage and action.

Digital Lode provides a fun, open, inclusive and supportive environment to work in, along with cool perks like access to the latest VR games, headsets, and accessories to play and experiment with.

We’re expanding, so we’re now on the lookout for a Junior Quality Assurance professional to join our team, initially on a contract basis. We’re looking for someone with patience along with great attention to detail, who loves stealth games, VR, and the possibilities VR brings.

Responsibilities:
As a Junior QA with Digital Lode, you will be testing our projects in VR, using a variety of platforms and headsets. You will be writing up bugs in JIRA, and providing feedback to our developers both in terms of technical and gameplay issues.
Requirements:
• Prior experience in a game or software development environment.
• Great attention to detail.
• Great communication skills both verbal and written.
• Patience to test builds in various states of development.
• Knowledge of the VR landscape.

Nice to have:
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance best practices.
• Knowledge of JIRA, Perforce, Unreal Engine
• A VR headset, or a PC capable of running the latest VR hardware.
• Skills with dealing with the public via social media.

Note: This position has now been filled. Thanks to Tsumea and those that applied!
Digital Lode is an immersive media company located in the Docklands Cotton Mills, Footscray. We are a team of VR evangelists working on a variety of realtime-rendered VR projects for standalone and desktop VR systems. Digital Lode contracts for other game developers, creates VR experiences for clients in a variety of industries, and develops original IP. Our first title, "Espire 1: VR Operative"​ was released in November 2019. Espire is a single player VR experience with a focus on stealth, espionage and action. We are now expanding our team with contract, part and full-time roles!

We have a position opening for a Project Manager in a full-time capacity. Responsibilities are listed below.

Responsibilities:

Team Management:
- Manage task allocation and workload of team across multiple active projects
- Drive team engagement and moral
Manage Development Cycle:
- Ensure milestones are met
- Drive escalation process
Jira Management
- Start/End development sprints
- Manage deliverables for each sprint
- Manage Fix Versions
- Create changelists and reports for game builds
- Log and assign bugs/tasks from QA testing
- Manage tasks to avoid duplicate listings, link related bugs/tasks etc.
- Work with team members to estimate task duration
- Work with management to scope future sprints
Standups:
- Run daily standups with team, update JIRA as appropriate

Requirements:
- 2 years’ experience in a management/lead position of a games or software development team
- Experience with Jira or similar project management software
- Outstanding communication, documentation and presentation skills
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work to tight deadlines
- Have a proactive and problem solving attitude
- Ability to self manage, prioritise and work to deadlines
- Work well within a team environment
- Ability to initially work remotely and then eventually onsite - our studio is in Footscray’s “Docklands Cotton Mills”). Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the entire team is currently working remotely

Preference to applicants with:
- A portfolio that includes at least 2 published game or software projects.
- Prior VR, android or multi-platform development experience.
- Experience using Unreal Engine

To Apply:
Email us at jobs{at}espirevr{dot}com with [ProjectManager] as the subject heading.
Include your CV and cover letter and links to any published games or software projects you have worked on. Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted.
Note: This position has now been filled. Thanks to Tsumea and those that applied!