UI Engineer

Your passion for writing quality software using strong engineering practices will enable you to develop the world leading user interface of a AAA title. You are enthusiastic about delivering the best possible user experience for all our players, across a variety of platforms, input devices, languages, and preferences., * Work closely with Art and Design teams to implement UI functionality and visuals.

• Maintain and extend UI systems in our custom, proprietary engine.
• Become a key collaborator who can work effectively within a large multi-disciplined team.

You'll work closely with Art and Design teams, so your ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively is vital. You are highly motivated and approachable, with a strong desire to empower developers to realise their vision., * UI engineering experience, with demonstrable work on at least one published title (ideally AAA).

• Strong proficiency in the C++ programming language and object-oriented design principles.
• Experience implementing user interfaces on a range of platforms and input devices.
• Excellent task planning and delivery mindset.
• A genuine passion for video games and engineering.
• An eye for detail.

Playground Games is looking for an experienced UI Engineer to join our Forza Horizon team on a contract basis., As a premier first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and most of all fun. We are looking to expand our diverse team as we continue driving forward our BAFTA award-winning Forza Horizon franchise., This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry's most exciting first-party game studios. Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment. We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.