Mid Level Engineer

Mid Engineer
Who are we?
StoryToys is a Top-Ten children’s app creator, delivering a suite of apps for children between the ages of 2 and 8. We work with the world’s biggest entertainment IP (Intellectual Property), translating their loved characters to a digital world. We publish worldwide, in 26 languages with monthly active users in the millions. We are based in Dublin, Ireland but work with a large global team.
As a Mid Level Engineer you will be ready to make an impact in game development and in the creation of digital content. Your passion will be in creating and maintaining awesome games as well as learning to have the best and most efficient development experience possible.

In this role, you’ll:
Develop entertaining, educational mobile games using the Unity engine for multiple platforms, following game development best practices. Our games are played by millions of players young and old.
Develop quality implementations that are performant, technically sound, and reusable by other developers.
Produce clean, efficient, and optimized code.
Be part of a cross-disciplinary team that uses an Agile process.
Collaborate with designers and UX/UI to get thorough specs and flesh out the best way to get new ideas into the game (Work through storyboards, wireframes, feature specs etc).
Contribute to estimating user stories and breaking them down into technical tasks.
Write content pipeline tools and editor extensions to streamline production.
Work closely with the Art team to get awesome artwork into the games while being mindful of performance and platform constraints.
Test your own code extensively and work closely with the QA team to resolve bugs and hit sprint goals with a high production quality.
Write technical documentation as necessary to minimize legacy knowledge.

Requirements:
At least 2 years of software development experience.
At least 1 year of experience with Unity.
Minimum of one shipped title.
Excellent C# skills.
Excellent debugging skills.
Great communication skills. While our focus is on product, you will also be capable of writing technical documentation.
Solid understanding of real-time rendering and rendering bottlenecks.
Solid understanding how to write low-latency and low-garbage code in C#.
Fluent in using Git (or Git-like) source control systems.
But most of all. You will LOVE creating video games.

Nice to have:
1+ years of game-dev industry experience.
An understanding of SOLID programming practices.
Familiarity with Automated Build Systems and Continuous Integration.
Familiarity with the App Store and Google Play Submission processes.
An understanding of how kids approach play.