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Junior Porting Programmer

Serenity Forge
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Serenity Forge is a video game development and publishing company based out of Boulder, Colorado, USA. We believe that video games can become a vital part of art, culture, and education. Ultimately, we are in the business of creating meaningful experiences and expanding peoples' horizons. 

 

We are looking for a programmer with strong Unity and C# fundamentals to take on porting projects across a variety of development teams, both internal and external to Serenity Forge. While you do not have to have console porting experience, you must be willing to work independently and diligently to ensure that projects run smoothly on both a technical level and in compliance with many of the consoles’ certification requirements. You will be working alongside the Porting Programmer.

 

Due to the nature of the role’s involvement with development kits, we are looking for someone who can join us at our office in Broomfield, Colorado.

 

Role Responsibilities

  • Port titles to major consoles(PS5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2) and/or mobile platforms (iOS, Android) alongside partner developers, external porting staff, and QA staff
  • Co-developing console-specific features such as trophies, haptics, touch-screen capabilities, adaptive triggers, etc.
  • Increase internal efficiency of porting processes through proactive development of internal porting tools
  • Coordinate with both internal and external development teams to ensure that potential console roadblocks are addressed as early as possible
  • Independently and accurately discover resources and tools throughout the PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, App Store, and Google Play developer ecosystems in order to learn and execute platform requirements while porting

 

Required Skills and Experience

  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills
  • Ability to self-motivate and discover console documentation and tools independently
  • Strong background in programming

 

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Prior professional experience in porting commercially released Unity games to PS5, Xbox Series, and/or Nintendo Switch
  • Shipped at least one commercially developed games that were released on a console