UI Programmer

ArenaNet, creator of the block-buster online RPG Guild Wars, is always on the lookout for accomplished, self-motivated programmers with exceptional skills. Our Client Programming team has an immediate need for a User Interface Programmer who will design, develop, and implement an ambitious, rich GUI in support of client-side applications for our award-winning game. Qualified candidates should be capable of taking on significant projects and completing them independently, designing and creating new technology, and working with a small team.

Requirements:

• Extremely fluent in C/C++
• Fanatical about writing optimized, scalable code
• Experience working on a team
• Ability to develop clean abstractions and interfaces
• Proven ability to finish projects
• A passion for games
• An ability to work with all types of development staff
• Experience playing Guild Wars is a +

If you feel you meet our needs, send your resume and code samples in C/C++ that demonstrate your ability to engineer practical solutions to difficult problems. We prefer to see code in such areas as graphics, path finding or other difficult problems. We generally look for at least 2500 lines of code in at least two different subject areas. We encourage you to send code that will show your best work, and would suggest avoiding linked-list implementations, matrix transformations, lightweight DirectX "wrappers", and the like, as those samples tend not to give a clear idea of your abilities.

If you have collaborated with other programmers on the code, please give us a clear indication regarding which parts you've written.

Finally, please do not submit executables, make-files or data files. Code samples will be held in the strictest confidence and used solely for the purpose of evaluating your abilities.

Send your resume and code samples to:

jobs@arena.net
227 Bellevue Way NE #75
Bellevue, WA 98004