Smoking Gun Interactive, a Keywords Studio, is an industry-leading game development studio founded in 2007 by award-winning industry veterans. SGI is fearless in creating IP and boldly partners with renowned brands to develop a wide range of world-class, immersive titles and interactive experiences that resonate with strategy gamers worldwide and entertain millions of casual players every day. As a Lead Programmer at Smoking Gun Interactive (SGI), you’re a talented and driven person who enjoys working on great projects.

You have experience in a variety of areas of game development and are able and willing to work on any area of game programming needed, with a focus on full-stack development experience. You’re experienced in mentoring and training programmers and are responsible for the oversight and management of a team of programmers. Whilst this position is being offered on a remote basis, we are only able to consider applicants who are currently located in BC, and ideally within the greater Vancouver area Collaborate with the Technical Director to establish a unified technology vision for the project including writing and reviewing technical design documents

- Produce high-quality, productive, clean, and modular code
- Research, evaluate and synthesize technical information to design, develop and test computer-based systems
- Develop data, process and network models to optimize architecture and to evaluate the performance and reliability of designs
- Plan, design and co-ordinate the development, integration and operation of computer-based systems
- Assess, test, troubleshoot, document, upgrade and develop maintenance procedures for applications software
- Lead and co-ordinate teams in the development of software and integrated information systems, process control software and other embedded software control systems




- Provide mentorship and training for programmers to create an atmosphere of cooperation and learning
- Provide and accept feedback on all aspects of code quality (performance, readability, testability, design)
- Demonstrate forward thinking in regards to what impact design and implementation decisions will have on the overall project during each phase of development
- Work with Production in the creation and risk-management of project milestone goals and schedules; 5+ years’ experience as a programmer in the game industry and or related field; ~ A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent; ~ Passion for playing and creating innovative games – you consider yourself a gamer; ~ Shipped at least one game as a senior or lead programmer; ~ Expert working knowledge of C++ and C#, Standard Library and Object Oriented Design; ~ Strong understanding of general and 3D math, statistics and probability; ~ Excellent problem-solving abilities, proven ability to tackle hard problems in creative ways; ~ Contributed to planning product releases alongside production or project management; ~ Mentored multiple programmers in both coding capabilities and forwarding their career. Any of the following languages, Java, Lua, HLSL/Cg shaders
- Mobile: iOS, Android
- Test Driven Development
- Unit testing and TDD for server development
- C# server environments, AWS, Azure, GCP; 10 days vacation leave ~5 paid days personal leave ~Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment ~ Dependent Life Insurance ~ Long Term Disability (LTD) ~ Dental Care ~ Training & Development Salary Range: 110,000 to 140,000 CAD Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

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PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY Area of Work: Game Development Employment Type: Full Time Remote #

📌 Lead Programmer - C++ / C# (Quebec City)
🏢 Smoking Gun Interactive
📍 Quebec City