Senior Programmer - C++
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 6, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 17, 2026.
Company Description
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.
Job Overview:
As a Senior 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.
*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
Requirements
In this role, you will:
- Collaborate with the Lead Programmer & Technical Director to establish a unified technology vision for the project including writing and reviewing technical design documents;
- Produce high-quality, efficient, clean, and modular code;
- Show proactivity in identifying tasks/problems that need tackling, outside of known scheduled work, from refactoring to bug fixing;
- 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).
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- 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;
- A natural affinity for being strongly self-motivated and an independent worker;
- Expert working knowledge of C++ (C# is a nice to have), 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;
- Excellent Oral and written communication skills;
- A positive attitude with a desire to work within a team environment towards a common goal;
- Impressive ability to estimate work load and execute on the work in the time estimated.
It would also be great if you had experience with:
- Any of the following languages, Java, Lua, HLSL/Cg shaders;
- Mobile: iOS, Android;
- Test Driven Development;
- Visual Studio, Perforce;
- Unit testing and TDD for server development;
- C# server environments, AWS, Azure, GCP;
- Running a live server environment and supporting operations.
Benefits
- 10 days vacation leave
- 5 paid days personal leave
- 7 paid sick days
- Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Dependent Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability (LTD)
- Extended Healthcare Benefit
- Dental Care
- Hybrid working
- Training & Development
Salary Range: 90,000 to 120,000 CAD
Smoking Gun Interactive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.
Keywords Studios is dedicated to following a well-established Equal Opportunities Policy. We endeavor to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees.
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Role Information: EN
Studio: Smoking Gun
Location: Americas, Canada, Vancouver
Area of Work: Game Development
Service: Create
Employment Type: Full Time
Working Pattern: Remote