Senior Audio Engineer

Our Mission

Radical Forge is a Middlesbrough, UK-based developer that has provided co-development services on a range of AAA and indie titles. In 2021, the company created its first original IP, 'Brightpaw', which Rogue Games published on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series S/X, Google, and iOS. The studio is currently working on the much-anticipated silly, physics-based, sandbox farming game, 'Southfield'.

Since its beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to over 60 incredibly talented, collaborative, and creative individuals. We are the sum of our skills, passion, and, most of all, our people. We firmly believe that treating individuals with genuine respect, understanding, and kindness creates a welcoming culture that allows creativity to thrive and for individuals to join together to create games they are genuinely proud of.

Your Mission

• Architect and implement audio systems and features from the ground up in our new engine
• Refine systems throughout the development cycle of the project
• Collaborate with sound designers, artists, designers and other engineers for feature development
• Code to clearly defined performance and memory usage specs

Ideal Applicant

• Familiarity with Wwise audio middleware
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Robust programming skills/experience in C++
• Solid architecture, system design, and analytical skills
• Self-motivated and energetic team player with a strong work ethic and cooperative attitude
• Experience with multi-threaded programming
• Excellent math skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to write clear, maintainable, portable code
• Strong debugging skills
• Experience developing for multiple platforms (Windows, PS4, Xbox One)

This role is fully remote.

The role will initially be a 12 month contract with the potential to extend after this.

Interested in the job but don't feel you match the criteria? If you feel passionate about this role or joining the Radical Forge team we would still like to hear from you! We value our company culture, and we’re always looking for creative individuals from a variety of backgrounds to join our team!