Hey, everyone!
Our game studio DigiTales Interactive (creators of
Lacuna) is looking to grow from 4 to 6 people, starting with our next adventure game project early next year. We look forward to your applications!
Please note that the 'contract work' flair isn't perfectly accurate. This is a regular employment, but part-time.Working at DigiTalesWe do our best to make DigiTales a good place for everyone here. Jobs are varied and creative, and everyone has their own responsibilities. We sometimes play and/or party together, but we respect each other's boundaries. (We're not 'family', your family's your family!) Work hours are flexible. We managed to make our first game crunch-free and release it on time, let's make that a trend. We offer many office amenities including two adorable pugs, a shared floor with some other cool indie devs (but our own office), and home office every Wednesday. Also, Saarbrücken is great! It's a vibrant, young, friendly, and relatively cheap city to live in. If you need to move, we'll help you find a place. We look forward to hearing from you!No matter which position you are interested in, it's a plus if any of the following applies to you. If you do not check some or even most of the boxes for a position (except for legal requirements) but feel like you are right for the job, please apply regardless! Your skills and personality are more important anyway.
- Able to speak, read and write English and/or German more or less fluently.
- Interest in video games, particularly adventures.
- Not (too) allergic to dogs since our QA department consists of two pugs.
- Prior employment, experience, or interest in game dev, including different disciplines.
- If you have a portfolio, work sample, or prior shipped project(s) to show off, that's the most interesting stuff you can send us! (Please avoid sending huge files via e-mail, though.)
- We value a diversity of opinions and positions as much as any other type of diversity. However, some 'opinions' are dumb and wrong, and bigots don't have a place at DigiTales.
- Please send your application exclusively to [email protected].
Programmer (working student) positionYou must be eligible to work as a Werkstudent:
- Enrolled at a university full-time. Not doing a work-study program (duales Studium) and not currently taking a holiday semester (Urlaubssemester).
- Must be below semester 25, actually below 22 since the job spans at least three semesters.
- You may study in Germany or abroad, but must be able to live and work on-site in Saarbrücken, Germany during your employment at DigiTales.
Important:
- At least intermediate coding skills, proficient in an object-oriented programming language (preferably in C#)
- You made or are willing to make a habit of writing readable and maintainable code with testability in mind.
- You know the value of refactoring.
- You are comfortable with the idea of pair programming and developing features together
- You are not afraid to learn and adapt.
Nice to have:
- Prior experience with Unity and/or other game dev tools.
- Basic knowledge of software design patterns
- Familiar with the divide between traditional OOP and the coding style Unity affords.
- Experience with NUnit or similar testing frameworks.
- Experience with Visual Studio or JetBrains Rider.
- Experience with Git.
Job details:
- Work on-site in Saarbrücken, Germany. No remote option, sorry!
- Part-time position (20h) starting February 1st, 2022.
- Core hours from 11-ish to 3-ish.
- Position limited to 18 months, but may lead to long-term employment.
- Salary: €14 per hour (meaning about €1.200-1.300 per month)