Lead Developer

COMPANY: Ash Gaming

TITLE: Lead Developer

My role involves:

• Server-side development of games (programming the back-end logic that decides how much player’s win and how often they win).
• Assisting new and current staff with game development (Help with problems, advise ways to do things, check what they need and what they should be doing etc)
• Managing the development team of 7; completing monthly 121 meetings, 6 monthly reviews
• Writing technical specifications for games 
• Working with clients (having meetings about new games as well as client support for old games).

RELATED DEGREE:

BSc Computer Science (with Honours) at Brighton University.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

I did a year’s work experience at Ash Gaming during the year in industry of my degree and then joined full time once I finished studying.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Good maths, logic and problem solving skills as well as technical skills
• Ability to work in a team and get on well with people
• Good communication skills so can get points across as well as listen to what others have to say
• Good written skills and attention to detail
• An interest in computers and ideally some gaming/gambling knowledge
• Enthusiastic and willing to learn new things as technology/requirements change.

BENEFITS OF THE JOB:

Get to work with a talented group of people in an exciting and interesting industry.
Can see games start as just ideas and then develop over time into working demos and then finished games that are live on websites for people to play.

CAREER GOALS:

To continue helping the company and other developers progress and improve as well as delivering better and better games!