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Careers
Joining Wushu Studios means embarking on a journey where your passion for game development meets unparalleled opportunities for growth. You become part of a passionate team that thrives on innovation and creativity. We're not just shaping games; we're crafting experiences that resonate with players around the world. You'll work alongside industry veterans, rising stars, and emerging talents, where mentorship and collaboration become fundamental to everything you do. Our culture nurtures both independence and teamwork, empowering you to take ownership of your ideas while benefiting from the wisdom and experience of others around you. At Wushu, your professional development and well-being are our priorities, ensuring you have a long and rewarding career.
We’re always on the lookout for talented game developers to join our team. Even if you don’t see a match, we welcome speculative applications and would love to see your latest resume and portfolio, so hit apply!
Benefits
At Wushu Studios, we try to go the extra mile to enrich your experience with a wide range of benefits. We're committed to evolving and enhancing our offerings, ensuring that every team member is well-cared for in every possible way. We’re continuously refining what we offer, but here’s a snapshot of some of the things you’ll benefit from when you become part of the team.
Benefits
At Wushu Studios, we try to go the extra mile to enrich your experience with a wide range of benefits. We're committed to evolving and enhancing our offerings, ensuring that every team member is well-cared for in every possible way. We’re continuously refining what we offer, but here’s a snapshot of some of the things you’ll benefit from when you become part of the team.
Zero Crunch Culture
This should go without saying, but we’ll say it anyway: we believe in achieving excellence without compromising your work-life balance. Our dedicated teams ensure realistic project timelines, providing you with a healthy environment to thrive. We promote flexible working, encourage time off and open communication. At Wushu you can excel in your work, knowing that expectations are always reasonable, rational, and never require you to sacrifice your health and well-being.
Flexible Working
We understand the importance of balancing professional and personal commitments. Our agile work environment offers the flexibility to work remotely or on-site, or a hybrid model combining the two. We believe that flexibility enhances creativity, productivity, and a healthier work-life harmony.
Private Healthcare
Your health is important. Our comprehensive healthcare package includes holistic mental health cover, 24/7 GP consultations, specialist referrals, optical and dental coverage, and the option to include your dependents. We're dedicated to safeguarding your health and peace of mind.
Wellbeing
We stand by your side with compassionate Wellbeing Champions, an EAP scheme and wellness app, a mental health at work pledge, and a 'Safe in Your World' partnership. Your well-being is our commitment, and together, we'll help foster resilience and support you when you need it most.
Generous Time Off
Enjoy 25 days of annual leave, plus an extra boost during the festive season with our Christmas shutdown. Celebrate your birthday with an extra day off and, during the summer months (June-September), benefit from half-day studio closures on the last Friday of the month. We encourage you to make the most of cherished moments outside the studio.
Company Events
From studio-wide socials to team building and project-specific events, every occasion is dedicated to celebrating our collective achievements. We recognise that creating games can have its challenges, so we ensure our events provide a perfect balance between acknowledging your hard work and having fun.
HEAR FROM OUR TEAM
When you join our team, you'll be working alongside people who are passionate about what they do and determined to make a difference.
Wushu is a studio that empowers developers and brings out the best in them. Staff are given trust and autonomy over their own work.
Job Openings
Check out our current opportunities below to see if there’s a role for you. Even if nothing fits right now, we’re always open to speculative applications. If you believe Wushu Studios is where you belong, send us your CV and portfolio (where applicable) to wushu-studios@jobs.workablemail.com - we’d love to hear from you!
Network Programmer
Posted 22 days ago
Contract: Initially a 12-month fixed term contract
Location: Remote working permitted within the UK only.
Critical to our development pipeline. With your comprehensive understanding of best practices, ability to avoid unnecessary complexity, and technical expertise across multiple aspects of video game programming, you’ll be making a huge impact on the exciting projects we work on.
Responsibilities
- Write high quality and reliable code on a timely basis.
- Occasionally oversee and mentor junior engineers on the team.
- Be hands-on with code, implementing features and attending to bug fixes as needed.
- Working closely with other disciplines collaboratively on your project.
- Collaborate with teams to deliver testable builds in regular fashion.
- Be proactive in tackling technical issues.
Requirements
- Experience in UE5.
- Advanced knowledge of C++ and/or C#.
- Experience in PC and/or console programming.
- UE Networking/Replication: Hands-on experience implementing and debugging networked features using UE’s replication framework. Candidates must have worked directly on systems that needed robust multiplayer synchronisation.
- Networked Physics in UE: Practical experience handling physics-driven objects over a network, including dealing with edge cases like jitter correction, ownership transfers, and authority hand-offs in complex scenes.
- Network Optimisation: Demonstrated history of profiling and optimising network bandwidth and performance in UE-based multiplayer projects.
Desirables
- Networked Vehicles in UE: Experience building or maintaining networked vehicle systems where vehicle control and replication fidelity are a key gameplay pillar. (e.g., racing, vehicle combat, or traversal-centric games).
- Physics Engine Integration: Familiarity with integrating or fine-tuning physics systems in networked environments, including third-party engines like PhysX or Chaos.
- Console Experience: Previous experience shipping networked titles on console platforms (PS5 and/or Xbox Series).
Benefits
- A friendly working culture and environment
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Christmas shutdown
- Flexible working hours
- x 4 Half-day Fridays (during the summer months)
- A day off on your birthday
- Parental leave
- Workplace pension scheme. Currently, our employer contribution is 3%
- Ongoing training and development
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Comprehensive Medical Insurance
- Weekly Yoga Class
- Anti-Crunch ethos
- Referral Bonus Scheme
- Free parking
- Bike2Work Scheme
- Social Events/Project Launch Wrap Parties
- Charity Events
- Branded merchandise
About Us
Founded in 2017 by a group of industry veterans, we are a highly experienced and professional team of developers with a shared passion for video games. Nestled in the heart of Liverpool’s creative quarter, our stylish studio is situated close to hundreds of cafes, bars and restaurants, and is a stone’s throw from Lime Street station, connecting us with the rest of the country.
Important
As an equal opportunities employer, Wushu Studios is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Wushu Studios.