ArenaNet is always on the lookout for accomplished, self-motivated programmers with exceptional skills. Qualified candidates should be capable of taking on significant projects and completing them independently, designing and creating new technology, and working with a small team to build a game around that technology.

Some of the skills we seek in our programming staff include the following:

• Solid UI design skills
• Experience writing development tools
• Ability to work closely with artists and designers
• A “customer oriented” attitude and software design philosophy
• Solid experience with C/C++
• A passion for code optimization
• Experience working on a team
• Strong math skills
• A passion for games
• An ability to work with all types of development staff

If you feel you meet our exceptional needs, send your resume and code samples in C/C++ that demonstrate your ability to engineer practical solutions to difficult problems. We prefer to see code that highlights experience that is specifically relevant to this position. We generally look for at least 2500 lines of code in at least two different subject areas.

We encourage you to send code that will show your best work, and would suggest avoiding linked-list implementations, matrix transformations, lightweight DirectX “wrappers”, and the like, as those samples tend not to give a clear idea of your abilities. If you collaborated with other programmers on the code that you submit with your resume, please give us a clear indication of which parts you wrote. Finally, please do not submit executables, make-files or data files.

Code samples will be held in the strictest confidence and used solely for the purpose of evaluating your abilities.