The Opportunity - Studio Systems Engineer At ICHI, our creative output relies on a seamless, highly functional technical infrastructure. We are looking for a forward-thinking Studio Systems Engineer to provide strategic oversight for ICHI's business technology and IT needs, with a laser focus on project delivery and our creative production pipeline. Working from either our London or Brighton offices, this isn't just a standard tech support role, it is a specialist role. You will be the definitive bridge between our creative ambitions and our technical capabilities. You will be responsible for representing UK technical needs on a global scale, designing the infrastructure in alignment with global guidelines and collaborating with the central infra team to support our teams, and anticipating production bottlenecks before they happen. You will blend deep technical intuition with operational rigour to ensure our internal staff and external freelancers have the perfect foundation to do their best work. You will have significant reach across the agency, shaping how we work from a technological standpoint. At ICHI, we value those who take ownership of the technical pipeline, bridging the gap between high-level IT strategy and on-the-ground creative production to build a best-in-class technical environment. At ICHI (part of Keywords Studios), we know a diverse workforce only elevates the great work we do. As such, we are an equal opportunities employer and we take diversity and inclusion seriously. Studio Systems Engineer - The Impact You'll Make Strategic Infrastructure & Pipeline Optimisation: Create and implement the technical infrastructure with guidance from our central infra team to support ICHI UK project delivery. You won't just maintain systems; you will proactively identify bottlenecks in the creative production pipeline (such as file rendering, collaborative proofing, and asset management) and develop solutions to streamline workflows from brief to delivery. Global Alignment & Transformation: Work with Operations leadership to act as the voice for the UK team's specialist technical needs, from a tooling and equipment level, at a global alignment level. You will help to coordinate seamlessly with North American operations teams to align global technical needs, ensuring NA creatives can easily access UK systems and projects. IT Collaboration & Strategy: Collaborate with the wider global IT team to manifest long-term infrastructure strategies, including server archival and remote-work hardware standards. You will assess creative needs and translate them into actionable IT requirements, like faster server connections or efficient permission alterations. Security & Asset Management: Help develop a multi-tiered approach to infosec compliance. You will ensure strict compliance with project requirements. You will also hold strategic oversight and auditing responsibilities for production kits across our Brighton and Holborn sites. By providing your information in this application, you understand that we will collect and process your information in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Notice. For more information, please see our Applicant Privacy Notice at What You Bring to ICHI Technical Foresight: You are focused on technical future planning to actively support and evolve production workflows. Production Experience: Several years of experience in game development or digital agencies, with a proven track record of supporting complex production pipelines across gameplay capture, CG, and video editing workflows. Deep Tool Knowledge: You possess a strong understanding of production tools such as Parsec, Perforce, Unreal Engine, Maya, Blender, Davinci, Frame.IO, Adobe suite, and you know how to implement them into larger production systems. Engine & Code Familiarity: You have extensive experience working with proprietary engines like Snowdrop, and a basic understanding of coding to troubleshoot Visual Studio issues. You are comfortable installing and troubleshooting complex game engine builds, and creating supporting The "Proactive" Mindset: You anticipate project needs, building/auditing kit and manage VLAN setups before they become blockers. Technical & Professional Requirements Proven experience in complex project setups, including the physical preparation of machines, identifying required kit specs, and the installation of capture/cine builds and specific project software. Confidence in collaborating on comprehensive IT support with our central IT team, including submitting, triaging, and escalating IT tickets for the team. Experience efficiently onboarding and offboarding freelancers, managing user access/permissions in alignment with central IT, setting up test/dev kits, and handling server file storage. Ability to execute complex build appraisals, provide ongoing in-engine technical support, and liaise directly with client or developer tech teams. Demonstrated experience in leveraging AI and machine learning to build automations that measurably improve production pipeline efficiencies, specifically around creative workflows such as file rendering, collaborative proofing, and asset management would be a bonus. You are a confident communicator and a natural conduit between departments, comfortable dealing with internal teams needs on a day to day basis. Ability to distill complex infrastructure requirements into clear, actionable insights, ensuring key stakeholders and decision-makers are empowered to make informed decisions. Flexible Working - hybrid home and office working, Working Abroad Policy and Summer Hours. Company Pension Scheme BUPA Private Healthcare Income Protection Cover Life Assurance Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Team Social Events Employee Schemes - Tech Scheme, Electric Car Scheme, Cycle Scheme Training Role Information: EN Studio: ICHI Location: Europe, United Kingdom, London Area of Work: Marketing Service: Engage Employment Type: Permanent Working Pattern: Full Time, Hybrid
11/07/2026
Full time
The Opportunity - Studio Systems Engineer At ICHI, our creative output relies on a seamless, highly functional technical infrastructure. We are looking for a forward-thinking Studio Systems Engineer to provide strategic oversight for ICHI's business technology and IT needs, with a laser focus on project delivery and our creative production pipeline. Working from either our London or Brighton offices, this isn't just a standard tech support role, it is a specialist role. You will be the definitive bridge between our creative ambitions and our technical capabilities. You will be responsible for representing UK technical needs on a global scale, designing the infrastructure in alignment with global guidelines and collaborating with the central infra team to support our teams, and anticipating production bottlenecks before they happen. You will blend deep technical intuition with operational rigour to ensure our internal staff and external freelancers have the perfect foundation to do their best work. You will have significant reach across the agency, shaping how we work from a technological standpoint. At ICHI, we value those who take ownership of the technical pipeline, bridging the gap between high-level IT strategy and on-the-ground creative production to build a best-in-class technical environment. At ICHI (part of Keywords Studios), we know a diverse workforce only elevates the great work we do. As such, we are an equal opportunities employer and we take diversity and inclusion seriously. Studio Systems Engineer - The Impact You'll Make Strategic Infrastructure & Pipeline Optimisation: Create and implement the technical infrastructure with guidance from our central infra team to support ICHI UK project delivery. You won't just maintain systems; you will proactively identify bottlenecks in the creative production pipeline (such as file rendering, collaborative proofing, and asset management) and develop solutions to streamline workflows from brief to delivery. Global Alignment & Transformation: Work with Operations leadership to act as the voice for the UK team's specialist technical needs, from a tooling and equipment level, at a global alignment level. You will help to coordinate seamlessly with North American operations teams to align global technical needs, ensuring NA creatives can easily access UK systems and projects. IT Collaboration & Strategy: Collaborate with the wider global IT team to manifest long-term infrastructure strategies, including server archival and remote-work hardware standards. You will assess creative needs and translate them into actionable IT requirements, like faster server connections or efficient permission alterations. Security & Asset Management: Help develop a multi-tiered approach to infosec compliance. You will ensure strict compliance with project requirements. You will also hold strategic oversight and auditing responsibilities for production kits across our Brighton and Holborn sites. By providing your information in this application, you understand that we will collect and process your information in accordance with our Applicant Privacy Notice. For more information, please see our Applicant Privacy Notice at What You Bring to ICHI Technical Foresight: You are focused on technical future planning to actively support and evolve production workflows. Production Experience: Several years of experience in game development or digital agencies, with a proven track record of supporting complex production pipelines across gameplay capture, CG, and video editing workflows. Deep Tool Knowledge: You possess a strong understanding of production tools such as Parsec, Perforce, Unreal Engine, Maya, Blender, Davinci, Frame.IO, Adobe suite, and you know how to implement them into larger production systems. Engine & Code Familiarity: You have extensive experience working with proprietary engines like Snowdrop, and a basic understanding of coding to troubleshoot Visual Studio issues. You are comfortable installing and troubleshooting complex game engine builds, and creating supporting The "Proactive" Mindset: You anticipate project needs, building/auditing kit and manage VLAN setups before they become blockers. Technical & Professional Requirements Proven experience in complex project setups, including the physical preparation of machines, identifying required kit specs, and the installation of capture/cine builds and specific project software. Confidence in collaborating on comprehensive IT support with our central IT team, including submitting, triaging, and escalating IT tickets for the team. Experience efficiently onboarding and offboarding freelancers, managing user access/permissions in alignment with central IT, setting up test/dev kits, and handling server file storage. Ability to execute complex build appraisals, provide ongoing in-engine technical support, and liaise directly with client or developer tech teams. Demonstrated experience in leveraging AI and machine learning to build automations that measurably improve production pipeline efficiencies, specifically around creative workflows such as file rendering, collaborative proofing, and asset management would be a bonus. You are a confident communicator and a natural conduit between departments, comfortable dealing with internal teams needs on a day to day basis. Ability to distill complex infrastructure requirements into clear, actionable insights, ensuring key stakeholders and decision-makers are empowered to make informed decisions. Flexible Working - hybrid home and office working, Working Abroad Policy and Summer Hours. Company Pension Scheme BUPA Private Healthcare Income Protection Cover Life Assurance Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Team Social Events Employee Schemes - Tech Scheme, Electric Car Scheme, Cycle Scheme Training Role Information: EN Studio: ICHI Location: Europe, United Kingdom, London Area of Work: Marketing Service: Engage Employment Type: Permanent Working Pattern: Full Time, Hybrid
The ideal candidate will enhance project delivery through proactive identification of production bottlenecks and effective collaboration with global teams. This permanent full-time role offers a hybrid working pattern, focusing on supporting the technology needs of our creative production pipeline in London and Brighton.
11/07/2026
Full time
The ideal candidate will enhance project delivery through proactive identification of production bottlenecks and effective collaboration with global teams. This permanent full-time role offers a hybrid working pattern, focusing on supporting the technology needs of our creative production pipeline in London and Brighton.
This role is pivotal, involving collaboration with internal and global teams to develop systems and tech across various games and platforms. Candidates should possess 6+ years of experience, with a strong emphasis on C++ and proficiency in Unreal or Unity engines. The position offers hybrid working and a supportive, flexible environment conducive to professional growth.
09/07/2026
Full time
This role is pivotal, involving collaboration with internal and global teams to develop systems and tech across various games and platforms. Candidates should possess 6+ years of experience, with a strong emphasis on C++ and proficiency in Unreal or Unity engines. The position offers hybrid working and a supportive, flexible environment conducive to professional growth.
The d3t studios are based near Daresbury (Cheshire), Newcastle (Tyne & Wear) and Madrid, offering a professional and supportive working environment. This opportunity will be a 6 month Fixed Term Contract (possible extension) based in either of our UK studio sites (Daresbury or Newcastle), on a hybrid working basis. Working pattern - 3 days per week in the studio: Wednesday, Thursday and another day of your choice. Senior Programmer We are looking for a Senior Programmer to join our world class Engineering Team. At d3t we expect our programmers to be generalists, able to adapt to any technical challenge, while also playing to their strengths and passions. We are particularly looking for a Senior Programmer with professional experience in at least two of the following engines: Proprietary, Unreal, Unity or Frostbite, and ownership experience in any of the following: UI / Animation / Physics / Core Tech / Systems / Gameplay / 3Cs / Vehicle Physics. A Senior Programmer at d3t is a key role in our balanced engineering and mixed discipline teams. Through collaboration with internal and global teams across high profile external clients, they own and deliver systems and tech on a variety of games, platforms and engines. Our seniors are role models on the teams and have the opportunity to work on a vast range of tasks and projects. Responsibilities Being open to working on a variety of programming disciplines (e.g. gameplay, core tech, low level, UI, tools) on proprietary or commercial engines and targeting a variety of platforms. Writing code to a high and performant standard by following expected coding standards, profiling and optimizing and collaborating with embedded QA. Collaborating with internal and global teams to plan, implement, review, and test code and systems. Gathering requirements from multiple disciplines and writing technical documentation to ensure features and systems are completed to a high standard and on time. Ownership of work and updating tech leads, production and designers on progress. Working in sub teams together with other programmers and other disciplines. Leading small sub or feature teams as the need arises. Taking part in team support and knowledge sharing through code reviews, calls and documentation. Continuously updating own knowledge and skill sets. Essential Skills & Experience Languages: Multiple including C++ expertise Engines: Professional experience in at least two of the following Unreal, Unity, Frostbite, Proprietary Knowledge: Owned the development of systems or features in any of (e.g. gameplay, UI, physics, networking, memory, animation, core tech, graphics, etc.) Technology: Experienced with IDEs, source control Enthusiasm: Will take on any challenge or responsibility Growth: Driven to learn and improve Role Model: Confident supporting junior teammates Teamwork: Enjoy working as part of a team and supporting others Communication: Clear, enthusiastic and able to discuss technical solutions and updates with multiple disciplines Experience: 6+ years Desirable Skills & Experience It would be great, but not essential, if you have experience in any of the following: Released games Console and/or Mobile development Full development cycle Porting games Remasters, Remakes Tools development Build and infrastructure Sub team leadership Profiling Benefits & Perks 22 days holiday (+ bank holidays + studio festive closure 3 days) Company Pension Scheme (+ employer contribution) Flexible working hours Private Medical (including dental) - BUPA Eye Care Scheme Anti crunch ethos - a professional, fun and supportive working environment! Free Parking Company Socials, Monthly Lunches + Annual d3t Events Breakout Areas - filled with perks such as games, BBQ area, complimentary snacks to suit all dietary preferences, etc.
09/07/2026
Full time
The d3t studios are based near Daresbury (Cheshire), Newcastle (Tyne & Wear) and Madrid, offering a professional and supportive working environment. This opportunity will be a 6 month Fixed Term Contract (possible extension) based in either of our UK studio sites (Daresbury or Newcastle), on a hybrid working basis. Working pattern - 3 days per week in the studio: Wednesday, Thursday and another day of your choice. Senior Programmer We are looking for a Senior Programmer to join our world class Engineering Team. At d3t we expect our programmers to be generalists, able to adapt to any technical challenge, while also playing to their strengths and passions. We are particularly looking for a Senior Programmer with professional experience in at least two of the following engines: Proprietary, Unreal, Unity or Frostbite, and ownership experience in any of the following: UI / Animation / Physics / Core Tech / Systems / Gameplay / 3Cs / Vehicle Physics. A Senior Programmer at d3t is a key role in our balanced engineering and mixed discipline teams. Through collaboration with internal and global teams across high profile external clients, they own and deliver systems and tech on a variety of games, platforms and engines. Our seniors are role models on the teams and have the opportunity to work on a vast range of tasks and projects. Responsibilities Being open to working on a variety of programming disciplines (e.g. gameplay, core tech, low level, UI, tools) on proprietary or commercial engines and targeting a variety of platforms. Writing code to a high and performant standard by following expected coding standards, profiling and optimizing and collaborating with embedded QA. Collaborating with internal and global teams to plan, implement, review, and test code and systems. Gathering requirements from multiple disciplines and writing technical documentation to ensure features and systems are completed to a high standard and on time. Ownership of work and updating tech leads, production and designers on progress. Working in sub teams together with other programmers and other disciplines. Leading small sub or feature teams as the need arises. Taking part in team support and knowledge sharing through code reviews, calls and documentation. Continuously updating own knowledge and skill sets. Essential Skills & Experience Languages: Multiple including C++ expertise Engines: Professional experience in at least two of the following Unreal, Unity, Frostbite, Proprietary Knowledge: Owned the development of systems or features in any of (e.g. gameplay, UI, physics, networking, memory, animation, core tech, graphics, etc.) Technology: Experienced with IDEs, source control Enthusiasm: Will take on any challenge or responsibility Growth: Driven to learn and improve Role Model: Confident supporting junior teammates Teamwork: Enjoy working as part of a team and supporting others Communication: Clear, enthusiastic and able to discuss technical solutions and updates with multiple disciplines Experience: 6+ years Desirable Skills & Experience It would be great, but not essential, if you have experience in any of the following: Released games Console and/or Mobile development Full development cycle Porting games Remasters, Remakes Tools development Build and infrastructure Sub team leadership Profiling Benefits & Perks 22 days holiday (+ bank holidays + studio festive closure 3 days) Company Pension Scheme (+ employer contribution) Flexible working hours Private Medical (including dental) - BUPA Eye Care Scheme Anti crunch ethos - a professional, fun and supportive working environment! Free Parking Company Socials, Monthly Lunches + Annual d3t Events Breakout Areas - filled with perks such as games, BBQ area, complimentary snacks to suit all dietary preferences, etc.
d3t is at the forefront of videogame technology and creativity, delivering experienced co development services to some of the biggest AAA clients in the world. Our studio, part of the global Keywords Studios Group, works on multiple exciting projects at any one time, offering plenty of variety and involvement. Our studio projects have included EA SPORTS FC 26, Hogwarts Legacy, Exoborne, Mafia: The Old Country, Alan Wake Remastered, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Vampire The Masquerade - Blood Hunt, Mafia II: Definitive Edition, and Assetto Corsa Competizione. We also work in partnership with our global clients including Playground Games, EA and Archetype Entertainment. The d3t studios are based near Daresbury (Cheshire), Newcastle (Tyne & Wear) and Madrid where we offer an amazingly professional and supportive working environment. We are passionate about what we do and pride ourselves on our anti crunch mentality, mentoring ethos and have been awarded 'Best Places to Work' multiple times by gamesindustry.biz. In addition, we won 'Best Creative Service Provider' at Develop 2022 and were nominated in 2023 & 2024. The Role - Lead Programmer A Lead Programmer at d3t plays a key role in the engineering department, being the programming lead and point of contact both internally and externally with our clients on each of our outsourcing development projects. They help to foster high coding standards, processes and career development within our engineering team, as well as being hands on in the development and planning of the work we deliver on AAA titles with our high profile, global clients. The position is a 12 month fixed term contract, based in either of our UK studio sites (Daresbury or Newcastle), on a hybrid working basis with a working pattern of three days per week in the studio (Wednesday, Thursday and another day of your choice). Responsibilities Lead your engineering team to meet their goals, with motivation, positivity, enthusiasm, leading by example and active listening. Line manage engineers to foster career progression and enable them to reach their full potential. Set high standards of communication, collaboration and coding skills and standards from your team and your direct reports. Collaborate with international clients often as our main engineering point of contact for projects. Be part of mixed discipline teams working together to deliver features on time. Engage in technical planning and delegating. Work across a variety of projects and programming specialisms, including gameplay, core tech, porting, low level architecture on multiple platforms. Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices. Essential Skills + Experience Experience: 7+ years. Languages: C++ expertise. Leadership: Has led and managed engineers. Dependability: Can work autonomously, flexibly, proactively and positively. Knowledge: Low level systems (e.g. physics, networking, memory, animation, etc.). Technology: Experienced with game engines, IDEs, source control, build infrastructure. Growth: Continually expands knowledge base and skill set. Communication: Able to clearly discuss road maps, updates, risks and solutions with multiple disciplines including non technical developers and clients. Desirable Skills + Experience Proficiency with multiple programming languages and engines. Released games. Porting games. Tools development. Rendering experience. Build and infrastructure knowledge. Low level console development. Benefits & Perks 22 days holiday + 3 festive studio closures + bank holidays. Company pension scheme (enhanced contribution). Flexible working hours. Private medical insurance scheme - BUPA. Anti crunch ethos - a professional, fun and supportive working environment. Free parking. Company socials, monthly lunches + annual d3t events. Breakout areas - games, BBQ area, complimentary snacks to suit all dietary preferences. Interviews will be held by video call. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace and culture. If this opportunity excites you but your current skills or past experience don't align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to still apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles within our team.
08/07/2026
Full time
d3t is at the forefront of videogame technology and creativity, delivering experienced co development services to some of the biggest AAA clients in the world. Our studio, part of the global Keywords Studios Group, works on multiple exciting projects at any one time, offering plenty of variety and involvement. Our studio projects have included EA SPORTS FC 26, Hogwarts Legacy, Exoborne, Mafia: The Old Country, Alan Wake Remastered, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Vampire The Masquerade - Blood Hunt, Mafia II: Definitive Edition, and Assetto Corsa Competizione. We also work in partnership with our global clients including Playground Games, EA and Archetype Entertainment. The d3t studios are based near Daresbury (Cheshire), Newcastle (Tyne & Wear) and Madrid where we offer an amazingly professional and supportive working environment. We are passionate about what we do and pride ourselves on our anti crunch mentality, mentoring ethos and have been awarded 'Best Places to Work' multiple times by gamesindustry.biz. In addition, we won 'Best Creative Service Provider' at Develop 2022 and were nominated in 2023 & 2024. The Role - Lead Programmer A Lead Programmer at d3t plays a key role in the engineering department, being the programming lead and point of contact both internally and externally with our clients on each of our outsourcing development projects. They help to foster high coding standards, processes and career development within our engineering team, as well as being hands on in the development and planning of the work we deliver on AAA titles with our high profile, global clients. The position is a 12 month fixed term contract, based in either of our UK studio sites (Daresbury or Newcastle), on a hybrid working basis with a working pattern of three days per week in the studio (Wednesday, Thursday and another day of your choice). Responsibilities Lead your engineering team to meet their goals, with motivation, positivity, enthusiasm, leading by example and active listening. Line manage engineers to foster career progression and enable them to reach their full potential. Set high standards of communication, collaboration and coding skills and standards from your team and your direct reports. Collaborate with international clients often as our main engineering point of contact for projects. Be part of mixed discipline teams working together to deliver features on time. Engage in technical planning and delegating. Work across a variety of projects and programming specialisms, including gameplay, core tech, porting, low level architecture on multiple platforms. Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices. Essential Skills + Experience Experience: 7+ years. Languages: C++ expertise. Leadership: Has led and managed engineers. Dependability: Can work autonomously, flexibly, proactively and positively. Knowledge: Low level systems (e.g. physics, networking, memory, animation, etc.). Technology: Experienced with game engines, IDEs, source control, build infrastructure. Growth: Continually expands knowledge base and skill set. Communication: Able to clearly discuss road maps, updates, risks and solutions with multiple disciplines including non technical developers and clients. Desirable Skills + Experience Proficiency with multiple programming languages and engines. Released games. Porting games. Tools development. Rendering experience. Build and infrastructure knowledge. Low level console development. Benefits & Perks 22 days holiday + 3 festive studio closures + bank holidays. Company pension scheme (enhanced contribution). Flexible working hours. Private medical insurance scheme - BUPA. Anti crunch ethos - a professional, fun and supportive working environment. Free parking. Company socials, monthly lunches + annual d3t events. Breakout areas - games, BBQ area, complimentary snacks to suit all dietary preferences. Interviews will be held by video call. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace and culture. If this opportunity excites you but your current skills or past experience don't align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to still apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles within our team.
You will ensure high programming standards, collaborate with international clients, and manage project delegations. The role offers a 12-month contract within a supportive work environment. Essential skills include 7+ years in programming, C++ expertise, and a strong background in leadership. The benefits include a pension scheme, flexible hours, and an anti-crunch ethos that values your work-life balance.
08/07/2026
Full time
You will ensure high programming standards, collaborate with international clients, and manage project delegations. The role offers a 12-month contract within a supportive work environment. Essential skills include 7+ years in programming, C++ expertise, and a strong background in leadership. The benefits include a pension scheme, flexible hours, and an anti-crunch ethos that values your work-life balance.