Programming Intern (Undergraduate Placement)

Key Skills

C# Programming, C++, Design, Game Engineering, Java Programming, Programming

Job Description

When we say, the stuff dreams are made of, we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Our mission is to build on the success of LEGO Star Wars Battles and create new high quality free to play games, drawing on the roster of Intellectual Properties owned by Warner Brothers Discovery.

The Job

Since the studio was founded in 2017, we have offered a successful internship position each year on our code team. As an intern you will receive work appropriate to your current skill and experience, in addition to mentoring. You will quickly become an integral part of the team, and have the opportunity to grow at your own pace. Previous interns have worked in areas such as: user interface, player progression, character behaviour, gameplay prototyping, AI, shaders, cloud server, and network backend. You’re friendly, eager to learn, and will thrive in our informal environment.

This scheme is open for undergraduates enrolled on a Bachelor's course at university, looking for a year-in-industry as part of their course.

The Daily

• Work with animators, artists and designers to create new characters for epic battles.
• Implement new meta game features collaborating with designers and artists.
• Work on server-side features supporting the game.
• Use C# and Go to implement features in the game.
• Participate in our agile processes.
• Provide critical feedback from your perspective on the game in development.
• Make our games fun.

The Essentials

We want to hear if you are:

• On a degree course in Computer Science, Maths, a relevant subject or equivalent experience.
• A self-starter able to understand a goal, research and plan the steps to achieve it.
• Willing to pick up new languages and technologies.
• Flexible with new ideas and, most importantly, open to direction and iteration.
• Willing to help others and ask for help where needed.

And you:

• Have experience in coding, for example in C# C++, or Java.
• Desire to communicate and work with coders, artists, testers, game and audio designers in a dynamic team environment.
• Love games and want to start a career making them.

If there's any work you're particularly proud of, that you'd like us to see, please provide us a web link or attach it to your application. We’d love to see your programming projects!

The Internship... 

• Salary: £23,000 
• Contract Length: 12 months 
• Start Date: June 2024
• You will gain hands-on experience working on business-critical projects. 
• You will have access to personal and professional development courses, You will be part of our Early Talent network of over 100 interns & apprentices, meaning you will have an important support network of other students, graduates and apprentices and plenty of opportunities to socialise!