Hive Games is a United Kingdom-based game studio providing development services and creating interactive playable content for existing well-established games.
Most of our work is with Microsoft on the Minecraft franchise. We operate one of the top Minecraft: Bedrock Edition servers, The Hive, and provide vendor services to Microsoft, creating and maintaining projects such as Chunker World Converter.
Hive Games at a glance:
- Microsoft Vendor & Minecraft Partner
- Established in 2013
- 8M Monthly Active Users
- Small, agile, global team
- Flexible work environment
Expectations and Responsibilities
As a game developer, you'll be working with our production team to implement new game experiences on our featured Minecraft: Bedrock Edition server and maintain our existing content.
You'll work with existing systems and standards and help forge new technology to enhance the player experience. This role will be creating games and features within and on-top of our custom Minecraft server software, written in Java.
Candidates should be self-motivated with good project management skills.
Example work items may be; creating new minigames, fixing bugs, creating quality of life improvements, and implementing game updates of varying scale.
Requirements
- 3+ years experience with Java (with at least 1 year of professional experience)
- Deep understanding of the Minecraft game
- Demonstrable skills in creating games (or minigames)
- Strong project management skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with Netty
- Experience with the Minecraft: Bedrock Edition protocol
- Experience in modelling, animation, or technical art
- Motivated by creating great games
Benefits
- Full-time job (40 hours a week)
- Fully remote job
- Flexible working hours
- Low turnover team
- Majority of the current team has been at Hive Games 3+ years
- Employment status offered to UK applicants
- Generous time-off and sick policies
Desired Applicants
We believe in demonstrable talent and skill over written qualifications and, as such, have no formal education requirements to work at Hive Games.
All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ancestry, colour, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, and/or sexual orientation.