Lead Game Engineer
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Job Description
Lead Mobile Game Developer (Unity)
Our client is a gaming company currently focused on the casual mobile audience starting with our first few games revolving around the puzzles and allied categories. Our founders are seasoned entrepreneurs who are leaders in the industry and have had successful exits.
Role Description:
This is a fulltime role for a Lead Game Engineer focused on Client/Unity development. As a Lead Engineer your responsibility is to build games and game mechanics endtoend.
Responsibilities:
- Implement visually stunning effects and animations that align with design goals ensuring seamless integration of game interfaces menus HUDs and transitions.
- Integrate thirdparty SDKs and platformspecific solutions for iOS and Android.
- Implement systems to manage game state player progress and realtime data flows between the client and backend.
- Profile and optimize rendering pipelines animations and memory usage to ensure smooth performance on target platforms.
- Ensure compatibility across various devices resolutions and screen sizes.
- Develop ineditor tools to improve productivity for artists and other developers.
- Automate repetitive tasks and processes to reduce manual overhead.
- Provide guidance to junior and midlevel engineers including establishing coding standards workflows and processes for clientside development.
Required Qualifications:
- 5 to 10 years of experience in product software engineering with at least 5 years working with frontend frameworks.
- 4 years of experience as a developer in the gaming industry including at least 2 years working on mobile games with 50K daily active users.
- Strong foundation in software development practices including Agile Scrum and sprints.
- Excellent problemsolving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently and remotely while maintaining the necessary collaboration to deliver highquality outcomes.
- Proven ability to mentor junior engineers.
Compensation:
- The company offers fair pay generally better than the market average.
- Stock opportunities will be based on the responsibility and ownership demonstrated during the first 6 to12 months.
Other Benefits:
- Work with a team of talented individuals who excel at problemsolving and scaling.
- Gain exposure to the early stages of company formation including networking opportunities to prepare for your own entrepreneurial journey in the future.
- Learn about gaming as a business beyond development and explore lateral opportunities to take on additional or different responsibilities.
Please note: This position is for one of Playdawns clients and successful candidates will be hired directly by the client not by Playdawn.
Our client is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. They are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and have equal access to opportunities regardless of race color religion gender age disability or other protected characteristics. They believe that diversity fuels innovation and creativity and they strive to create an environment where everyone can thrive and contribute to shared success.
Employment Type
Full Time
