C/C++ Gameplay Engineer with Pawn (Embedded / Hardware)

The future belongs to gamedev. AlphaNova - game development company is looking for a C/C++ Gameplay Engineer with Pawn (Embedded / Hardware) for project collaboration. Do you love games as much as we do? We are sure that it is you who will be able to strengthen our team. Together we will make the best product.

Requirements

• Strong C or C++ experience
• Experience building applications without heavy engine frameworks
• Comfortable working with custom SDKs and APIs
• Experience implementing gameplay logic from scratch
• Understanding of low-level system constraints
• Comfortable debugging with minimal tooling
• Experience with software rendering or sprite-based systems
• Solid understanding of state machines and game loops
• Ability to work with emulator + hardware testing workflow
• Comfortable working in VS Code
   

Strong Advantage

• Embedded systems or firmware experience
• Microcontroller development (Arduino, ESP32, etc.)
• Experience with scripting languages similar to Pawn (Lua, AngelScript, etc.)
• Experience handling custom input systems
• Experience working under memory / performance constraints
• Experience delivering timeboxed gameplay prototypes

Technical Environment

• Pawn (C-like scripting language)
• Software rendering
• Hardware deployment and testing

Responsibilities

• Develop gameplay systems and mechanics from scratch using C/C++ and Pawn within a custom SDK environment.
• Implement and optimize game loops, state machines, software rendering, and sprite-based systems.
• Integrate low-level APIs and handle custom input systems under hardware and memory constraints.
• Debug and optimize performance using emulator and real hardware testing workflows.
• Rapidly prototype, iterate, and deploy builds to physical devices in a timeboxed environment.

We offer

• Competitive rate
• Work with international products
• Work format - remote
• Salary, tied to the dollar exchange rate
• Career growth that you can influence by showing the right results, as we are constantly expanding