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· 32 views · 6 applications · 10d
2D Art Lead
Full Remote · Worldwide · Product · 5 years of experience · Upper-IntermediateWe are seeking a talented and experienced 2D Art Lead to guide and inspire our art team in creating high-quality visuals for our game projects. You will be responsible for defining the visual style, overseeing the production of 2D assets, and ensuring...We are seeking a talented and experienced 2D Art Lead to guide and inspire our art team in creating high-quality visuals for our game projects. You will be responsible for defining the visual style, overseeing the production of 2D assets, and ensuring consistency and excellence across art-related deliverables. Working closely with the Art Director and Art Manager as well as with cross disciplinary teams. Executing to the best of your ability within a game dev environment and deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of 2D artists, providing clear feedback, paintovers, and guidance
- Plan, assign, and review tasks to ensure timely delivery and high-quality output.
- Create key assets and visual benchmarks, such as concept art, character designs, and Illustrations
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure artistic vision aligns with gameplay and technical constraints.
- Maintain consistency in style and quality
- Assist in hiring and training new artists.
- Know the game and contribute to the ideas that help make the game better
Requirements
- 5+ years professional experience as 2D Art lead and Senior artist in the game industry
- Portfolio demonstrating expert knowledge and abilities with examples of 2D production artwork for games.
- Experience with Jira or similar task-management systems
- Attention to detail, meticulous and organized working habits
- Passion for games and knowledge of the games industry
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Remote work model
- Unlimited paid time off and sick leave
- Career growth opportunities in a dynamic, rapidly growing company
- Collaborate with a highly skilled team
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· 163 views · 65 applications · 15d
Senior Backend Engineer
Full Remote · Worldwide · Product · 5 years of experience · Upper-IntermediateA passionate team of game developers, engineers, and storytellers is building one of the most innovative new titles in the global gaming space. With a successful launch behind them and big ambitions ahead, theyre expanding their backend team to support...A passionate team of game developers, engineers, and storytellers is building one of the most innovative new titles in the global gaming space. With a successful launch behind them and big ambitions ahead, theyre expanding their backend team to support rapid growth. This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Backend Engineer to contribute to the future of online gaming infrastructure and be part of a studio thats redefining how games are built and experienced.
Responsibilities- Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services in C#/.NET 8.
- Build robust and secure RESTful APIs and distributed systems to support core game features.
- Collaborate closely with gameplay engineers, DevOps, product teams, and designers to integrate backend features into the game.
- Leverage Azure cloud services to manage deployments, databases, and infrastructure as code.
- Drive performance optimizations and contribute to monitoring and reliability efforts for live operations.
Mentor other engineers, participate in code reviews, and champion engineering best practices.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend development experience, preferably in the gaming industry.
- Strong proficiency in C# and the .NET ecosystem, ideally with .NET 8.
- Experience building and maintaining cloud-based backend systems preferably with Azure.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, networking, and data integrity.
- Familiarity with real-time multiplayer systems, session management, or live ops tooling.
- Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases.
- Passion for games and a deep understanding of what makes player experiences fun and seamless.
Benefits
- Competitive salary;
- Remote work model;
- Unlimited paid time off and sick leave;
- Career growth opportunities in a dynamic, rapidly growing company;
- Collaborate with a highly skilled team.
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· 105 views · 15 applications · 18d
Senior Gameplay Engineer
Full Remote · Worldwide · Product · 5 years of experience · Upper-IntermediateWe are partnering with an innovative client in the gaming industry to find two Senior Gameplay Engineersone focused on PC and one on mobile games. This role is ideal for engineers with deep expertise in .NET, C#, and Unity, who have worked on large-scale,...We are partnering with an innovative client in the gaming industry to find two Senior Gameplay Engineersone focused on PC and one on mobile games. This role is ideal for engineers with deep expertise in .NET, C#, and Unity, who have worked on large-scale, graphically intensive, and performance-optimized multiplayer games.
Requirements:
- Strong experience in .NET, C#, and Unity.
- Proven track record of working on high-performance, large-scale multiplayer games.
- Expertise in game optimization, including rendering, physics, and network performance.
- Experience developing real-time multiplayer systems with a focus on stability and scalability.
- Solid understanding of game architecture, data structures, and algorithms.
- Experience working in PC or mobile game development (depending on the role).
- For the mobile-focused role: Experience with complex mobile game systems (excluding slot machine games).
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and optimize gameplay systems for large-scale multiplayer games.
- Work closely with designers, artists, and other engineers to implement core game mechanics.
- Ensure high performance across platforms, whether PC or mobile.
- Solve real-time networking challenges to ensure smooth and responsive multiplayer gameplay.
- Implement and optimize graphically intensive features without compromising performance.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, ensuring a stable and scalable game experience.
- Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to technical documentation.
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· 56 views · 6 applications · 18d
Senior Graphics Engineer
Full Remote · Worldwide · Product · 5 years of experience · Upper-IntermediateAs a Senior Graphics Engineer you will work closely with a tight knit team developing rendering technologies, tools, and systems that bring our game vision to life. We value independent, innovative team members who thrive on tackling complex challenges....As a Senior Graphics Engineer you will work closely with a tight knit team developing rendering technologies, tools, and systems that bring our game vision to life. We value independent, innovative team members who thrive on tackling complex challenges. In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of graphics development, ensuring our games are both visually stunning and highly optimized.
. Qualifications- Proficiency in C# and shader languages (HLSL, GLSL, etc)
- Strong skills in graphics performance analysis and optimization including graphics hardware acceleration
- Strong understanding of lighting principles, HDR, physically based rendering (PBR), and other modern rendering techniques
- In-depth knowledge of industry-standard graphics APIs such as Vulkan, OpenGL and Metal
- Familiarity with Unity URP
- Strong 3D math skills
- Good understanding of software design principles
- Familiar with developing for cross platform products
- Experience with applying and supporting art workflows and tools
- Strong understanding of Unity Addressables package
- Knowledge of Amplify Shader Editor Unity Package
Familiarity with mobile graphics chipsets
Responsibilities
- This specialist role is designed for a candidate who is passionate about creating visually stunning and performance-optimized visuals in Unity3D environments
- Troubleshooting and solving graphics engineering problems
- Implementing computer science and mathematics principles
- Collaborating with artists, designers, and other engineers to design, research, innovate, and implement rendering technologies and feature sets
- Analyzing and optimizing code related to graphics engineering
- Work closely with production to establish timelines and milestones and ensure timely delivery
- Create technical benchmarks to be used in production, implement optimizations and monitor the performance of the game
- Cooperate with, and support, other programmers and members of a multidisciplinary team
- Actively seek opportunities to improve the game(s) performance
- Create and maintain technical documentation
Share best practices and new tools with the other artists and programmers
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Remote work
- Paid time off and sick leave
- Career growth opportunities in a dynamic, rapidly growing company
- Collaborate with a highly skilled team
- Flexible work options with a focus on work-life balance and employee well-being.