Senior Software Engineer: Core Engines (C/C++, Python)

LEGO Koncernen; Billund; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Colleague discount

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

The LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead play software development. You will guide the Software team, shaping core engines and play experiences that blend hardware, software, and user delight.

Collaborate with Leads and Architects across Software and Firmware, drive performance, deliver new experiences, and mentor colleagues in a rapidly evolving tech-enabled play environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in technical leadership of software engineering teams.
• Experience in designing and building software platforms, components, or core engines akin to game engines in the video game industry.
• Skilled in C++, C, Python.
• Experience with Domain Specific Languages (DSL).
• Demonstrable ability to work on engineering projects within a team.
• Self organizer with a growth mindset.
• Focus on the user experience within technical constraints.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, optimize Play Experiences through software components.
• Lead the software team from a technical standpoint through code reviews, support and mentoring, enforcing best practices and collaboration, and improving team efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering Leads and System Architects from the Software and Firmware domains to ensure your work is optimized and efficient on physical platforms.
• Improve performance and resources usage within a constrained system.
• Deliver, with the help of the team, new experiences in a timely manner for all LEGO fans all around the world.
• Help improve processes and workflows.

Skills

Technical leadership

Game engines

C++

C

Python

DSLs

Team collaboration

Growth mindset

User experience

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Embedded systems

Job description

The LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead play software development. You will guide the Software team, shaping core engines and play experiences that blend hardware, software, and user delight.

Collaborate with Leads and Architects across Software and Firmware, drive performance, deliver new experiences, and mentor colleagues in a rapidly evolving tech-enabled play environment.