Senior Tools Programmer

Supercell; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Supercell in Helsinki is looking for a Senior Tools Programmer to join their Art Pipelines team. The role involves developing and shipping tools used by artists and making technical decisions on subsystems.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in C++ and cross-platform software development, and a desire to help artists optimize their workflows. Success in this role leads to a codebase valued by future teammates and enhanced tools for artists.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience with C++ in production environments.
• Experience shipping cross-platform desktop software on Windows and macOS.
• Solid understanding of graphics fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and ship features in art pipeline tools.
• Contribute to architectural and technical decisions.
• Work directly with artists to improve their workflow.

Skills

C++

Desktop User Interface Design

Cross-Platform Software Development

Graphics Fundamentals

Code Review Discipline

AI Development Tools

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Tools Programmer to join our newly formed Art Pipelines team, shaping the technology that supports our artists across game teams.

The Art Pipelines team is a small, growing group building art pipelines and pipeline tools that fit the way our artists work. The work is a mix of design and architecture on systems we’re building from the ground up, plus the day-to-day feature delivery, bug fixes, and tickets that come with running a tool team.

You’ll have meaningful input on how these tools are structured, how they ship, and how they grow. We expect you to care about the people using the tools as much as the code that runs them.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop and ship features in art pipeline tools used by artists across our game teams.
• Contribute to architecture and technical decisions on subsystems you build, from data models and file formats to UI and rendering.
• Work directly with artists to understand their workflow pain, and turn it into tools that make their day shorter and their work better.
• Ship cross‑platform on Windows and macOS, and make the experience feel native and solid on both.
• Collaborate with engine and game teams on the pipeline boundary.

What You Have

• Strong professional experience with C++ in production environments.
• Proven experience building desktop user interface, and a clear sense of how to structure a non‑trivial user interface.
• Experience shipping cross‑platform desktop software on Windows and macOS, and you know where the pain points are.
• Solid understanding of graphics fundamentals: coordinate systems, transforms, blending, rendering pipelines, animation.
• Experience working in a codebase that others depend on: clean APIs, good documentation hygiene, code review discipline.
• AI development tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.) are part of your daily workflow. We treat them as productivity tools, not shortcuts to avoid.
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non‑technical people.
• Driven, focused, and willing to see projects through delivery.
• A genuine desire to help others produce their best work.

Would Be Nice if You Also Have

• Understanding of art pipelines and the day‑to‑day processes artists work through: what gets exported, where things break, what slows people down.
• A background or hands‑on experience in art, animation, or another creative discipline.
• Background in animation systems: keyframing, interpolation, curve editors, timelines.
• Prior experience building creative or content‑creation tools, not just end‑user applications.
• Familiarity with immediate‑mode UI frameworks (e.g. Dear ImGui) for in‑engine tooling, debug overlays, and rapid prototyping.
• Game engine or 3D engine development experience.

Why This Role Matters

Our artists make content for live games played on a global scale. The tools they use every day shape what’s possible, and what’s painful.

Success in this role means:

• Tools that artists reach for first.
• Shorter iteration loops between an idea and what ships in‑game.
• A codebase that your future teammates will gladly inherit.

Where You’ll Be

The team is based in our Helsinki office, which is the preferred location for this role as well.