Game Engine Developer

Bloxd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A video game start-up in London is looking for a passionate Game Engine Developer to join their team. You will be involved in creating and managing games, developing new gameplay systems, and building engine features. The ideal candidate should have 1 to 4 years of experience in software engineering or game development and be familiar with TypeScript, React, and WebGL. Benefits include healthcare, pension match, and 25 days holiday.

Benefits

Healthcare

5% pension match

Permanent desk in King’s Cross office

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Qualifications

• 1 to 4 years of experience in software engineering, game engine development, or game development.
• Experience developing games or game engines through work or projects.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage your own game.
• Develop new gameplay systems inside existing games.
• Build new engine features for other developers.
• Profile and optimise performance.
• Develop an in-game item marketplace.
• Improve partner implementations.

Skills

Strong engineering fundamentals

Game design

UI/UX

Community management

Tools

TypeScript

React

WebGL

Node

Job description

Bloxd - Game Engine Developer

We’re a profitable video game start-up in London with 11 million monthly players and we’re hiring engineers for our 8-person founding team.

About us

Creating games with editable worlds usually takes 20k+ lines of well-optimised code and years of development. Bloxd gives you editable worlds in 5 lines of code, within 5 minutes. You can play our games at bloxd.io.

About you

You’re passionate about gaming and excited by the prospect of building great games that bring millions together. You have strong engineering fundamentals and a strong product sense, being happy to wear many hats (game design, UI/UX, community management), and iterate quickly on a live product whilst learning from user feedback.

What we’re looking for

• 1 to 4 years of professional experience in software engineering, game engine development, or game development. This can include revenue-generating side projects and internships.
• Experience developing games or game engines either through work or as side projects.

Things you could work on in your first 2 months:

• Create and manage your own game
• Develop new gameplay systems inside existing games
• Build new engine features to be used by other game developers
• Profile and optimise performance
• Develop an in-game item marketplace
• Improve our partner implementations (E.g. CrazyGames, Discord Activities)

Our tech

We have a TypeScript-first codebase, and use a combination of React, WebGL, and Node. This tech allows us to deliver Bloxd in an incredibly accessible way, and provides a great developer experience. You’ll need to be happy to pick these tools up if you’re not already familiar with them.

Benefits

• Healthcare
• 5% pension match on qualifying earnings
• A permanent desk in our King’s Cross office
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

How to apply

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