Lead Gameplay Engineer – PC/Console

Bitmap Bureau Ltd.; Southampton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Job summary

HellaGoodAudio in Southampton seeks a Senior Programmer to lead gameplay and engine work across PC, PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam, and Xbox. You will own features from concept to integration, mentor teammates, and drive technical decisions.

You’ll collaborate with design, art, audio, production, and QA, optimise performance, review code, and ensure robust tooling and pipelines. This is a full-time office role based at our Southampton HQ.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in game development.
• Strong C/C++ and C# skills with production shipping experience.
• Experience shipping on PC/console platforms and understanding cross-platform constraints.
• Robust debugging/profiling and memory management skills.
• Proven ability to mentor junior programmers.
• Experience with Git and CI/build pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own design, implementation, and delivery of gameplay and engine features from concept to final integration.
• Lead technical planning for assigned areas (milestones, task breakdowns, risk management, estimation).
• Drive performance optimisation and stability across target platforms.
• Review code and enforce coding standards, architecture guidelines, and best practices.
• Mentor and support junior programmers through guidance, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
• Work closely with other disciplines to support content integration (art/animation/audio) and resolve blockers.
• Own bug fixing in your area, including investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Provide clear progress updates and help keep delivery on track.

Skills

C/C++

C#

Game development

Multi-platform

Git

Build systems

Profiling

Communication

Tools

Git

Job description

HellaGoodAudio in Southampton seeks a Senior Programmer to lead gameplay and engine work across PC, PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam, and Xbox. You will own features from concept to integration, mentor teammates, and drive technical decisions.

You’ll collaborate with design, art, audio, production, and QA, optimise performance, review code, and ensure robust tooling and pipelines. This is a full-time office role based at our Southampton HQ.