Senior Games Developer

Red Engine; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Annual bonus

33 days annual leave including Bank/H

Fusion working in venues/offices in 'n

Staff discount in all venues

Regular team socials

Weekly lunch in venue

Monthly learning & development classes

Quarterly teambuilding events

Health support (Help @ hand 24/7)

Therapy, nutritionists, physiotherap

Weekly lunch in venue

Job summary

Red Engine is seeking a Senior Game Developer to join our Digital Gaming team. You will help build and maintain our in-venue gaming suite across Flight Club and Electric Shuffle, collaborating with artists and developers to deliver high‑quality Unity, Godot, and in-house integrations.

You will contribute to feature design, prototyping and performance optimization, while mentoring teammates and ensuring timely delivery of updates across venues.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional game development experience.
• Commercial experience with Unity 3D and C#.
• Godot engine experience is a plus.
• Comfortable profiling and optimizing games.
• Experience with hardware limitations (e.g. mobile).
• Strong understanding of graphics and performance trade-offs.
• Familiar with Git-based workflows.
• Proven ability to deliver on time and to quality.
• Able to provide examples of previous work.

Responsibilities

• Developing new games and interactive features
• Maintaining, updating and Optimising the current in-venue gaming systems
• Deliver clean, reliable code to support maintenance and scalability
• Write and maintain unit tests
• Be actively involved in design discussions and prototyping
• Reporting on progress of deliverables with the Digital Director and wider stakeholders
• Working with the wider Gaming squad to design, develop and deliver the agreed functionality using an agile framework
• Develop process for the continued update and delivery of new software
• Provide direction and mentorship to the wider Digital Gaming team

Skills

Unity 3D

C#

Godot

GIT repos

Unit tests

Profiling

Graphics performance

Hardware considerations

Job description

As a Senior Gam e Developer you will be working in the Red Engine Digital team . A longside the Technology team you will be responsible for building and maintaining our in- venue gaming suite across both of our Flight Club and Electric Shuffle brands . You’ll work with our in-house team of developers, c oncept a rtist and g ames a rtist to engineer and build the gaming suite in Unity /Godot and integrate with our other in-house systems. This will run alongside feature improvements and updates to the existing in-venue software.

As the gaming software is always evolving, you’ll also have a voice in designing new features and gam es to support the brand as we grow. Innovation is one of our key values, so you’ll be keen to evaluate ideas and new technology to drive the product forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing new games and interactive features

Maintaining , updating and optimising the current in-venue gaming systems

Deliver clean, reliable code to support maintenance and scalability as the business grows

Write and maintain unit tests

Be actively involved in design discussions and prototyping

Reporting on progress of deliverables with the Digital Director and wider stakeholders

Working with the wider Gaming squad to design, develop and deliver the agreed functionality using an agile framework

Develop process for the continued update and delivery of new software

Provide direction and mentorship to the wider Digital Gaming team

To be successful in this role, you’ll :

• Be e nthusiastic, driven and meticulous

Have a m inimum of 5 years of professional experience in a similar role

Commercial experience with Unity 3D and C#

Experience with the Godot game engine a plus

Comfortable profiling and optimising games

Experience working with hardware limitations in mind (e.g. mobile)

Understanding of graphics, performance issues and trade-offs

Be e xperience d in working with GIT based code repositories

Have p roven ability to deliver your part of the project on time and to the desired quality

Be able to provide examples of previous work for review

What you'll get

• Competitive pay
• Annual bonus
• 33 days annual leave inclusive of BankHolidays
• Fusion working (our team are regularly in ourvenues, working collaboratively in our bright offices in Angel, or focusing onindividual projects with work from home Thursdays)
• Staff discount in all venues (50% off Sunday,Monday, 25% off Tuesday – Saturday, and free game hire)
• Regular team socialsand weekly lunch invenue
• Monthly learning and development classes, quarterlyteambuilding events
• Summer and Christmas socials
• Help @ hand 24/7 health support
• Free access to therapy, nutritionists, andphysiotherapists
• Weekly lunch in venue

Here at Red Engine, we believe our success beginsand ends with our people. We are committed to a diverse culture where all ourteam feel respected and included. We acknowledge the power that a diverseset of beliefs and perspectives can bring, and that a variety of voicesstrengthens our team, enhances creativity, and drives innovation. We welcomeapplications from candidates of all identities, including individuals ofdifferent races, ethnicities, genders and sexual orientations. If you're passionateabout contributing to a culture of inclusion and collaboration, pleaseapply.