Tooling Engineer for AI-Powered Games

Kindredventures; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

25 days leave

Private healthcare

Hybrid work in London

Culture & socials

Job summary

Iconic Interactive, a London-based AI-native game studio, is hiring a full-stack engineer to own internal tooling and workflows for creating AI-powered experiences. You will collaborate with design teams and external partners to translate requirements into scalable tools and end-to-end solutions.

You’ll work in a small, autonomous team, balancing creator UX with performant, maintainable code, while shipping tools used by designers, artists and writers across projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in building and maintaining TypeScript & React frontends.
• Ability to optimize React performance and manage frontend state (Tanstack Query / Zustand).
• Strong Python skills and familiarity with Git workflows.
• Collaborative mindset across disciplines and teams.
• Interest in game design and development principles.

Responsibilities

• Build and own internal tooling and UX powering AI-driven experiences.
• Develop full-stack applications for designers, artists and writers.
• Translate needs from internal teams and partners into tooling.
• Maintain narrative systems and creator workflows.
• Iterate quickly using developer feedback and production data.

Skills

TypeScript & React frontend

React performance optimization

Python

Git & software engineering

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Game design principles

Tools

Django

SQL

Unreal Engine

Linux

Job description

Iconic Interactive, a London-based AI-native game studio, is hiring a full-stack engineer to own internal tooling and workflows for creating AI-powered experiences. You will collaborate with design teams and external partners to translate requirements into scalable tools and end-to-end solutions.

You’ll work in a small, autonomous team, balancing creator UX with performant, maintainable code, while shipping tools used by designers, artists and writers across projects.