Lead Software Engineer (Gaming)

Playdawn; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to develop and lead a high-performing mobile games engineering team in Bengaluru, India. The role involves optimizing game performance, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance gameplay features. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience, a deep technical background, and is passionate about gaming technology.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Willingness to spend at least 30% of time coding.
• Expert understanding of multithreading and thread-safe code.

Responsibilities

• Establish a world-class engineering culture for the mobile games team.
• Set performance standards and guide junior engineers.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers on game features.

Skills

Multithreading

Asynchronous operations

Data-oriented programming

Profiling games

Job description

About the job Lead Software Engineer (Gaming)

Lead Software Engineer (Gaming)

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Reporting To: CTO

Job Description: We seek an experienced, highly technical, and exceptionally driven Lead Software Engineer to develop a world-class mobile games engineering team in India. You should be comfortable driving change, leading and motivating teams, providing direct feedback, solving complex problems, and, most importantly, establishing a high standard of performance.

Your team will be responsible for implementing highly performant, optimized, scalable, and easily maintainable code for an ambitious FPS shooter game.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain a world-class engineering culture appropriate for our mobile games team.
• Set performance standards for engineering excellence and guide junior engineers to help them learn and improve.
• Address the most significant challenges of a shooter game, such as hit accuracy, server-authoritative gameplay, animations, memory utilization, and performance optimizations.
• Collaborate with product managers/producers, designers, and others to understand game features and break down engineering tasks for the team.
• Regularly run profilers to ensure code performance and quality.
• Lead code review sessions.
• Guarantee optimal performance, quality, and stability of the game.
• Develop live operations tools, editor tools, and automation.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Experience: 10+ years.
• Extreme technical depth and willingness to spend at least 30% of time doing hands-on coding.
• Ability to reasonably estimate and plan tasks and features.
• Expert understanding of multithreading, asynchronous operations, and thread-safe code.
• Proficient at profiling games to identify bottlenecks and performance issues.
• Maniacal adherence to technical best practices and guidelines with a creative problem-solving approach.
• Deep understanding of data-oriented programming and the Unity DOTS framework.
• Familiarity with backend/networking is a plus.

Please note: This position is for one of Playdawn's clients, and successful candidates will be hired directly by the client, not by Playdawn. Our client is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. They are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and have equal access to opportunities, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, or other protected characteristics. They believe that diversity fuels innovation and creativity, and they strive to create an environment where everyone can thrive and contribute to shared success.