Casual Game Developer - Remote & Hybrid (Amsterdam/Global)

Cool Games; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International team

Flexible remote work

Competitive remuneration

Open, international culture

Job summary

CoolGames, an international HTML5 game studio with HQ in Amsterdam, is looking for a Casual Game Developer to contribute to the full lifecycle of HTML5 casual games, from inception to live-ops and maintenance.

You will join a multidisciplinary agile team, helping deliver high-quality titles, evolve existing games, and contribute to tooling, while balancing deadlines and performance. Hybrid in Amsterdam or remote if located outside the Netherlands.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of professional programming experience.
• Solid knowledge of development best practices.
• Ability to balance speed and quality in delivery.
• Estimations are consistently on point.
• Proactive communication and risk mitigation in tech projects.
• Understands the commercial reality of casual games.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development practices.
• Experience with version control tools like git.
• Proficiency with web game technologies such as PIXI, Phaser or Three.js.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality HTML5 casual games from design to live-ops.
• Collaborate with designers, artists, QA and other developers.
• Develop new titles and evolve existing games.
• Maintain internal tooling and improve codebase.
• Optimise performance, debug, fix bugs and perform code reviews.
• Ensure platform compatibility and stability.

Skills

4+ years professional programming

Development best practices

Speed vs quality balance

Accurate estimations

Proactive risk mitigation

Casual games understanding

Agile/Scrum

Git / version control

Web game tech (PIXI/Phaser/Three.js)

Tools

PIXI/Phaser/Three.js

Job description

CoolGames, an international HTML5 game studio with HQ in Amsterdam, is looking for a Casual Game Developer to contribute to the full lifecycle of HTML5 casual games, from inception to live-ops and maintenance.

You will join a multidisciplinary agile team, helping deliver high-quality titles, evolve existing games, and contribute to tooling, while balancing deadlines and performance. Hybrid in Amsterdam or remote if located outside the Netherlands.