Game Programmer

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About the job

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About the job:
Metacore, a mobile game company known for its hit game Merge Mansion, is seeking a Game Programmer to join their growing team. As a Game Programmer, you'll be responsible for developing game features from pre-production to production, writing efficient and reusable code, optimizing for testability, and maintaining clear documentation. You'll be working within a multidisciplinary feature team and will collaborate with designers, producers, and artists. Key responsibilities include writing and optimizing code, implementing testability, adhering to coding standards, and maintaining documentation. You'll also need to have a solid understanding of Unity Technologies and mobile game development, along with experience with CI/CD systems, resource management tools, and performance analysis tools.
Must have:
  • Strong C# experience in Unity
  • Experience working with live games
  • Collaborative teamwork skills
  • Clear and understandable code writing
  • Feasible timeline estimation and deadline adherence
  • Creative problem-solving skills
  • Mobile game development understanding
  • CI/CD systems knowledge
  • Resource management tools experience
  • Performance analysis tool proficiency
Good to have:
  • DOTS and Cloud Tools understanding
  • AWS and cloud technologies knowledge
  • Unreal, Godot, or other game engine experience
  • Other programming language experience
  • Online game development experience
Perks:
  • High-achieving workplace
  • Autonomy and accountability
  • Professional development support
  • Growth opportunities
  • Work-life balance
  • Wellbeing focus
  • Approachable leadership
  • Flexible hybrid workplace

We are a mobile game company, based in both Helsinki and Berlin, creating world-class entertainment by building a portfolio of hit games. Since our launch in 2020, our first chart-topping game Merge Mansion has been entertaining over 55 million players worldwide, and we have grown into a team of over 200.

Our mission is to entertain hundreds of millions of people for decades, with our games, and also through our creative marketing, community, and beyond – while having fun with it. 

We’re ordinary people crafting extraordinary games with passion and ambition, united by our culture of trust, psychological safety and wellbeing.

We are looking for a Game Programmer to develop game features from pre-production to production and beyond. You’ll be joining a multidisciplinary feature team to write efficient, reusable code, optimize for testability, and maintain clear documentation.

More about Metacore crafts: https://metacoregames.com/our-crafts 

Responsibilities

  • Diving into all areas of game development and ensuring smooth communication, especially regarding development progress and feedback response
  • Writing and optimizing code to create efficient and reusable systems and components
  • Assessing and implementing testability in both produced code and developed features
  • Continuously evaluating your work to avoid boilerplate, adhering to good programming patterns, and utilizing SOLID principles
  • Enforcing code conventions, actively improving them by identifying optimal approaches and communicating potential enhancements
  • Ensuring your work is easily understandable and striving for simplicity in solutions over complicated implementations
  • Maintaining and improving documentation fostering a transparent working culture
  • Continually developing your skills, engaging in personal and professional growth that ultimately reflects on the output of the team

Requirements

  • A great deal of knowledge of various game technology areas and hands-on experience working with a live game
  • Strong, professional background writing C# in the context of Unity 
  • Collaborative skills for effective teamwork across different disciplines, such as Design, Production, and Art
  • A knack for writing clear and understandable code, providing extra information, and documenting features and code when needed
  • Ability to provide feasible project timeline estimates and consistently meet those deadlines
  • Creative problem-solving skills coupled with an analytical mindset
  • Understanding what it means to develop for mobile platforms like Android and iOS, including platform limitations, interaction methods, and the dynamic nature of technology. 
  • Basic understanding of CI/CD systems, like GitHub Actions
  • Some experience with resource management tools and systems, such as Addressables, asset bundles, or custom solutions for efficient asset handling
  • Ability to use a range of profiling and performance analysis tools to assess and optimize game performance

In addition to these, it would be nice but not mandatory for you to have some of these as well:

  • Extensive understanding of Unity Technologies like, DOTS, and Cloud Tools
  • Understanding of AWS and cloud technologies
  • Practical know-how of other game engines such as Unreal, Godot and/or any other
  • Experience working with other programming languages
  • Experience in developing games or technology with an online component

What We Offer

  • Workplace where we aim high, without taking ourselves too seriously
  • Autonomy and accountability with support to foster professional development
  • Great opportunities to grow with the company
  • Work-life balance and strong emphasis on wellbeing
  • Approachable leaders with low ego
  • Flexible hybrid workplace where people enjoy working at the office

Basics

  • Location: Helsinki, Finland
  • Relocation: Relocating to Finland expected, full support provided
  • Work model: Mix of office and remote work
  • Working language: English

Our equal opportunity statement

To entertain hundreds of millions of people for decades, we need diverse teams that understand our diverse audiences. The key to unleash our creativity is a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture of trust where Metacoreans from all walks of life can be themselves. We celebrate our differences and believe they are the strength that drives us forward.

We are committed to offering equal opportunities for all, regardless of background, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, family status, education, socioeconomic status or any other characteristic. We build and maintain a workplace and industry free of harassment and discrimination.

We also aspire to have DE&I as a fundamental part of our game design process to enable us to create even better and more inclusive games, communities and entertainment.

If you require any support or have specific needs during the application process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

Our culture

Our culture is based on trust, psychological safety and wellbeing. At Metacore, autonomy and accountability go firmly hand in hand, and we cultivate a diverse and inclusive workplace where you can be yourself.

We are collaborative and humble, and think “we” before “me”. We enable focus through transparency and ownership. We aim high, and aspire to be nothing less than the best game company in the world to work for.

To create even better games, communities and entertainment, we welcome talent with diverse experiences, who are passionate about their roles and bold in their ambition. 

We have collectively defined our culture and values, and we uphold them together, every day.

Read more about our culture: https://metacoregames.com/culture

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About The Company

Game company on a mission to entertain hundreds of millions of people for decades. Currently scaling our global hit game Merge Mansion and developing our new hit games. Located in Helsinki & Berlin – and yes, we are hiring at both locations! 

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