Principal C++ Software Engineer (Tools)

5 Months ago • 5 Years + • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Playrix, a leading mobile game developer, seeks a Principal C++ Software Engineer (Tools) to enhance game quality, optimize performance, and improve developer experience. Must have experience in C++, optimizing and profiling applications, and architecting solutions.
Must have:
  • C++ experience
  • Architecture design
  • Optimizing applications
  • Profiling experience
Good to have:
  • Modern C++ 14/17
  • iOS/Android development
  • Python experience
  • CI/CD tools
Perks:
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance

Job Details

Principal C++ Software Engineer (Tools)

About the company

Playrix is ​​one of the most successful mobile game development companies 
in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe 
and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

We have big plans for the growth and development of our projects, which is why we are looking for the strongest professionals to join our development teams.

Our development teams are the core of our company. They're the reason that our games have continued to grow and improve over the past 19 years. 

The Principal Engineer is the team's key technical expert, responsible for developing and implementing complex architectural solutions and innovations to achieve the company's strategic goals.

Tasks

  • Researching and implementing solutions to improve the technical quality of a game with a massive audience: optimizing FPS, load speed, and memory consumption, and developing processes and technical means of monitoring these indicators

  • Improving and developing the developer experience on the project—the speed and ease of local assembly for all platforms and the speed of assembling the build on TeamCity

  • Complex technical tasks, including a system for downloading resource packs and delivering urgent edits to production, an A/B testing system, a system for displaying window queues (and similar)

Our stack

  • Languages: C++, Lua and Python for occasional tasks

  • Graphics: OpenGL ES and Metal 

  • Our own engine, similar to Unity or Unreal, which we are constantly developing ()

  • Advanced CI/CD, automated testing, code review processes, and much more

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in developing commercial projects in C++ and/or Unity

  • Architecture design experience

  • Experience optimizing and profiling applications

  • A broad range of interests in the development field

Preferred

  • Confident knowledge of modern C++ 14/17 standards, as well as STL

  • Experience in developing for iOS and Android mobile platforms

  • Experience working with Python

  • Experience with CI/CD tools

  • Experience with rendering and CMake

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

  • For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being
  • We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
  • We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
  • We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.
Professional development and education
  • We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
  • We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.
Events and merch
  • We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
  • We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
  • We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.

Work Format

Remote or from one of the company’s offices.

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