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Senior C++ Software Engineer (Tools)

Senior C++ Software Engineer (Tools)

5 Days ago • 5 Years +

About the job

Summary_{By Outscal}

Playrix seeks a Senior C++ Engineer to accelerate app loading speed, develop event content transfer tools, and enhance development efficiency with tools like Match-3 level editors. Experience in C++ development and application optimization is required.

Senior 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 experts to join our development teams.

That said, experience in C++ and/or game development is not at all necessary: we have an excellent adaptation system for a comfortable transition for beginners from Unity and from other industries.

Development teams are at the core of our company. They are the reason that our games have continued to grow and improve for 19 years.

The Senior Engineer is a strong technical specialist capable of solving truly complex engineering problems, both independently and with the involvement of other developers in the team.

Main areas within our projects:

Feature: develop events and mini-games from scratch (ranging from various competitions to mini-games like Merge)
Technical: optimization, technical stability support, SDK (reducing loading speed, memory consumption, etc.)
Match-3 and meta: working with graphics and basic game mechanics (adding new functionality, refactoring and optimization

Tasks

Significant acceleration of the app's loading speed and minimization of crashes
Development of a tool for transferring event content between projects
Development of tools that increase development efficiency: for example, an editor for Match-3 levels
Implementing offline functionality for the app
Revising the game to improve quality and stability, preparing a list of changes and subsequently implementing them

Our stack

Languages: C++, and Lua and Python for single 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
Broad range of interests in the development field

Preferred

Confident knowledge of modern C++ 14/17 standards, as well as STL
Experience in development for iOS and Android mobile platforms
Experience in game development
Experience working with Python
Experience with CI/CD tools
Experience with rendering and CMake

We offer

A focus on code quality and reliability
An emphasis on developing each specialist's product ideas Time to play the games that you're developing, so you can envision how this or that feature will work for the user
The ability to switch out processes and approaches for more efficient ones without lengthy approvals or bureaucracy

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.