Game Developer

Hacksaw Studios is a company that builds online games. Our games can be played both in social gaming and real money modes. We have wide distribution and our games are played by millions of people every month by players all over the world.

We are currently looking to expand our development team and are looking for a front-end game developer. You will be part of our game development team and work in a tight knit team involving both back-end developers and designers.

Join our team as a Frontend Game Developer where you’ll bring visual assets to life based on design specs, handle the visual integration of backend-generated game mechanics, and work with animations and localizations. You’ll have the opportunity to debug, maintain, and review code, while also contributing to the evolution of our in-house framework. We’re looking for proactive developers who are eager to work on diverse tasks and improve our tools, making a real impact on the player experience.

We offer a nice office in Bucharest, an attractive salary, an opportunity to work with other experienced game developers and the chance to take part in building a new team.

Please note that this a full work from office job.

We also offer:

• 23 days of paid holiday / year
• monthly budget on Benefit Edenred

Your tasks will include:

• Work with the development and design team to create new games and update old games, as required
• Learn about the online gaming industry and stay up to date on current trends and what is popular with players
• Participate in code reviews and merge requests
• Work on our game development framework which modularizes functionality that gets re-used between games
• Co-operate with colleagues with similar roles, both in-house and with our partners

Required skills and experience:

• Experience with game development, or a solid development background and a strong desire to learn
• Experience with a programming language suited for game development, such as Javascript, Typescript, C#, Java, Haxe or similar

Other things that would be a bonus (but not required):

• Experience with some form of game development library, such as Unity, Unreal Engine, Pixi or similar
• Shader programming experience
• An interest in mathematics
• 3d programming experience, such as OpenGL
• A working knowledge of how a browser communicates with a back-end server
• Experience in debugging
• Social gaming experience
• A personal interest in games and an understanding of the industry, or a desire to learn