Game Programmer
MetacoreGermany11 hours ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology
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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 60 million players worldwide, and we have grown into a team of over 280.
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. Our culture of trust, psychological safety and wellbeing empowers us to aim high, take ownership, and shape the future of mobile games together.
We are looking for a Game Programmer to join our multidisciplinary feature team for Merge Mansion in Berlin. In this role, you’ll develop and implement features from pre-production to production and beyond to help us continue building a game our players love.
Curious about our crafts and how we collaborate together to create world-class entertainment? Find out more here https://metacoregames.com/our-crafts
Responsibilities
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
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. Our culture of trust, psychological safety and wellbeing empowers us to aim high, take ownership, and shape the future of mobile games together.
We are looking for a Game Programmer to join our multidisciplinary feature team for Merge Mansion in Berlin. In this role, you’ll develop and implement features from pre-production to production and beyond to help us continue building a game our players love.
Curious about our crafts and how we collaborate together to create world-class entertainment? Find out more here 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
- Regularly reviewing your work to ensure clean, maintainable code that follows best practices and SOLID principles
- Ensuring code standards and actively improving them by identifying better approaches and sharing enhancements with the team
- 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
- Extensive 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
- Good understanding of mobile development on 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
- 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
- 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
- A diverse and inclusive environment where you can be yourself
- Flexible hybrid workplace where people enjoy working at the office
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Relocation: Relocating to Germany expected, full support provided
- Work model: Mix of office and remote work
- Working language: English
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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