Senior Game Engineer

Company Description:

Gajabuja is a gaming company, currently focused on the casual mobile audience starting with our first few games revolving around the puzzles and allied categories. Our founders are seasoned entrepreneurs who are leaders in the industry and have had successful exits.

Role Description:

This is a full-time role for a Senior Game Engineer who is Client/Unity focused. As a Senior Engineer, your responsibility is to build game mechanics and features:

• Implement visually stunning effects and animations that align with design goals and seamless integration of game interfaces, menus, HUDs, and transitions.
• Integrate third-party SDKs and platform-specific integrations for iOS and Android.
• Implement systems to manage game state, player progress, and real-time data flows between client and backend.
• Profile and optimize rendering pipelines, animations, and memory usage for smooth performance on target platforms.
• Ensure compatibility across various devices, resolutions, and screen sizes.
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes to reduce manual overhead..

Required Qualifications:

• 3-7 years experience in product software engineering, with at least 2 years in front-end frameworks.
• 2+ years as a developer in the gaming industry with at least 2 years on mobile games that are played by 50K+ daily active users.
• Strong foundation in software dev practices including agile, scrum and sprints.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and remotely, with the right collaboration required to deliver high quality outcomes.

Compensation:

• The company offers fair pay and is generally better than the market average.
• Stock opportunities will be based on responsibility and ownership displayed in the first 6-12 months.

Other benefits:

• Work with a team of great minds who are aggressive at problem-solving and scaling.
• Exposure to the early stages of a company formation, including the networking to set you up better for your own entrepreneurial journey at a future point in time.
• Learn about gaming as a business beyond game development, and find opportunities to take on additional/different responsibilities laterally.