Software Engineer II - Remote

At Uken, we believe our success comes from the quality of our team members, and this is why we’re excited to add a Software Engineer to our game development team. We are looking for someone to work closely with our in-house designers, developers and artists to help create and improve high-quality, cross-platform mobile games.  This role is for a highly experienced and technically proficient software developer working in a Unity C# based environment. You will work together with a team of developers throughout the development pipeline from design and architecture to development and testing.

As a Ukenite, you'll be working on meaningful things like:

• Implementing gameplay features with UI/UX and associated logic
• Creating well designed, production-ready, high-quality code in C# that can be easily maintained and shared
• Optimize the code and implementation for high performance
• Testing the features you developed, make them ready for the QA team
• Working alongside a talented team
• Creating fun, performant mobile games that people love

Your background should include:

• 3+ years experience building games for mobile platforms
• Excellent programming skills in C#
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design, coding, and testing patterns
• Expertise with the Unity game engine
• Experience in the development of Unity UI and animation systems
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work efficiently with teammates
• An appetite to learn, grow and take on increasingly more responsibility
  
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent

It'd be a big plus if you have:

• Experience in game optimization techniques: improving frames-per-second, reducing draw calls, and optimizing code and memory for high performance
• Shipped a mobile game, or AAA game
• Contributions to an open-source project (include a portfolio or Github profile)

We believe in a fun & meaningful work environment:

• You'll be equipped with a high-end laptop, mobile device 
• Competitive salary, extended health and dental benefits and allowances
• You’ll work in a collaborative, coaching and mentoring culture
• Remote and in-person team building events and celebrations
• 4 day workweek and remote work model!  

About Us

Uken builds games that people everywhere love. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Jeopardy! World Tour are the top 2 trivia games, engaging millions of global players every month. In 2020, Uken released Ava’s Manor, a solitaire game where users renovate and decorate the manor while discovering mysterious clues and dabbling in a romantic love story. 

We consider ourselves data-driven designers, technologists, and artists. Through collaboration, we pair the craft of design with feedback and data to deliver a pace and rhythm in each game session that immerses our audience and leaves them wanting more. We have a quirky, nerdy culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, quality ideas, and a data-driven mindset. We believe in moving quickly and improving constantly, and that mantra is reflected in the weekly updates we make to our games and internal technologies. We have an appetite for pushing technical boundaries but with a focus on practical use.

We take entertainment seriously.

Uken welcomes applications from racialized people, Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, and people from gender and sexually diverse groups who would contribute to the further diversification of our team. Uken is committed to offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or accommodation for any part of the selection process due to a disability, please contact us at jobs@uken.com