Are you an experienced Game Programmer who loves building player-impactful features while strengthening the long-term technical health of a live game?
This is a great opportunity to join a small, highly collaborative team in Helsinki, working onsite to support and evolve a successful mobile title enjoyed by millions.
You’ll take features from concept to polished release, improve performance across the board, and help shape durable architectural improvements that keep the game scalable and maintainable over time.
What you’ll be doing:
- Building high-quality gameplay features and supporting systems that enhance the player experience
- Identifying long-term technical improvements and implementing structural changes to strengthen the codebase
- Collaborating closely with designers, artists, and programmers while independently owning full feature delivery
- Writing robust, maintainable C++ code used across a live, player-facing product
- Improving performance, including load times, memory usage, and overall runtime efficiency
What we're looking for:
- Strong professional C++ experience with a broad understanding of game programming
- Ability to work effectively within an existing codebase and build new systems where needed
- A strategic mindset toward sustainable architecture, maintainability, and code quality
- A passion for games and a strong willingness to learn, iterate, and improve
- Comfort working onsite with a small, collaborative team
If you’re a versatile Senior Game Programmer who thrives in small teams, loves solving meaningful technical challenges, and wants to shape the future of a live mobile game, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now, or reach out to Ryan Templeman - rt@skillsearch.com
Years of experience and salary levels are shown purely as a guide. We will only consider applications from candidates that can demonstrate the skills or experience required for the role.
Please be aware that while we would love to respond to every application we receive, due to high numbers we cannot guarantee this. We do however appreciate any time you invest into the application and will make sure to get in touch should anything in future more closely fit your skillset.
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Ryan Templeman
Game Development Team Lead & North America Team Lead
Ryan leads our dev team, focusing on scouting out the best programmers in the industry! We think he’s working here mostly to get his hands on new Lord of the Rings VR experiences as soon as they come out although, with his level of knowledge, maybe he should be helping make them instead! He is one of the few people on the team that is a born and bred Brightonian. In fact, he has never moved far - to the point where the last time he moved, it was only 2 doors down from his old place!
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