Senior C++ Software Engineer (Gameplay)

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Job description

About the company

Playrix is one of the most successful mobile game development companies, ranking among the top 3 mobile game developers in the world. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (one-third of the world’s population), and more than 30 million people play them every day!

Team, about the role

To improve the quality of our products and take them to the next level, we're building an AI-first culture within our engineering teams. This means developing agentic workflows, implementing new tools, measuring gains in development speed, and paying special attention to the quality of the results. That's why we're looking for top-level engineers ready to support and develop these practices with us. That said, experience in C++ and/or game development is not at all necessary: we have an excellent adaptation system for a comfortable transition for beginners from Unity and from other industries. In each project we have the following areas: Feature: develop events and mini-games from scratch (ranging from various competitions to mini-games like Merge) Technical: optimization, technical stability support, SDK (reducing loading speed, memory consumption, etc.) Match-3 and meta: working with graphics and basic mechanics of the game (adding new functionality, refactoring and optimization)

AI-first culturegains in development speedtop-level engineers

That said, experience in C++ and/or game development is not at all necessary: we have an excellent adaptation system for a comfortable transition for beginners from Unity and from other industries.

In each project we have the following areas:

In each project we have the following areas:

Feature: develop events and mini-games from scratch (ranging from various competitions to mini-games like Merge)

Feature: develop events and mini-games from scratch (ranging from various competitions to mini-games like Merge)

Technical: optimization, technical stability support, SDK (reducing loading speed, memory consumption, etc.)

Technical: optimization, technical stability support, SDK (reducing loading speed, memory consumption, etc.)

Match-3 and meta: working with graphics and basic mechanics of the game (adding new functionality, refactoring and optimization)

Tasks

Program game mechanics and logic Design and review the architecture of features Program UI and visual effects Profile and optimize the game for memory and frame rate Mentor junior specialists Conduct code review

Program game mechanics and logic
Design and review the architecture of features

Design and review the architecture of features

Program UI and visual effects

Program UI and visual effects

Profile and optimize the game for memory and frame rate

Profile and optimize the game for memory and frame rate

Mentor junior specialists

Mentor junior specialists

Conduct code review

Conduct code review

Our stack

Languages: C++, and Lua and Python for single tasks Graphics: OpenGL ES and Metal Our own engine, similar to Unity or Unreal, which we are constantly developing (read about our engine here) Advanced CI/CD, automated testing, code review processes and much more AI: Claude, Cursor, and Codex with configured repository rules, a growing catalog of specialized skills, and agentic modes for specific tasks. MCP integrations with internal infrastructure (GitHub, Asana, Amplitude, etc.). Agentic workflows cover the entire cycle—from generating game elements and automated tests to automatically creating and reviewing PRs

Languages: C++, and Lua and Python for single tasks

Languages: C++, and Lua and Python for single tasks

Graphics: OpenGL ES and Metal

Graphics: OpenGL ES and Metal

Our own engine, similar to Unity or Unreal, which we are constantly developing (read about our engine here)

Our own engine, similar to Unity or Unreal, which we are constantly developing (read about our engine here)

read about our engine here

Advanced CI/CD, automated testing, code review processes and much more

Advanced CI/CD, automated testing, code review processes and much more

AI: Claude, Cursor, and Codex with configured repository rules, a growing catalog of specialized skills, and agentic modes for specific tasks. MCP integrations with internal infrastructure (GitHub, Asana, Amplitude, etc.). Agentic workflows cover the entire cycle—from generating game elements and automated tests to automatically creating and reviewing PRs

AI: Claude, Cursor, and Codex with configured repository rules, a growing catalog of specialized skills, and agentic modes for specific tasks. MCP integrations with internal infrastructure (GitHub, Asana, Amplitude, etc.). Agentic workflows cover the entire cycle—from generating game elements and automated tests to automatically creating and reviewing PRs

Requirements

4+ years of experience in developing commercial projects in C++ and/or Unity Experience in developing projects released in production Architecture design experience An understanding of AI infrastructure and modern tools, and the ability to integrate them into the development process

4+ years of experience in developing commercial projects in C++ and/or Unity

4+ years of experience in developing commercial projects in C++ and/or Unity

Experience in developing projects released in production

Experience in developing projects released in production

Architecture design experience

Architecture design experience

An understanding of AI infrastructure and modern tools, and the ability to integrate them into the development process

An understanding of AI infrastructure and modern tools, and the ability to integrate them into the development process

Preferred

Confident knowledge of modern C++ 14/17 standards, as well as STL Experience in game development Experience working with popular game engines (Unity, Unreal, Godot, Cocos2D, Defold, etc.) Experience developing for mobile platforms (iOS, Android) Experience working with computer graphics How we work with AI: AI is an engineering standard on our team, not an option. We use it daily in development—from task decomposition and codebase navigation to writing and refactoring code, etc. Our engineers are always responsible for their results. Any generated code goes through the same checks as manually written code: reviews, tests, quality gates, and validation in the context of the product. AI empowers our engineers—it doesn't replace them. We expect that with the help of AI, engineers will be able to move through tasks faster, take on a larger volume of work, and solve complex problems more efficiently. We share practices that work within the team: good AI use cases, successful approaches, repository rules, and agentic workflows become part of the shared engineering environment. We continuously improve our approach. Tools change quickly, so we expect an interest in new AI capabilities and a readiness to suggest improvements if they genuinely increase development speed and quality.

Confident knowledge of modern C++ 14/17 standards, as well as STL

Confident knowledge of modern C++ 14/17 standards, as well as STL

Experience in game development

Experience in game development

Experience working with popular game engines (Unity, Unreal, Godot, Cocos2D, Defold, etc.)

Experience working with popular game engines (Unity, Unreal, Godot, Cocos2D, Defold, etc.)

Experience developing for mobile platforms (iOS, Android)

Experience developing for mobile platforms (iOS, Android)

Experience working with computer graphics

Experience working with computer graphics

How we work with AI:

AI is an engineering standard on our team, not an option. We use it daily in development—from task decomposition and codebase navigation to writing and refactoring code, etc.

AI is an engineering standard on our team, not an option. We use it daily in development—from task decomposition and codebase navigation to writing and refactoring code, etc.

AI is an engineering standard on our team, not an option.

Our engineers are always responsible for their results. Any generated code goes through the same checks as manually written code: reviews, tests, quality gates, and validation in the context of the product.

Our engineers are always responsible for their results. Any generated code goes through the same checks as manually written code: reviews, tests, quality gates, and validation in the context of the product.

Our engineers are always responsible for their results.

AI empowers our engineers—it doesn't replace them. We expect that with the help of AI, engineers will be able to move through tasks faster, take on a larger volume of work, and solve complex problems more efficiently.

AI empowers our engineers—it doesn't replace them. We expect that with the help of AI, engineers will be able to move through tasks faster, take on a larger volume of work, and solve complex problems more efficiently.

AI empowers our engineers—it doesn't replace them.

We share practices that work within the team: good AI use cases, successful approaches, repository rules, and agentic workflows become part of the shared engineering environment.

We share practices that work within the team: good AI use cases, successful approaches, repository rules, and agentic workflows become part of the shared engineering environment.

We share practices that work within the team:

We continuously improve our approach. Tools change quickly, so we expect an interest in new AI capabilities and a readiness to suggest improvements if they genuinely increase development speed and quality.

We continuously improve our approach. Tools change quickly, so we expect an interest in new AI capabilities and a readiness to suggest improvements if they genuinely increase development speed and quality.

We continuously improve our approach.

We offer

Tasks that require you to make effective and complex architectural decisions as well as opportunities to apply interesting programming approaches. The opportunity to advance your career and/or move between departments beyond just development (Project Management, marketing, etc.). An emphasis on developing each specialist's product time to play the games that you're developing, so you can envision how this or that feature will work for the user. The ability to switch out processes and approaches for more efficient ones without lengthy approvals or bureaucracy.

Tasks that require you to make effective and complex architectural decisions as well as opportunities to apply interesting programming approaches.

Tasks that require you to make effective and complex architectural decisions as well as opportunities to apply interesting programming approaches.

The opportunity to advance your career and/or move between departments beyond just development (Project Management, marketing, etc.).

The opportunity to advance your career and/or move between departments beyond just development (Project Management, marketing, etc.).

An emphasis on developing each specialist's product time to play the games that you're developing, so you can envision how this or that feature will work for the user.

An emphasis on developing each specialist's product time to play the games that you're developing, so you can envision how this or that feature will work for the user.

The ability to switch out processes and approaches for more efficient ones without lengthy approvals or bureaucracy.

The ability to switch out processes and approaches for more efficient ones without lengthy approvals or bureaucracy.

Our Perks

Flexibility at work For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world. We only evaluate your results. Caring for health and well-being We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist, including individual, family, and child consultations. We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off. We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions, as well as massages, spa and sauna visits, and recovery treatments. Professional development and education We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences. We cover foreign language courses. Employees who combine work with formal education are entitled to five additional paid days off per year for exams, thesis or dissertation defence, and other mandatory academic activities. Events and merch We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties. We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges. We have a merch store with its own internal currency that you can use to buy unique gifts, such as a new game console or a padel racket. Pet care We reimburse a portion of pet-related expenses, including veterinary services and other eligible costs.

Flexibility at work

For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world. We only evaluate your results.

For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world. We only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being

We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist, including individual, family, and child consultations.
We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions, as well as massages, spa and sauna visits, and recovery treatments.

Professional development and education

We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
We cover foreign language courses.
Employees who combine work with formal education are entitled to five additional paid days off per year for exams, thesis or dissertation defence, and other mandatory academic activities.

Events and merch

We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
We have a merch store with its own internal currency that you can use to buy unique gifts, such as a new game console or a padel racket.