Software Engineer – Unannounced Project

Overview

In this role you will help build a new mobile free-to-play action game, working across gameplay, meta, and core tech. You’ll own features end-to-end within a distributed, mentoring-friendly team and contribute to tools for engineers and content creators. The position blends engineering across domains with a focus on learning and growth, supported by a hybrid London-based arrangement. You will collaborate with design and backend to ship impactful gameplay experiences that reach a wide audience. This is an opportunity to shape a new title within a respected studio in the Zynga family.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary and discretionary annual bonus
• 26 days holiday + bank holidays and 2 paid personal days
• maternity/paternity leave
• private medical & dental insurance
• pension plan with double matching employer contribution
• mental health and neurodiversity support programs

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features and game functionality in Unreal Engine 5
• Develop tools for engineering teams and content creators
• Define and scope tasks and system requirements
• Triage and fix bugs and stability issues

Key requirements

• Experience as a Software Engineer in the game industry with Unreal Engine
• Proficiency in C++
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software methodologies
• Strong knowledge of version control workflows (GitHub, Perforce/Helix Core, Git-flow, branch management)
• Good communication and collaboration skills

• good communication
• collaborative mindset
• willingness to learn
• Unreal Engine
• C++
• data structures and algorithms

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