We are a mobile game company, based in both Helsinki and Berlin, creating world-class entertainment by building a portfolio of hit games. Since our launch in 2020, our first chart-topping game Merge Mansion has been entertaining over 55 million players worldwide, and we have grown into a team of over 200.
Our mission is to entertain hundreds of millions of people for decades, with our games, and also through our creative marketing, community, and beyond – while having fun with it.
We’re ordinary people crafting extraordinary games with passion and ambition, united by our culture of trust, psychological safety and wellbeing.
We are looking for a skilled Tech Programmer to enhance the platform that drives our entire development process, ensuring we maintain high performance and scalability. You’ll be joining the Merge Mansion Tech Team, focusing on the client side, where you’ll work closely with developers across all areas to tackle technical challenges, improve development speed, and manage long-term project viability.
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Responsibilities
- Collaborating closely with all developers within Merge Mansion through consulting, knowledge sharing, and mentoring
- Developing the architecture of the game and creating simple, easy-to-use APIs that enable other developers to work quickly and safely, while being accountable for the core systems of the game
- Establishing code conventions and standards by gathering feedback, conducting research, and driving these conventions across projects
- Profiling and analyzing the game to identify and solve performance issues proactively
- Developing and improving on processes and workflows, and removing development bottlenecks by creating tools and improving pipelines
- Being accountable for reviewing and updating external dependencies, including SDKs, plugins, and packages
- Providing technical leadership in projects to drive them to completion
Requirements
- Extensive understanding of C#
- Comprehensive knowledge of Unity Engine (Rendering, Building, Editor Extensions, UI, Input, Packages, and Plugins)
- Deep understanding of various programming patterns and anti-patterns, and the ability to adapt them to both existing and new solutions
- Experience working with different platforms, including iOS and Android
- Creative problem solving skills to tackle cases where we often work with complex systems and situations that need compromising
- Good understanding of what it means to work with an ever growing code-base and the ability to think long-term
- Ability to detect weak points in the codebase and provide better architectural proposals, with the foresight to to anticipate potential problems
In addition to these, it would be nice but not mandatory for you to have these as well:
- Experience with other game engines
- Knowledge of game backends
- Ability to use other languages, such as C++, Rust, Javascript, or Python
- Experience working with asset pipelines and CI systems
What We Offer
- Workplace where we aim high, without taking ourselves too seriously
- Autonomy and accountability with support to foster professional development
- Great opportunities to grow with the company
- Work-life balance and strong emphasis on wellbeing
- Approachable leaders with low ego
- Flexible hybrid workplace where people enjoy working at the office
Basics
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Relocation: Relocating to Finland expected, full support provided
- Work model: Mix of office and remote work
- Working language: English
Our equal opportunity statement
To entertain hundreds of millions of people for decades, we need diverse teams that understand our diverse audiences. The key to unleash our creativity is a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture of trust where Metacoreans from all walks of life can be themselves. We celebrate our differences and believe they are the strength that drives us forward.
We are committed to offering equal opportunities for all, regardless of background, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, family status, education, socioeconomic status or any other characteristic. We build and maintain a workplace and industry free of harassment and discrimination.
We also aspire to have DE&I as a fundamental part of our game design process to enable us to create even better and more inclusive games, communities and entertainment.
If you require any support or have specific needs during the application process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We look forward to hearing from you!
Our culture
Our culture is based on trust, psychological safety and wellbeing. At Metacore, autonomy and accountability go firmly hand in hand, and we cultivate a diverse and inclusive workplace where you can be yourself.
We are collaborative and humble, and think “we” before “me”. We enable focus through transparency and ownership. We aim high, and aspire to be nothing less than the best game company in the world to work for.
To create even better games, communities and entertainment, we welcome talent with diverse experiences, who are passionate about their roles and bold in their ambition.
We have collectively defined our culture and values, and we uphold them together, every day.
Read more about our culture: https://metacoregames.com/culture
Top Skills
What We Do
Game company on a mission to entertain hundreds of millions of people for decades. Currently scaling our global hit game Merge Mansion and developing our new hit games. Located in Helsinki & Berlin – and yes, we are hiring at both locations
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