Responsibilities:

• Rapidly iterate on game mechanics and features to build an evolving community-driven game
• Create sticky mechanics of the Branch game to increase virality and retention
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the game
• Design and implement a generic game implementation that works across platforms for mobile, desktop, and web
• Build POC’s to understand new tools, techniques, and process; document and demonstrate steps to adopt
• Act as a subject matter expert to guide formal design review processes for mission-critical components of the game
• Become a resident expert of the Branch backend technical stack and guide new engineers in the agile game development process

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience building games in a game engine such as Unity or Unreal
• 7+ years of experience with a modern language such as C#, C++, Java, or Javascript
• The capacity to thrive in an ever-changing, quick-to-deliver environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience testing, automating, and instrumenting your code
• Experience building high-production value 3d multiplayer games
• Proven track record of having shipped high-production value games at indie or AAA game studios
• Knowledge of how to profile, analyze, and improve performance, from low-level limitations to high-level architectural decisions

Bonus experience:

• Experience mentoring junior engineers
• Experience building browser-first games (working in JS/TS, React, WebGL, etc.)
• Understanding of the Defi landscape, particularly on Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible chains such as Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, Solana, etc.
• Deep graphics programming knowledge and experience writing shaders