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As a lead game developer, you will be responsible for leading the development team. This includes design, development, coding, testing, and debugging. You will also coordinate the development team's schedule and ensure effective communication between team members and other areas, set up a development pipeline, estimate task completion, write technical design documents and assist the producer in having a vision for the future\nFor this role, you will join the client's original team ahead of the launch of a cloud-streamed party game and take over day-to-day engineering delivery of its post-launch roadmap: social features, asynchronous multiplayer, themed content updates and, later, multiplayer across households. You will work as an extension of the client's studio in Helsinki. The game is built in Unity 6.3 (C#, URP, FMOD) and streams from the cloud to a TV, with phones acting as controllers (TypeScript/React).\nWHAT YOU WILL DO:\nLead the client engineering team and taking over from the original developers\nOwn the architecture and SDK/platform integration\nPlan and estimate each update with the producer\nSet up the pipeline, tooling and telemetry\nOversee backend-facing features such as async multiplayer\nCode review and mentoring\nRequirements\n5+ years of experience as a Unity game developer.\nPrevious experience as Lead Developer of a team of more than 6 developers.\nLeading the development of at least one large game title from A-Z .\nA passion for video games.\nAvailability for daily working-hours overlap with Helsinki (EET/EEST).\nShipped client engineering work on a multiplayer, party, casual or two-screen game; live-ops experience on a live title is a strong plus.\nStrong skills in Unity having delivered a few titles at least.\nExcellent architectural abilities.\nCapable of mentoring juniors and regulars.\nShould be familiar with performance bottlenecks and ways to resolve them, multi-threading, OS concepts and optimization.\nExcellent communication skills.\nStrong reporting and documentation skills.\nFlexibility and ability to adapt to new technological changes as per project need.\n Ability to design and estimate backend-facing client features such as asynchronous multiplayer, persistent state, leaderboards and session sync.\nLive-ops delivery experience: data-driven content pipelines, seasonal content, and re-planning quickly in response to player feedback and live KPIs.\n\nDESIRABLE PLUSES:\nVery strong debugging skills.\nExperienced with word, puzzle, party or board games\nExperience working with React, TypeScript or React Three Fiber on controller side\nExperience on cloud-streamed or TV based game platforms.\nSolid technical foundation (e.g. Computer Science / Maths Degree or equivalent) \nBenefits\nPermanently remote position.\nAn opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects.\nBe part of an international group with offices worldwide.\nCareer growth and development.\nWorking closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.\nOngoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities.\nFlexible working hours.\nAn inclusive culture and open communication.\nAt Magic Media, our passion lies in gaming. Our vision is to create and deliver engaging and interesting games for our clients. We can deliver this high-quality work on any platform, whether it be on a console, PC, or mobile. We know that reputation and results go hand-in-hand. 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