Senior Mobile Game Engine Developer
First seen by Alion on Sep 10, 2026.
Role : Senior Mobile Game Engine Developer - Solar2D (Corona SDK) & Lua Runtime Expert :
Job Description :
We are seeking an exceptionally experienced Solar2D (formerly Corona SDK) Game Developer with deep expertise in the framework's runtime architecture, Lua optimization, and cross-platform mobile deployment. This is not a generic Unity, Unreal, or Cocos role.
Mandatory Requirements :
- 7+ years of professional game development experience.
- Minimum 4+ years of hands-on development using Solar2D (Corona SDK) in production environments.
- Portfolio containing multiple published Solar2D/Corona SDK games available on Google Play and/or Apple App Store.
- Advanced expertise in Lua, including metatables, coroutines, closures, runtime optimization, and memory management.
- Strong understanding of Solar2D's rendering pipeline, scene lifecycle, event dispatch system, physics engine, and asset management.
- Demonstrated ownership of complete mobile game architecture, including deployment, monetization, optimization, and live updates.
Core Responsibilities :
- Architect scalable game systems using Solar2D and Lua.
- Develop reusable gameplay frameworks, entity systems, UI architecture, and animation pipelines.
- Optimize rendering performance to consistently maintain 60 FPS across low-end Android devices and modern iOS devices.
- Profile and eliminate CPU bottlenecks, memory leaks, excessive draw calls, and Lua garbage collection spikes.
- Implement advanced game systems including state machines, object pooling, scene management, asset streaming, save systems, and localization.
- Integrate native plugins using Solar2D Native when framework limitations require platform-specific functionality.
- Implement mobile monetization using AdMob, AppLovin MAX, Unity Ads, IronSource, In-App Purchases, and subscription models.
- Manage complete build and release pipelines for both Android and iOS.
Required Technical Expertise :
- Solar2D (Expert) : Composer Scene Management, Widget Library, Display Groups, Runtime Events, Transition Library, Sprite Sheets, Physics Engine, Native API Integration, Solar2D Native Builds, Plugin Development.
- Lua (Expert) : Coroutines, Metatables, Closures, Module Design, Object-Oriented Lua, Garbage Collection Optimization, Memory Profiling.
- Mobile Development : Android SDK integration, iOS provisioning, Xcode, Android Studio, Gradle, CocoaPods, App Store Connect, Google Play Console.
- Performance Engineering : GPU optimization, CPU profiling, Draw call reduction, Texture compression, Memory footprint optimization, Sprite batching.
- Version Control : Git, GitFlow, Bitbucket/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines.
Skills
2D, LUA Programming, Game Design, Game Engine, SDK, UI Architect, Unity3D, Mobile Game Design