# Senior Desktop Engineer (Linux Gaming)

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000Location: Remote, but within the UK Please note: We are unable to sponsor international visas at this time. About Nexus Mods Established in 2001, Nexus Mods is the largest video game modding platform on the internet - a household name in the PC gaming ecosystem. 80M+ registered members 980K+ mods for 5,500+ games 26B+ mod downloads We’re currently focused on product modernisation, driving growth and building infrastructure for the next 10 years of community-powered modding.Our Role We’re looking for a Linux gaming specialist to join our Engineering team, working on the Linux experience for Vortex, Nexus Mods’ flagship desktop mod manager. Your main focus will be SteamOS and Steam hardware such as the Steam Deck, helping bring Vortex to Linux gamers and delivering on Nexus Mods’ commitment to SteamOS. Vortex is a desktop application, currently Windows-first with Linux support on the roadmap. It runs on Linux today but is some way off parity with Windows, and most of the remaining problems come from gaming on Linux, such as Wine and Proton, game store compatibility and game-specific workarounds. You’ll also help us build a support strategy for Linux players a

- **Id**: 4082037
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nexusmods-senior-desktop-engineer-linux-gaming>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T16:54:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T17:44:49Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5705
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: PC Games, Online Forums & Community Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 1761578
- **Name**: Nexusmods
- **Domain**: nexusmods.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nexusmods-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: HiBob

## Salary

- **Min**: 65000
- **Max**: 75000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 99629

## Technologies

- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **Electron** — Optional: yes
- **GOG Galaxy SDK** — Optional: yes
- **React.js** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T17:44:49Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 12
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T19:26:58Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 99629
- **Is top pay**: no

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