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Founded in Austin, Texas, we’ve since expanded to Brazil and the UAE, growing our diverse and talented team of creators. We pride ourselves on a fun and collaborative work environment, with a remote-friendly culture and a dedication to producing high-quality, engaging games. Our current titles, including “Spades Masters” (iOS/Android), have been enjoyed by millions of players globally.\nOur passion lies in reinventing card games infusing them with fresh mechanics, beautiful design, and social features that spark connection and excitement. As we continue to scale, we’re looking for creative, driven individuals who are excited to help shape the future of multiplayer mobile gaming in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.\nJoin us and be part of building something big from the ground up.\nThe Opportunity\nWe're looking for a Unity Developer to help build high-quality mobile games faster and smarter. Reporting to the Lead Unity Developer, you'll use modern AI development tools alongside your technical expertise to implement game features, prototype ideas rapidly, solve complex engineering problems, and continuously improve development velocity.\nThis role spans the entire game development lifecycle, from rapid prototyping to live operations. Success requires strong Unity fundamentals, excellent engineering judgment, and the ability to use AI as a force multiplier while maintaining high standards for code quality, performance, and player experience.\nThis position is remote and from Brazil.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\nDevelop and implement mobile games in Unity for iOS and Android.\nUse AI-powered development tools to accelerate coding, debugging, refactoring, documentation, testing, and prototyping while maintaining production-quality standards.\nCollaborate with designers, producers, artists, backend engineers, and QA to deliver polished player experiences.\nWrite clean, scalable, maintainable C# code and validate AI-generated code before production use.\nRapidly prototype gameplay mechanics and iterate based on team feedback.\nOptimize performance across a wide range of mobile devices using Unity profiling tools.\nDebug complex gameplay, networking, memory, and platform-specific issues.\nImplement gameplay systems, UI, animations, VFX, audio, and live operations features.\nContribute to CI/CD, build automation, and deployment pipelines.\nReview code, improve engineering standards, and contribute to reusable systems and internal tools.\nContinuously evaluate new AI tools and workflows that improve team productivity.\nParticipate in Agile development processes, including sprint planning and daily standups.\nWhat We’re Looking For\nWhat you need to have:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Interactive Media, or equivalent experience.\n5+ years developing mobile games with Unity.\nAt least 2 shipped mobile game titles.\nExcellent C# programming skills.\nStrong understanding of Unity architecture, UI Toolkit/uGUI, prefabs, asset management, animation, audio, and scene management.\nExperience building both 2D and 3D mobile games.\nExperience optimizing CPU, GPU, memory, and battery performance.\nExperience with REST APIs, WebSockets, or multiplayer networking.\nStrong debugging and problem-solving skills.\nExperience working in Agile teams.\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills.\nAI-First Development\nWe expect our engineers to use AI as part of their daily workflow. You should:\nBe comfortable using AI coding assistants (such as Unity AI, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT, or similar).\nKnow how to write effective prompts for technical tasks.\nCritically review, validate, test, and improve AI-generated code rather than accepting it blindly.\nUse AI to accelerate debugging, documentation, testing, refactoring, and code generation.\nContinuously experiment with new AI workflows that improve development speed without compromising quality.\nUnderstand the limitations, risks, and security considerations of AI-assisted software development.\nWhy YallaPlay\nWhat You Get\nReal Impact - You’ll work on meaningful projects that reach a global audience.\n Collaborative Culture - Small team, big ambition. We keep things fun, respectful, and feedback-driven.\nBenefits & Perks\nCompetitive salary\nRemote-first and flexible schedule- Digital nomad friendly\nGenerous paid time off\nPaid birthdays off\nGrowth opportunities and access to learning resources\nA team that actually loves games-and each other\nNext Steps\nReady to join the team? We’d love to hear from you!\nApply \nShare sample code and projects (GitHub)\nWe review every application carefully and will be in touch if there’s a fit. 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