Founded by successful, repeat entrepreneurs and funded by top VCs in addition to founders and executives of world-leading game companies, SOBA is an open world where anyone can create games; a small group of talented engineers, artists, and designers with a mission of making the world’s largest medium, games, accessible for everyone. They believe a small team can make a big difference.

We’re collaborating with them to find a Senior Software Engineer for their tech team (4 pax.).

A small and experienced team where every team member has a lot of responsibility and can influence both what they do (product) and how they do it (culture). You will own and drive high-level features from planning through design and implementation, be involved in all stages of the software development lifecycle, and solve complex technical problems.

What you’ll do

• Work closely with designers, artists and product management to achieve desired gameplay experience on all platforms
• Own and drive high-level features from planning through implementation, be involved in all stages of the software development lifecycle, and solve complex technical challenges
• Contribute with your own ideas on how to make the player experience better
• Support in building first-party content
• Contribute to strategic technology choices
• Iterate quickly without compromising quality
• Act on feedback from metrics and users
• Carry out code reviews to guarantee code quality

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• You have strong CS fundamentals and problem-solving skills and actively apply them in practice to solve problems
• You LOVE games
• You’re able to prioritize tasks and work independently
• You don’t guard information but share it openly with others
• You seek feedback from both users and your colleagues; You have a shipping mentality
• You constantly look for ways to improve yourself and develop your craft
• Knowledge of WebAssembly and WebGL is a plus

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience
• 3+ years of Professional experience developing games
• Experience in Unity and/or Unreal
• Experience working with early, fast-iterating product teams is a big plus

This position is based in Berlin (hybrid).