AI-Native Software Engineer (Games)

Playrix · Location not stated

Discipline
Programming
Seniority
Mid (from the description)
Work model
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Employment type
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Pay
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Posted
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First seen on Hakken
22 Oct

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About the role

AI-Native Software Engineer (Games)

About the company

Playrix is one of the most successful mobile game development companies, ranking among the top 3 mobile game developers in the world. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (one-third of the world’s population), and more than 30 million people play them every day!

Team, about the role

At Playrix, development teams are at the core of our business. They are the reason that our games have continued to grow and improve for 20+ years.

We’re building an AI-firstengineering culture where AI is a full-fledged part of development: we create agentic workflows, introduce new tools, and constantly look for ways to move faster without compromising quality.

AI-Native Software Engineer will build game features and events using AI at every stage of development, and will also evolve the team’s AI tools and practices.

Experience with C++ or game development is not required. We believe that a strong engineering foundation allows you to quickly learn a new language and get to grips with an unfamiliar system.

Tasks

  • Develop game features and events using AI tools

  • Work end-to-end: from research to launch and ongoing development

  • Develop the AI tools our team uses to create game events

  • Improve the architecture and codebase so that new features are easier and faster to build and evolve

  • Own the quality and stability of your solutions in production

Our stack

  • AI infrastructure and LLM serving: A centralized platform built on Amazon Bedrock and Databricks AI Gateway, bringing together a multi-model stack (Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi). Through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), we’ve deployed a secure ecosystem of integrations with our internal systems (GitHub, Sentry, Amplitude), which manages access, caching, and context in real time.

  • AI orchestration and development pipeline: A modular catalog of specialized AI agents and skills with shared state management. The platform provides end-to-end automation of the entire development lifecycle: from generating game logic and UI to testing, creating, and automatically reviewing pull requests.

  • Engine:Our own in-house engine, which is similar to Unity or Unreal, and which we are continuously developing. We have our own AI assistant to help you quickly get up to speed with the codebase

  • Languages: C++ (primary), Python for specific tasks

  • Graphics: OpenGL

Requirements

  • AI-native approach to development: experience with AI agents and other AI tools at various stages of the software development lifecycle, from design and coding to testing, review, and debugging

  • 3+ years of commercial development experience

  • Ability to quickly get up to speed on unfamiliar code, technologies, and domains, and to make well-grounded engineering decisions

  • Experience delivering projects end-to-end

Preferred

  • Experience with game engines (Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, Cocos2D, Defold, etc.)

  • Experience developing mobile games

  • Confident knowledge of modern C++ 14/17 standards, as well as STL

We offer

  • You can experiment with AI tools, introduce new approaches, and scale successful practices across the whole team

  • A lot of engineering autonomy: we change processes, propose ideas, and bring them to life quickly

  • Engineers influence product decisions: we play our own games, we know our players, and we understand why we build each feature

  • A high quality bar: we move fast, but not at the expense of reliability

  • An open engineering culture: we share experience, discuss decisions, and aren’t afraid to rethink familiar approaches

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

  • For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world. We only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being

  • We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist, including individual, family, and child consultations.
  • We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
  • We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions, as well as massages, spa and sauna visits, and recovery treatments.

Professional development and education

  • We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
  • We cover foreign language courses.
  • Employees who combine work with formal education are entitled to five additional paid days off per year for exams, thesis or dissertation defence, and other mandatory academic activities.

Events and merch

  • We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
  • We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
  • We have a merch store with its own internal currency that you can use to buy unique gifts, such as a new game console or a padel racket.

Pet care

  • We reimburse a portion of pet-related expenses, including veterinary services and other eligible costs.

Work Format

Remote or from one of the company’s offices.

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