Lead Game Developer, Angry Birds Friends

Rovio is part of the SEGA family and world famous for our flagship IP Angry Birds - want to know more about Rovio as an employer? .

As a Lead Game Developer, you'll focus on building complex features and shaping the technical architecture of our game, while also guiding and supporting a team of game developers. Working closely with your producer, the tech lead, and multi-disciplinary game team, you'll play a central role in helping everyone do their best work and craft amazing experiences for millions of players.

You will have impact and fun at work by:

• Crafting key product features from initial design all the way to implementation.
• Ensuring top-notch code quality, documentation, and overall game performance.
• Taking ownership of technical architecture, ensuring robust and scalable solutions for game features.
• Leading technical aspects across the project, fostering high-quality code implementation and effective development standards.
• Guiding, supporting, and cooperating with developers across your game team.
• Partnering with producers to plan, schedule, and prioritize the project backlog.
• Sharing knowledge, communicating openly, and connecting with other teams across Rovio.
• Refining existing processes, tools, and workflows to help the team thrive.

Experience and skills we are looking for:

• 8+ years of game development experience with a proven track record of shipping titles.
• Deep programming expertise, particularly with C# and the Unity engine.
• Strong background in building solid game architecture using SOLID design principles.
• Great focus on debugging, profiling, and performance optimization for target platforms.
• Clear, thoughtful communication skills to help motivate and organize the team.
• Familiarity with agile development practices and a proactive approach to solving problems.

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At Rovio, we are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or conditions in our working environment and job application procedures. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility. If you have any questions before applying, please write to us