Game Engineer
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About The Team
We are a passionate team of highly skilled engineers and top-tier designers based in Hong Kong. We develop diverse games for the Nex Playground , covering genres like arcade, action, rhythm, puzzle, and educational. Our hit titles include Starri , Bluey , Mirrorama , Cookie Monster , and Tumbobots, Doodle Heads, Elmo Says, etc.
This is a place to collaborate with passionate developers, unleash your creativity, and deepen your engineering skills. You will participate in 1-3 game projects every year, as a game engineer who works on both engineering and product design.
What You Will Do
- Software Engineering: Build game architecture, UI/UX, gameplay logic, motion control algorithms, and internal tools.
- Product Design: Participate in game design, rapid prototyping, and iterate based on playtesting feedback.
- Tech Research: Explore new technologies and share knowledge with the team to drive collective growth.
- Leadership: (For Senior level) Lead project development, collaborate across disciplines, make key technical decisions, and track progress.
Who We Are Looking For
Growth Mindset: Humble and eager to learn. Active in side projects (open-source softwares, indie games etc.) is a plus.
Innovation: Creative and loves exploring fresh ideas.
Audience Focus: Interested in creating family-friendly games for kids, parents, and seniors. (Being a parent is a plus!)
Passion for Quality: You care deeply about details and aim for world-class quality.
Engineering Best Practices: You write clean, maintainable, and robust code.
Tech-Savvy: Broad interest in technology (App dev, Web, Databases, UI/UX, Animation).
Optimization: Skilled in optimizing memory, GPU, CPU and shader usage.
Unity Expertise: Familiarity with Unity. Experience shipping high-quality games is a bonus.
Troubleshooting: Able to fix compilation and runtime errors effectively.
Prototyping: Able to build rapid prototypes in Unity.
Tool Creation: Experience building Unity tools (e.g., level editors, data visualizers).
Communication: Clear expression of technical details. Experience teaching or mentoring others is a plus.
Leadership: (For Senior level) Proven ability to lead a team to deliver high-quality results.
What We Offer
- Strong Team: Work with a high-performance team where we learn and grow together.
- Growth: Learn from experienced colleagues in engineering, design, and management.
- Compensation: Competitive compensation package.
- Flexibility: Flexible working hours and location, as long as efficiency is ensured.
- Opportunity: Join a rapidly growing company in a new market sector with exponential potential.
We Offer
Competitive compensation package.
Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field
Nex is located in San Jose, California, USA and Hong Kong . Learn more about us at nex.inc/who-we-are . We encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements — we believe that experience comes in many forms!
Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship, including all current and prospective employees, and covers all employment decisions including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline and termination.
We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment and to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.
About Nex
Nex is a private motion-entertainment company creating active-play games for kids and adults.
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