Lead Programmer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Lead Programmer (Gamedev): Taking technical ownership of one of the product areas in Merge Mansion with an accent on architecture, systems and engineering direction. Focus on driving architectural alignment and leading technical discovery for new initiatives.

Location: Helsinki, Finland or Berlin, Germany. Relocating to Finland or Germany expected, full support provided. Mix of office and remote work.

Company

Metacore crafts high quality free-to-play mobile games.

What you will do

• Act as the technical lead for a product area, taking ownership of its architecture, systems and engineering direction, with hands-on involvement in development.
• Drive architectural alignment and lead technical discovery for new initiatives.
• Coach, mentor and onboard game programmers in feature teams.
• Collaborate daily with Producers, Product Managers, Game Designers, Artists, UI/UX, QA, Data Analysts and technical core teams to build engaging game experiences.
• Work as a unifying tech voice across teams, enabling scalable, efficient development through better tools and practices.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership in cross-functional teams, including aligning architecture and engineering practices for large-scale systems.
• Strong experience working with live free-to-play mobile games.
• Solid professional background with Unity, including understanding of Addressables or AssetBundles, rendering, GUI, error handling, validations, and runtime performance.
• Skilled in profiling, debugging and performance analysis.
• Good understanding of multi-platform development on iOS, Android and ideally also PC, Mac or Web.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with backend and infrastructure.
• Experience with front-end technologies and frameworks (Java/TypeScript & Vue, React).
• Experience with asset/content pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Workplace where we aim high, without taking ourselves too seriously.
• Autonomy and accountability with support to foster professional development.
• Great opportunities to grow with the company.
• Work-life balance and strong emphasis on wellbeing.
• Flexible hybrid workplace where people enjoy working at the office.