Senior Fullstack UI Engineer (GameDev)

TL;DR

Senior Fullstack UI Engineer (GameDev): Enhancing and modernizing the in-game user interface using Vue3 and Lua, adhering to game-like limitations, including real-time data handling and diverse input/navigation methods. Focus on optimizing rendering performance, ensuring long-session reliability, and integrating scoped navigation with gamepad/keyboard inputs.

Location: Remote or Onsite in Bremen, Germany

Company

hirify.global is focused on creating a state-of-the-art, real-time, soft-body physics engine, with their most widely known product being the game BeamNG.drive.

What you will do

• Build UI features end-to-end, implementing Vue UI and defining UI↔Lua contracts.
• Optimize rendering and update frequency to achieve a 60 FPS feel and maintain leak-free, long-running sessions.
• Design UI that remains responsive while receiving frequent updates from the game/simulation.
• Integrate scoped navigation and UI event handling for gamepad/keyboard inputs.
• Improve developer experience by making small, practical improvements to tooling/pipelines and debugging helpers.
• Review code, assist junior developers, and maintain high-quality standards.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of web fundamentals, including browser rendering and JavaScript runtime.
• Proven experience with UI performance optimization for large UI surfaces and long-running sessions.
• Strong JavaScript skills, with a focus on readable code and understanding the costs of allocations and DOM work.
• Expertise in Vue 3, including Composition API, component architecture, and reactive patterns.
• Basic understanding of Lua and willingness to learn and collaborate with Lua specialists.
• Excellent communication skills in English to convey complex information clearly.

Nice to have

• Experience with embedded browser UIs, game UIs, realtime dashboards, or telemetry-heavy UIs.
• Knowledge of input systems.
• Familiarity with C/C++ or engine integration concepts.
• Experience migrating legacy UI systems incrementally.
• Experience setting up practical UI testing/automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours.
• Language courses.
• Talent development program with a training budget and seminar/conference participation.
• Personal development program with feedback, leadership, and conflict engagement.
• Budget for home office equipment.
• Parental leave.
• Employee assistance program.

Hiring process

• Introductory call with the HR team.
• Technical interview.
• Stakeholder interview.