Senior Software Engineer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Gamedev): Leading the design and implementation of complex features across mobile client and backend services with an accent on architectural trade-offs. Focus on architecture, performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability.

Location: Hybrid in São Paulo

Company

Wildlife is one of the leading mobile game developers and publishers in the world, having released more than 60 titles.

What you will do

• Lead the design and implementation of complex features across mobile client and backend services.
• Own technical decisions for architecture, performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
• Ship new versions to production and take full ownership of post-release behavior.
• Define and evolve the team’s observability practices.
• Proactively identify and drive improvements across the codebase.
• Mentor and coach more junior engineers.

Requirements

• Solid experience as a software developer with production systems at scale.
• Strong background in software architecture and system design for production environments.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident response in live systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers.
• Working proficiency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with Unity/C# for mobile development.
• Experience with Go and Kubernetes-based backend systems.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure.
• Background in the gaming industry or other high-traffic consumer products.

Culture & Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.
• Committed to providing accommodations for candidates with disabilities in the recruiting process.