Lead Game Engineer (Unity/C#)

TL;DR

Lead Game Engineer (Unity/C#): Technical direction and hands-on engineering for a New Game project, with an accent on game architecture, prototyping-to-production delivery, and people leadership. Focus on enabling engineers, setting scalable standards for live games, and accelerating validated builds using AI tooling and strong systems thinking.

Company

hirify.global builds free-to-play mobile games, including Love & Pies, with a focus on collaborative, player-driven development.

What you will do

• Own the game’s architecture and technical direction, making major technical calls and setting standards for production builds.
• Move fast in discovery: prototype gameplay systems and mechanics to validate ideas quickly and de-risk production.
• Line manage the engineering team (including Senior Engineers), running 1:1s and supporting performance and growth.
• Drive delivery accountability by breaking initiatives into deliverables, identifying critical-path risks, and communicating trade-offs.
• Improve processes, tooling, and automation to reduce last-minute issues and protect team sustainability.
• Instrument features to validate concepts against player and product signals; apply AI tooling to accelerate engineering workflows.

Requirements

• Extensive experience shipping and operating free-to-play mobile games with at least one live title.
• Proven ability to take gameplay features/prototypes from concept to validated, shippable builds.
• Experience line-managing engineers (including Senior Engineers), including 1:1s, performance ownership, and development planning.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to support prototyping and engineering workflows.
• Strong architectural understanding and systems thinking, including CI/CD, testing strategy, performance, and scalability.
• Depth in the core stack: Unity, C#, and gameplay/client architecture, plus profiling and optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Office-first studio in Berlin with close collaboration, quick feedback, and shared momentum.
• Mostly work from the studio, with agreed exceptions and a small number of flexible days each month.
• Supportive, inclusive culture focused on clarity, resilience, and growth.
• Values-driven environment emphasizing collaboration, ownership, and player-centered decisions.

Hiring process

• Interviews focused on technical leadership, architecture/standards, and experience shipping live games.
• Discussion of people leadership approach and how you enable engineers to make strong calls.
• Conversation about discovery-to-production delivery and how you use AI tooling in day-to-day engineering.

Location: Berlin, Germany