13 hours ago
London, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Provide technical consulting to EMEA game studios on performance, memory optimization, graphics APIs, and cross-platform architecture.
- Guide developers integrating Google Play Games Services, platform features, and input SDKs across mobile, tablet, foldable, and PC platforms.
- Develop and maintain production-ready sample code, Unity and Unreal Engine plugins, validation harnesses, and AI developer workflows for game porting, profiling, and QA.
- Analyze game builds for performance, memory usage, stability, ANRs, and crashes using profiling and debugging tools.
- Collaborate with Android and Google Play product and engineering teams to communicate developer feedback and influence product roadmaps.
- Engage with developers through conferences, online communities, developer forums, and support queues while troubleshooting coding problems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Game Development, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 3 years of software development experience using C++, C#, Java, Kotlin, or Python, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
- Experience with client-side game development or game engine engineering using Unity, Unreal Engine, or custom C++/C# game engines.
- Experience debugging, profiling, and optimizing real-time client applications or games, including memory management, frame-rate optimization, multithreading, or graphics rendering.
- Preferred experience shipping or optimizing games for Android, PC, or consoles with native C/C++, NDK/JNI, and modern graphics APIs.
- Preferred experience with cross-platform porting, including PC or console to mobile and x86 to ARM, and with touch, controller, and mouse/keyboard input systems.
- Preferred experience building developer tools, SDKs, engine plugins, or LLM/agentic AI workflows for game development, profiling, or QA.
- Familiarity with the mobile, PC, and console gaming ecosystem.
- Ability to collaborate directly with external studio partners, communicate complex technical concepts clearly, and drive cross-functional engineering solutions.
About Google
Google builds consumer and enterprise software and services including Search, Android, YouTube, Chrome, Maps, Gmail, and Google Cloud. Its business model centers on digital advertising and paid cloud, software, and hardware offerings (e.g., Pixel and Nest) for consumers, developers, and organizations. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Google operates globally as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.