We are seeking a strong Senior Game Engineer to grow the team and take ownership of developing a brand new game: Word Tag 2, that takes strong inspiration from our successful educational action platform game Word Tag ( App Store, Play Store ). Embark with us and the Word Tag team on this exciting journey. About Mrs Wordsmith Mrs Wordsmith is the world’s silliest learning company. We combine proven learning science with Hollywood-quality animation and state-of-the-art game design to create video games, books, card games and worksheets that improve the literacy outcomes of kids aged 4–11. Guided by the conviction that educational resources should be every bit as exciting and hilarious as the movies kids watch and the games kids play, our products provide a premium, modern learning experience that is more motivating and more fun than any other. Staffed by a creative mix of artists, writers, curriculum specialists, data scientists and game designers, and with locations in London, and Copenhagen and consultants in Mexico City, Paris and Los Angeles, the company is poised for the next level - with your help. For more information check out our website: https://mrswordsmith.com/ Your role For this role we are looking for a person with excellent technical skills, a deep understanding of game mechanics and a passion for getting the feel of a feature just right. You are probably playing a lot of games in your spare time. The feature development process of Word Tag is very much a collaborative effort where your input will have a significant impact on the resulting feature. What you’ll do Implementing new gameplay features Keep an eye out for opportunities to reduce complexity and simplify existing systems Help the lead and mentor the team Requirements The core requirement is a real love for game programming. The complexity and emergence that usually arises when multiple game objects are interacting is exciting to you. You are probably also interested in systemic game design. 6 years of game development experience Strong C#/ .NET knowledge Unity experience Well founded in maths, algorithms and data structures Comfortable with Git Solid understanding of programming best practices Prior experience with working in large code bases collaboratively Nice to haves Engine development experience Shipped multiple games Performance aware programming experience Realtime rendering experience Experience leading/mentoring more junior engineers Backend experience Avid gamer Our culture Mrs Wordsmith takes culture seriously. We believe in fun - it is core to everything we do. We believe it leads to the best educational outcomes for our favourite customers - kids! We value effective teamwork, collaboration, and autonomy - fundamentally we know the best people to make the decisions are those closest to the problem and we encourage this across the company. We value creativity, endless curiosity and encourage our teams to respectfully challenge the work and each other for a better output. Above all we value diversity - in whatever form that may manifest - our creative output is stronger for it. Benefits A fun and collaborative environment 30 days annual leave - comprised of 25 days annual leave plus 5 days feriefridage Bi-weekly Team lunch Freedom to work from home or from the office Pension scheme A day off on your birthday