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Magic Media is a pioneering media, entertainment and tech group powered by creativity and innovation. We have a physical presence in 14 countries and expertize in the areas of art, animation, cybersecurity, game development, software development, VFX and video production amongst others. We work with leading developers and publishers within the games and tech industry, providing support and solutions designed around individual needs and carried out by global experts.

We’re currently looking for a dynamic Engineering Manager who specializes in Unity. The ideal candidate will have extensive full-time Unity programming experience in games. As an engineering manager you will be responsible for several Unity team members, their career paths, soft-skills and will hand-on help them to achieve better results every day. Together with the CTO you will create a long-term strategy for all people related to Unity game development.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Collaborate with several teams at the same time
Have constant communication with all members of your team
Coach members from junior to leaders
Serve as an expert for clients
Work hand-on a few hours per day

YOUR PROFILE:

6+ years of experience in game development
3+ years as a Unity game developer
Previous experience as Lead Developer or Engineering Manager
A passion for video games
Strong skills in Unity having delivered a few titles at least
Capable of mentoring, from juniors to leaders
Excellent communication skills
Flexibility and ability to adapt to new technological changes as per project need

Desirable Pluses:

Mentored leaders
Have worked on several projects at the same time
Knowledge about NFT concepts
Experienced with multiplayer gameplay systems and network replication
Experience with play to earn concepts
Solid technical foundation (e.g. Computer Science / Maths Degree or equivalent)

WE OFFER:

Permanently remote position
An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects
Be part of an international Group with offices worldwide
Career growth and development
Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities
Flexible working hours
An inclusive culture and open communication

At Magic Media, our passion lies in gaming. Our vision is to create and deliver engaging and interesting games for our clients. We can deliver this high-quality work on any platform, whether it be on console, PC, or mobile. We know that reputation and results go hand-in-hand. Therefore, we work hard to find experts and talented creators to deliver the best results.

If you do not meet all the requirements, but believe you’d still be a great fit for the role, don’t worry! We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch!

We are looking for a Senior Unreal Programmer who is self-motivated, goal-orientated, and a strong team player. The ideal candidate will have extensive full-time UE programming experience in games. We are looking for someone who is passionate about the digital content production process and who is willing to work with content creators and engineers of other disciplines to build awesome tools.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Implement and improve a variety of fast and efficient core software using Unreal Engine 4
Maintain and build code using C++ for all assigned work streams
Help provide architectural oversight across the entire application
Collaborate to devise optimal engineering solutions to technical challenges

YOUR PROFILE:

Great understanding of modern C / C++/Blueprints
Excellent communication skills
Fluent in English

Desirable Requirements:

Experienced with multiplayer gameplay systems, network replication, core engine, and Virtual Reality technologies
Experience in Tools Development
Unity experience
Experience working with Amazon Gamelift, Google Firebase or Microsoft Playfab
Solid technical foundation (e.g. Computer Science / Maths Degree or equivalent)

WE OFFER:

An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects
Competitive salary and commission structure
Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities
Permanently remote position
Be part of an international Group with offices worldwide
Career growth and development
Flexible working hours
An inclusive culture and open communication

If you do not meet all the requirements, but believe you’d still be a great fit for the role, don’t worry! We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch!

We are looking for a Senior Unity Programmer who is self-motivated, goal-orientated, and a strong team player. The ideal candidate will have extensive full-time Unity programming experience in games. We are looking for someone who is passionate about the digital content production process and who is willing to work with content creators and engineers of other disciplines to build awesome games.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Implement and improve a variety of fast and efficient core software using Unity
Maintain and build code using C# for all assigned work streams
Help provide architectural oversight across the entire application
Collaborate to devise optimal engineering solutions to technical challenges

YOUR PROFILE:

4 years of experience in Unity
Proficient with the .Net framework, its memory management
Performance optimization experience
Passion for video games!
Proficient English skills

Desirable Requirements:

Experienced with multiplayer gameplay systems, network replication, core engine, and Virtual Reality technologies
Experience in Tools Development
Unreal Engine experience
C++ programming
Experience working with Amazon Gamelift, Google Firebase, or Microsoft Playfab
Solid technical foundation (e.g. Computer Science / Maths Degree or equivalent)

WE OFFER:

An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects
Competitive salary and commission structure
Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities
Permanently remote position
Be part of an international Group with offices worldwide
Career growth and development
Flexible working hours
An inclusive culture and open communication

If you do not meet all the requirements, but believe you’d still be a great fit for the role, don’t worry! We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch!

We are looking for a Senior game producer who is self-motivated, goal-orientated, and a strong team player. The ideal candidate will have extensive full-time project management experience in games. We are looking for someone who is passionate about the digital content production process and who is willing to work with content creators and engineers of other disciplines to build awesome tools.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Build and maintain project plans, schedules, and roadmaps. Ensure the team is on track with their deliverables
Communicate frequently and effectively with clients and managers on project status, risks, and opportunities
Ensure cross-department visibility is clear and dependencies are properly tracked. Ensure the impact of scope changes is understood, and the ramifications are clearly communicated
Contribute to the development and refinement of the production management processes to increase studio efficiency and quality
Serve as a mentor and provide leadership, information, and resources to new and existing production team members
Maintain a constant awareness of game status through regular play sessions. Evaluate project scope and make recommendations to the Creative Director, Game Director, and studio leadership
Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed

YOUR PROFILE:

Casual games experience is a must
At least +5 years of experience working in a production role where you’ve managed cross-functional teams in the creation and delivery of projects
Expertise in common Production methodologies (Agile, Waterfall) as well as software (Jira, Shotgun, Excel, Project, Confluence, or equivalents)
Deep understanding of game development, software development process, and project management practices
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, on both a personal and team level
Self-starter. Approaches challenges creatively and methodically, seeing them through to final resolution
An active listener. Makes decisions based on data
A proactive outward attitude. Consistently professional, respectful, and approachable

WE OFFER:

An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects
Competitive salary and commission structure
Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities
Permanently remote position
Be part of an international Group with offices worldwide
Career growth and development
Flexible working hours
An inclusive culture and open communication

If you do not meet all the requirements, but believe you’d still be a great fit for the role, don’t worry! We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch!

We are looking for a Game Designer who is self-motivated, goal-orientated, and a strong team player.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Balancing in-game mechanics
Design game tutorials
In-game inventory definition
Game documentation (GDD, Ten-page, etc)
Design in-game economy and monetization system
Make realistic gameplay proposals

YOUR PROFILE:

Experience in game economy and balancing
Strong knowledge of gameplay mechanics
Deep up-to-date knowledge of the free-to-play market in mobile platforms
Statistic Knowledge, being able to formulate indexes to identify strengths and weaknesses of the economy design in the game
Deep knowledge creating Game Design Documentation
Experienced working with Art and Programming departments
References of past projects (ingame-economics and monetization)
Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
Fluent English and good communication skills
Excellent team skills
Must be proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, capable of working autonomously and energetic

Desired Requirements –

Strong formal and analytical thinking, able to clearly identify problems, ways to solve them, correlations with other aspects or problems of the game, and propose different amounts of solutions or ways to proceed.
Solid knowledge in Unity 3D

WE OFFER:

An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects
Competitive salary and commission structure
Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities
Permanently remote position
Be part of an international Group with offices worldwide
Career growth and development
Flexible working hours
An inclusive culture and open communication

If you do not meet all the requirements, but believe you’d still be a great fit for the role, don’t worry! We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch!

Our Back-end and DevOps teams are expanding every day, in this case, towards the Gaming Industry. We’re growing our existing Back-end & infrastructure specific to game development. We are looking for a highly skilled professional with the ambition to dive deeper into next-gen system architectures and take a leading role in designing and implementing gaming Back-end. We have a constant pipeline of new games, to keep you excited.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Designing and implementing gaming Back-end.
Tasks will go from understanding the game’s requirements to proposing and implementing architectures that can support it
Aspects such as scalability, distributed architectures, high availability are not foreign to the trade, however, if you’re experienced with these concepts in Web 2.0, you have everything you need!

YOUR PROFILE:

Minimum 3 years of experience working with Backend architecture/development
Experience with cloud native architectures
Very good and broad database knowledge
Experienced in Docker
Basic knowledge of authentication services, load balancers, gateways, networking
Application scalability
Continuous Integration
Problem solver
Speak, read and write in English
Be a team player

DESIRABLE PLUSES:

Experience with Playfab, Gamelift, Google Game Services (any)
Experience with Kubernetes

WE OFFER:

You’ll be part of amazing gaming projects
Regular team events, as we never miss a chance to play hard
An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects
Competitive salary
Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities

If you do not meet all the requirements, but believe you’d still be a great fit for the role, don’t worry! We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch!