IT Archives | Magic Media Studio

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.

The ideal candidate will have extensive full-time Unreal programming experience in games. As a lead engineer you will be responsible for several Unreal team members, their code quality and task allocation for a project, also make major architectural decisions and help producers plan the next months ahead.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Collaborate with several team members at the same time
Architecture the project along with the technical director
Help producer plan ahead non-visible requirements and mitigate risks
Work hand-on creating excellent code

YOUR PROFILE:

Great understanding of modern Unreal C++ and Blueprints
5+ years of experience as a professional in game development
3+ years as a professional Unreal game developer
Understanding multiple disciplines in Unreal Engine, AI/Animation/Gameplay programming
Strong skills in Unreal having delivered a few titles at least, involved in at least 1 AAA shipping title
Capable of mentoring, from juniors to seniors
Can be able to do code review
Excellent communication skills
Flexibility and ability to adapt to new technological changes as per project need
Previous experience as Lead Developer
CI/CD, Jenkins, Gitlab, Plastic SCM knowledge
A passion for video games

Desirable pluses:

Have worked on several projects at the same time
Experienced with multiplayer gameplay systems, network replication, core engine, and Virtual Reality technologies
Solid technical foundation (e.g. Computer Science / Maths Degree or equivalent)
Understanding of software development life cycle

WE OFFER:

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!

Magic Media is currently seeking a Senior Systems Designer that can perform at a wide variety of game genres, platforms and target audiences and who is able to execute a game’s vision and bolster its systems through skillful and thorough Systems Design.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Work on multiple projects in a fast-paced international environment.
Ability to create effective game systems that fit our client’s vision and provide solutions that match industry standards
Create clean and structured sheets that make the necessary values easily available to developers and fellow designers
Design and balance game systems that uphold the core mechanics
Ability to work methodically and using predictive and iterative models
Strong mathematical skills, with emphasis on Statistics and Probability; being able to formulate indexes to identify strengths and weaknesses of the game systems
Perform in-engine balancing, tweaking and polishing tasks related to systems design
Work within a multidisciplinary team towards shared goals
Estimate, prioritise and coordinate systems design activities
Coach teammates in systems design tasks
Communicate and cooperate with Customers and other Stakeholders
Participate in different Design Department activities to collaborate and coordinate with fellow game designers

YOUR PROFILE:

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
Professional experience in systems design: +5 years
Ability to create game systems for a wide variety of game genres and for a wide variety of audiences
Deep knowledge creating Game Design Documentation
Knowledge of Game Theory and Game Design
Fluent English and excellent communication skills
Experience working with Art and Programming departments
Experience tuning game systems for FTUE and game tutorials
Experience working on games from pre-production to release and LiveOps
Shipped multiple game titles as Game Designer
Must be proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, capable of working autonomously and energetic
Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills

Desirable Pluses:

Experience in other fields of game design, such as game mechanics, level design, game narrative…
Experience working with Unity and Unreal game engines
Basic scripting skills to adjust features created by developers
Experience developing for PC and console platforms
Knowledge of NFT Game Design
Experience in developing sandbox games
Experience in developing big open world games
Experience with mobile and WebGL games
Experience with play to earn concepts

WE OFFER:

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

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!

Magic Media is looking for an Unreal Engine Network Engineer who is self-motivated, goal-orientated, and a strong team player with in-depth knowledge about gameplay networking. The ideal candidate will have extensive full-time 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 Unreal Engine gaming titles.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Discuss, design and integrate new networking components and replication architectures
Optimization of network performance
Create systems for both real-time gameplay and multiplayer events & progression
Produce clean, well-documented code
Conduct code reviews on code of other team members
Continuously test, debug, profile, analyze, and optimize on applicable console and PC

YOUR PROFILE:

Strong understanding of Unreal Netcode, replication and multiplayer elements
Minimum 1 year experience with Unreal Engine
2+ years with C++, both within the confines of Unreal and in general
1+ handling game client-server communications
Experience with Unreal networking protocol, including Online Subsystems, connections, sessions, and game state serialization
TCP/UDP Network Layer
Experience on Linux systems
Experience using profiling tools
Experience with networking and serialization fundamentals
Excellent communication skills
Fluent in English

Desirable pluses:

Worked on AAA game titles
Experience launching at least one shipped title
Experience with general development within Unreal Engine, like simple and complex AI, UI, cinematics, optimization, engine functionality, particle effects integration, sound integration, and general gameplay mechanics
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
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

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!

Magic Media is currently seeking a Senior Economy Designer that can perform at a wide variety of game genres, platforms, target audiences and who is able to execute a game’s vision and bolster its systems through skillful and thorough Economy Design.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Work on multiple projects in a fast-paced international environment.
Cooperate with producers, customers, and other stakeholders both internal and external.
Create effective game economies that fit our client’s vision and provide solutions that match industry standards
Ability to create economic game systems for a wide variety of game genres and for a wide variety of audiences
Create clean and structured sheets that make the necessary values easily available to developers and fellow designers
Design and balance game systems core to the game economy
Ability to create effective and well-documented sheets
Strong mathematical skills, with emphasis on Statistics and Probability; being able to formulate indexes to identify strengths and weaknesses of the economy design in the game
Perform in-engine balancing, tweaking and polishing tasks related to economy design
Work within a multidisciplinary team towards shared goals
Estimate, prioritise and coordinate economy design activities
Coach teammates in economy design tasks
Communicate and cooperate with Customers and other Stakeholders
Participate in different Design Department activities to collaborate and coordinate with fellow game designers
Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills

YOUR PROFILE:

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
Professional experience in economy design: +5 years
Deep knowledge creating Game Design Documentation
Fluent English and excellent communication skills
Experience working with Art and Programming departments
Experience tuning game economies for FTUE and game tutorials
Ability to work methodically and using predictive and iterative models
Experience in F2P monetization and balancing
Knowledge of Game Theory and Game Design
Deep up-to-date knowledge of the free-to-play market in mobile platforms
Experience working on games from pre-production to release and LiveOps
Shipped multiple game titles as Game Designer
Must be proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, capable of working autonomously and energetic

Desirable Pluses:

Experience in other fields of game design, such as game mechanics, level design, game narrative…
Experience working with Unity and Unreal game engines
Basic scripting skills to adjust features created by developers
Experience developing for PC and console platforms
Knowledge of NFT Game Design
Experience in developing sandbox games
Experience in developing big open world games
Experience with mobile and WebGL games
Experience with play to earn concepts

WE OFFER:

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

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’re currently looking for a dynamic addition to the team to help development on our internal administrative tools. The ideal candidate will work with cross-functional teams to develop critical products and services for our internal teams and offer excellent technical support to our teams. If you’re an enthusiastic, motivated, and lateral thinker, our team is waiting to meet you!

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Develop new functionalities within our administrative company tools
Define the roadmap together with the team for various products
Design and build new tools based on the needs of our teams
Fix bugs within existing administrative tools and product

YOUR PROFILE:

A technical or university level qualification, preferably in Computer Science. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted
Excellent written and oral communication skills (especially in the English language)
3+ years of writing products in PHP Laravel and Angular

Strong Knowledge of:

PHP Laravel 7+
Angular 10+
Mysql, elasticsearch
Web application development

Working Knowledge of:

API architectures and mechanisms
Back-end architectures and common vendor libraries
Docker and kubernetes

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
Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities
The chance to work closely with a team of like-minded creative professionals in a fast-paced, multicultural environment on a variety of gaming projects

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’re currently looking for a dynamic Engineering Manager who specializes in Unreal. The ideal candidate will have extensive full-time Unreal programming experience in games. As an engineering manager you will be responsible for several Unreal 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 Unreal 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:

Great understanding of modern Unreal C++ and Blueprints
Strong skills in Unreal 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
6+ years of experience in game development
3+ years as a Unreal game developer
Previous experience as Lead Developer or Engineering Manager
A passion for video games

Desirable Pluses:

Mentored leaders
Have worked on several projects at the same time
Experienced with multiplayer gameplay systems, network replication, core engine, and Virtual Reality technologies
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

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’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

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!

If you want to work in a product tech team with a high quality pipeline, surrounded by a team of skilled engineers, we have the perfect challenge for you. We are looking for a highly skilled professional with the ambition to strive in Front-end and Back-end technologies.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

As an medior developer, you’ll be expected to have technical oversight of the complete Frontend and Backend stack of a specific project.
This includes create, improve, maintain and test the product solution.
This is mainly accomplished by performing research, producing specifications and writing code.
We are looking for someone living in or around Lisbon.
Define, build and maintain features together with the cross-functional development team in an agile development workflow
Develop flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to identify requirements and solutions
As a member of the product team, work together with Product Management and other stakeholders to iterate on new features within the product solution
Integrate software components into a fully functional software system
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems
Comply with project plans and industry standards
Maintain and extend internal software tools

YOUR PROFILE:

At least 3 years of experience in complex projects that involve backend and frontend teams
Familiar with at least 2 of the following technologies: Python, Java, Rust, C++
Familiar with JavaScript/TypeScript and one or more web development frameworks (e.g. Angular, React,…).
Basic foundational knowledge about Linux, networking, databases, security, etc.
Ability to work independently, but knowing when to ask for help
Ability to document requirements and specifications
Good understanding of core web and browser concepts
Fast learner: the desire to grow yourself, your team, and the company and willingness to learn new technologies / grow responsibilities
Team player: enjoying developing software with a team and committed to the whole software development life cycle
Problem solver
Speak, read and write in English

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
Great & cutting edge technological environment
Flat hierarchy
Remote friendly
International & very tech savvy team
Encouragement for active training and courses (during office hours!)
Regular team events, as we never miss a chance to play hard
We’re just fun

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 QA Engineer, to ensure the quality of the product solution. This is mainly accomplished by reviewing specifications, writing and performing manual and automated tests. We strongly believe a QA is a key position in our product, and you will have all the support of the team to grow into the job.

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures
Create test procedures to identify software problems
Analyze bugs and errors found during tests
Document results of tests for the software development team
Recommend improvements in software to enhance user experience
Review user interfaces for consistency and functionality
Write automated tests

YOUR PROFILE:

Familiar with different types of testing (manual, unit, end-to-end, integration,..)
Ability to document requirements and specifications
Attention to detail
Good oral and written communication skills
Basic scripting knowledge (Python, Bash)
Familiar with Agile development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
You speak, read and write perfectly in English
We are looking for someone living in or around Lisbon

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
Great & cutting edge technological environment
Flat hierarchy
Remote friendly
International & very tech savvy team
Encouragement for active training and courses (during office hours!)
Regular team events, as we never miss a chance to play hard
We’re just fun

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 Testing Engineer who is self-motivated, goal-orientated, and a strong team player.

We are looking for someone based in either of our office and community locations: Lisbon (Portugal), Lleida (Spain), Athens (Greece), Istanbul (Turkey), Ghent (Belgium), Tallinn (Estonia), Warsaw (Poland).

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

As the Testing Engineer, you’ll be responsible for design and execute Unit, Integration and Functional Tests, as well as make testing part of the work development process
You’ll be challenged to flag issues and improve the general quality of the projects
We strongly believe a Tester is a key position in any of our projects, and you will have all the support of the team to grow into the job

YOUR PROFILE:

You have knowledge of Testing Tools such as Cypress and/or Selenium
You have experience as a developer in agile teams and/or basic Javascript knowledge
You speak, read and write perfectly in English
Experience in Software Testing environments is a plus

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
Great & cutting edge technological environment
Easy going, flexible and familiar culture with a startup mentality
Flat hierarchy
Remote friendly
International & very tech savvy team
Encouragement for active training and courses (during office hours!)
Regular team events, as we never miss a chance to play hard

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!