18 live games-industry roles at game studios based in Scotland, pulled straight from each studio's careers page and refreshed daily. Every listing links back to the original posting, so you always apply at the source. Studios with the most openings right now: Climax Studios (Keywords) (5), Rockstar Games (4), Umbra Dynamics (4) and Scopely (2). The busiest disciplines are Engineering (9), Business & Operations (4) and Art (2). Most roles are based in Dundee (9) and Edinburgh (2).
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Working in games in Scotland
Scotland has a games industry out of proportion to its size, with much of it traceable to Dundee. DMA Design, founded there, created Lemmings in 1991 and the first Grand Theft Auto in 1997. The company later became Rockstar North, now based in Edinburgh and responsible for the GTA series. Abertay University in Dundee launched one of the first games degrees in the world and remains closely linked to local studios.
Dundee today includes Rockstar Dundee, 4J Studios (known for the console editions of Minecraft), Outplay Entertainment, Ninja Kiwi Europe, Hyper Luminal Games and Umbra Dynamics, along with Scopely’s Dundee studio. Edinburgh adds Rockstar North, Build A Rocket Boy and the AI middleware company Mercuna, and Glasgow has a mix of studios such as Blazing Griffin alongside games courses at Glasgow Caledonian University and others.
The UK Games Fund, which backs early-stage studios across the country, is run from Dundee, and Scottish studios recruit across programming, art, design, audio and QA. Edinburgh Napier University and the University of the West of Scotland also run games and computing courses. The UK games hubs guide covers the Scottish cities in more depth.
Open roles
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Blazing Griffin·Production/Leadership·Full-time
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Climax Studios (Keywords)·Engineering·Full-time
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Climax Studios (Keywords)·Engineering·Full-time
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Climax Studios (Keywords)·Engineering·Full-time
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Climax Studios (Keywords)·Engineering·Full-time
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Climax Studios (Keywords)·Engineering·Full-time
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Code Wizards Group·Engineering·Full-time
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Mercuna·Engineering·Full-time
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Rockstar Games·Business & Operations
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Rockstar Games·Business & Operations
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Rockstar Games·Business & Operations
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Rockstar Games·Business & Operations
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Scopely·QA / Support
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Scopely·Engineering
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Umbra Dynamics·Art
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Umbra Dynamics·Production/Leadership
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Umbra Dynamics·Art
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Umbra Dynamics·Engineering
Hiring snapshot
- Live roles
- 18
- Studios hiring
- 7
- New in the last 30 days
- 317% of live roles
- Remote-friendly
- 28%5 of 18 roles
- Roles listing a salary
- 0most studios don’t publish pay
By discipline
- Engineering9
- Business & Operations4
- Art2
- Production/Leadership2
- QA / Support1
By location
- Dundee9
- Edinburgh2
- Elgin1
- Glasgow1
Most openings
- Climax Studios (Keywords)5
- Rockstar Games4
- Umbra Dynamics4
- Scopely2
- Blazing Griffin1
- Code Wizards Group1
By level
- Senior7
- Mid-level6
- Lead / principal3
- Director / head of1
- Junior / entry level1
Calculated from today’s live listings, rebuilt every morning from studios’ own careers pages. Levels are read from job titles.