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The role, as advertised by Hello Games
As a software engineer at Hello Games, you’ll play a key role in developing innovative, meaningful and technically exciting games enjoyed by a diverse audience of millions. We’re always looking for great engineers to join our team and help us build something new and surprising.
You should have familiarity with all phases of game development, be self-directed, and enjoy the craft of making games.
Responsibilities
- Leveraging deep technical knowledge to optimise, maintain and develop core areas of our bespoke engine.
- Contribute to a humble, empathetic and ambitious development team.
- Drive the design and iteration of new features and games, making good use of feedback from those around you.
- Work well with others, be self-directed, and prioritise your own workload.
Qualifications
- Deep understanding of optimisation and low-level engineering.
- Strong software engineering skills.
- 4+ years of professional software development experience, in C++ or a similar language.
- Demonstrated ability to self-direct, and drive work to completion.
- Strong communication skills, and the ability to work closely with a team of peers.
- This is a senior role, requiring prior industry experience.
This role at a glance
This is one of 120 programming and engineering roles open in England today, out of 546 live games jobs across the UK, and Hello Games is hiring for 6 other roles alongside it. The title doesn’t name a seniority, so it most likely sits at mid level — the posting’s requirements are the best guide to the experience wanted. Hello Games doesn’t publish the salary here; across the 3 programming and engineering roles on the board that do, the median is £40k.
- Discipline
- Engineering
- Level (from the title)
- Mid-level
- On gamesJobs since
- 24 Jun 2026
- Other Engineering roles in England
- 119
About Hello Games
Hello Games is an independent studio in Guildford, Surrey, founded in 2008. Its early Joe Danger games were followed by No Man's Sky, the procedurally generated space exploration game released in 2016 and supported since with a long series of free updates.
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