As a Senior Game Developer - Unity at Gape Labs, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and optimizing game mechanics, programming functionalities, and gameplay features using Unity. Your responsibilities will include owning gameplay systems, architecture, and features from concept to implementation to release. You will lead small pods when required, mentor junior engineers, prototype and iterate on mechanics with designers, and optimize game performance for smooth mobile gameplay. Additionally, you will integrate IAP, ads, analytics tools, and remote configs, write clean and maintainable C# code, contribute to planning and technical design discussions, and collaborate with product and art teams to ensure engineering feasibility and quality. Key Responsibilities: - Own gameplay systems, architecture, and features from concept to implementation to release - Lead small pods and mentor junior engineers - Prototype and iterate on mechanics with designers - Optimize game performance for smooth mobile gameplay - Integrate IAP, ads, analytics tools, and remote configs - Write clean and maintainable C# code with proper documentation and code reviews - Contribute to planning and technical design discussions - Collaborate with product and art teams to ensure engineering feasibility and quality Qualifications Required: - 3-5 years of professional experience in Unity + C# game development - Proven experience shipping at least one live mobile game on Play Store/App Store - Strong understanding of Unity architecture including prefabs, scene management, and asset workflows - Solid experience with optimization, profiling, and memory management - Experience mentoring or guiding junior engineers - Ability to design systems that scale for live ops and frequent content updates - Proficiency with Git and collaborative workflows Additional Company Details: Gape Labs offers a passionate team of gamers building for the world, competitive compensation based on experience, flexible work hours, health benefits, regular team-building events, a fast growth path, and a direct impact on product and roadmap.,
Role Overview: You will be joining Gape Labs, a seed-funded mobile gaming studio focused on developing competitive and strategic mid-core games. As a Technical Artist, your primary responsibility will be to work closely with artists and engineers to bring visuals to life inside Unity. This role emphasizes creativity and problem-solving skills, requiring you to create high-quality VFX, optimize shaders, establish art pipelines, and ensure all assets meet performance budgets. Key Responsibilities: - Create high-quality VFX using Unity's VFX Graph / Particle System. - Build and optimize shaders, preferably using Shader Graph or HLSL. - Ensure assets meet mobile-friendly performance budgets, including poly count, texture sizes, and draw calls. - Set up and test art assets inside Unity, focusing on lighting, materials, and prefabs. - Collaborate with engineers to ensure assets behave correctly in gameplay. - Work with artists to establish best practices for asset creation. - Assist in developing pipeline tools and workflows, such as import settings, LODs, and compression. - Identify visual problems and propose performance-friendly solutions. - Contribute to the overall game style and polish during production. Qualifications Required: - Minimum 2-5 years of experience as a Technical Artist or VFX/Shader Artist in the gaming industry. - Strong understanding of Unity, including materials, lighting, animation, and asset workflows. - Hands-on experience with VFX Graph / Particle Systems. - Good knowledge of Shader Graph or basic HLSL shader writing. - Experience with asset optimization for mobile platforms, such as poly count, textures, meshes, and LODs. - Strong portfolio demonstrating VFX, shaders, and in-engine technical work. - Ability to collaborate effectively with art and engineering teams. Additional Details: - Gape Labs offers a passionate team environment focused on building games for a global audience. - Competitive compensation based on experience, flexible work hours, health benefits, and regular team-building events are provided. - There is a fast growth path available with a direct impact on product development and roadmap shaping.,