Junior Software Engineer
Lockwood PublishingNottingham, United Kingdom
C#
As a Junior Programmer, you'll work alongside experienced engineers to help build, improve and support Avakin Life, one of the world's leading social mobile games.
From day one you'll contribute to real features, fix real problems and learn how live-service games are developed and operated - with structured support, regular feedback and plenty of room to grow.
What You'll Do
- Develop new features alongside experienced programmers
- Fix bugs and improve existing systems
- Write clean, readable and maintainable code
- Ask questions and actively seek feedback
- Develop your skills through mentoring and hands-on experience
- Build confidence working within a large, shared codebase
- Work closely with designers, artists, QA and producers
- Share ideas, communicate your progress and support your teammates
- Use AI tools responsibly to accelerate learning, explore solutions and improve code quality
- Bring curiosity about emerging tools alongside strong engineering fundamentals
Requirements
- A genuine passion for games and building great experiences
- Programming experience through education, personal projects, game jams or self-directed learning
- A good understanding of C# and Unity fundamentals
- Curiosity about AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT
- A proactive mindset, good communication skills and a collaborative approach
- Built or released a personal game or app (bonus)
- Experience using Git or another version control system (bonus)
- Experience developing for mobile platforms or an understanding of live-service games (bonus)
- Participated in game jams or collaborative projects (bonus)