Job Description:

C++ Game Developer
Location: Midlands (hybrid – office attendance a few times per week)
Salary: up to £38,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Type: Permanent, Full-Time

We’re working with an established iGaming company who are looking to add a Game Developer to their collaborative and creative team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a C++ developer who enjoys building high-quality, interactive experiences and wants to play a hands-on role in game development.

We’re ideally looking for candidates with around 2 years of commercial experience in C++, along with some exposure to JavaScript. However, we’re also open to considering strong graduates who can demonstrate solid C++ capability, whether through academic work, personal projects, or early commercial experience.

Previous iGaming experience isn’t essential, making this a great opportunity for someone looking to break into the industry while working on engaging, real-world products.


The Role
You will develop, maintain and optimise interactive games, working closely with design, art and QA teams to deliver high-quality releases. A key part of the role involves translating and refactoring JavaScript game logic into modern C++, ensuring strong performance, stability and clean, maintainable code.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop game features using modern C++ (C++20 and C++23)
• Convert JavaScript logic into efficient C++ implementations
• Debug, profile and optimise performance
• Write clear, testable and well-documented code
• Contribute to code reviews and team collaboration
• Deliver work within agreed timelines

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven commercial experience in C++ development (modern C++ / Versions C++20 and C++23)
• Experience developing games or interactive applications
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming (e.g. coroutines)
• Working knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+)
• Experience working with JSON
• Git or other source control systems
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative team

Desirable 

• Experience migrating JavaScript codebases into C++
• Experience with JavaScript game engines (e.g. Pixi.js or Phaser)
• Knowledge of HTML5 game architectures
• Experience using Node.js
• Automated testing experience
• Experience working in Agile environments
• iGaming or gambling sector experience

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• Option to buy or sell additional annual leave
• Enhanced pension scheme 
• Life assurance from day one
• Enhanced family leave (maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental)
• Salary sacrifice schemes (including pension and cycle-to-work)
• Private healthcare savings scheme + Employee Assistance Programme
• Company recognition awards
• Regular company-funded social events

This role would suit a developer who enjoys working in a collaborative environment and is looking for a stable, long-term opportunity with strong benefits and career development potential.

Interested? Apply now! #Lauren #REC1