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***This role is remote! You can work from home or from anywhere!***

We are Supersocial Inc.

We are building a social gaming company for a new generation of players and platforms. Our ambition is to use video games to equip millions of young people around the world with skills and inspiration to create a better future.

We are a global team (operating out of 3 continents and counting!) driven by creativity, curiosity and the challenge of shaping an insanely fun future for young people worldwide.

If you want to be part of a rapidly growing, fast-paced, next-generation game studio and help shape the next era of gaming, then you're in the right place.

We are looking for candidates who are curious, bold, creative and relentless to join us in this incredible journey. Our ideal candidate has deep passion for social gaming, excellent communication skills, experience working with cross-disciplinary teams in highly collaborative environments, and an entrepreneurial mindset - ready to roll up your sleeves and make it happen!

Are you in?

Responsibilities:

  • Build and lead the development team with an efficient approach and high level of technical quality; Direct the development team in the coding, testing, debugging and general maintenance;
  • Create the development roadmap, set ambitious goals and milestones and hold yourself and the development team accountable to agreed objectives;
  • Head pre production and early stage development phase, and work in all phases of the development life cycle with an agile focus; Identify resources needed for all phases of game development;
  • Write clean and maintainable Lua code for cross-platform games and develop UI interfaces within Roblox Studio;
  • Perform quality code reviews to ensure a high standard of delivery, including implementing our financial system in Roblox game’s economy.
  • Work closely with design, marketing, growth, data analysis and revenue teams to ensure that all aspects of the game are delivered to the highest fidelity;
  • Share learnings and support areas with insights on how to build, promote and sustain a successful game within the Roblox platform and how to connect with the overreaching community;
  • Seek feedback from players and analyze ingame data, to rapidly improve our product, while engaging and retaining our player base.

Must have:

  • 3+ years developing with Roblox Studio, with emphasis on developing high quality and low overhead Lua scripts; published or co-published at least one game with over 1 million plays ;
  • Ability to lead and grow a team of developers in a fast-paced environment ;
  • Working knowledge of Git, github and version control best practices;
  • Ability to not only release a high quality game, but also maintain a game through patches, updates and bug fixes;
  • Experience developing content across desktop and console platforms;
  • Entrepreneurial mindset: ability to operate in ambiguity and roll up your sleeves.

Nice to have:

  • Experience with agile development and using Jira;
  • Experience using well known Object Orientated Programming languages; (Java/C#).Experience developing video games using Unity or Unreal;
  • Ability to 3D model with industry standard software (Maya, 3DSMax, etc);
  • Capability to animate assets within the Roblox environment;
  • Experience working with a global distributed / remote team.

What we offer:

  • Mission: we have an audacious journey and you’ll be playing a pivotal role in it
  • Experience: you’ll work with world-class professionals who will help you grow
  • Culture: we love what we do and we love working together. You’ll love it too
  • Cash: competitive base salary
  • Equity: stock in the company to make you feel like an owner, not an employee

Let’s build it!