Senior GameDev Engineer (C++)

About the role

Plummy Games is a mobile gaming company focused on high-quality casual experiences, with its flagship game Star Merge, a free-to-play merge-3 title. It is looking for a Senior GameDev Engineer to work on a live mobile title using C++, covering gameplay features, technical systems, performance improvements and SDK integrations. The role is remote-first, with a distributed team.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain gameplay features and technical systems in C++ and the existing tech stack.
• Work on mobile game performance and stability (ANRs, crashes, memory usage, build size).
• Integrate and maintain third-party SDKs (ads, analytics, crash reporting, observability, customer support).
• Debug and fix complex production issues, including hard-to-reproduce bugs.
• Collaborate with game designers, analysts, QA and other developers to deliver features from idea to release.
• Contribute to technical planning, architecture, code quality and AI-assisted workflows.
• Take ownership of tasks through to completion, including testing and release support.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience as a C++ developer in mobile games (Android/iOS).
• Ability to debug difficult issues such as crashes, memory leaks and performance problems.
• Comfortable working remotely and autonomously with a distributed team.
• Strong spoken and written English; remote candidates in Moldova work from the office, Estonia gets a local employment contract.

Required skills

• Strong C++ fundamentals and technical problem solving.
• Experience with game engines (the game uses Cocos2d-x).
• Experience integrating SDKs (ad monetization, analytics, crash reporting, customer support).
• Nice to have: casual mobile games, liveops, observability tools, analytics-driven features, modularization and refactoring.

What we offer

• Remote-first approach with smooth onboarding.
• Competitive salary reviewed regularly, or personal achievements and project involvement.
• Standard 5-day week synced with GMT+2, 20 paid vacation days, public holidays by country of residence, 5 sick days per year.
• Moldova: office work with full IT Park social benefits; Estonia: full employment contract under Estonian law.