Playable Game Developer
Remote: Latin America
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $5,000–$8,000 per month
Exclusive FitNext: No
🚨 Attention: This is a high-intensity early-stage startup environment. The role can require 50–60 hours per week, especially during critical delivery periods. We’re looking for someone who is comfortable with this level of commitment.
Company Overview
An early-stage technology startup building interactive advertising experiences for the next generation of AI-powered consumer applications. The company combines game development, creative production, web technologies, and AI-assisted workflows to create short, engaging interactive experiences that connect brands with audiences.
Challenge
We are looking for a Playable Game Developer to turn creative and advertiser briefs into polished, engaging game experiences.
You will own projects from concept and implementation through testing, polish, and delivery, working closely with the founding and product teams while making technical and creative decisions independently.
This role is particularly suited for a developer who is AI-oriented, curious about new tools and workflows, and excited about using AI to accelerate game development, content creation, prototyping, and production.
You will:
- Build and ship interactive games and playable experiences across web and other platforms
- Use Unity, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar technologies depending on the project
- Turn creative concepts and advertiser briefs into playable experiences from concept to production
- Develop game mechanics, interactions, UI, onboarding, feedback systems, and player experiences
- Work with AI coding and creative tools to accelerate development and content production
- Explore and implement AI-assisted workflows for coding, prototyping, assets, animation, audio, and iteration
- Create reusable systems that allow games, themes, mechanics, and content to be adapted efficiently
- Integrate and optimize visual and audio assets
- Test and optimize experiences across different devices and platforms
- Debug performance, rendering, loading, memory, input, and other technical issues
- Work within an existing codebase using Git and contribute improvements to shared development foundations
- Communicate technical decisions, progress, and blockers clearly in English
Must Have
- 1+ year of professional experience in game development or highly interactive experiences
- Experience building and shipping complete games or interactive experiences, not only prototypes
- Strong experience with Unity and/or another game development framework
- Strong programming fundamentals, ideally with C#, JavaScript, or TypeScript
- Ability to independently take ownership of projects from concept through implementation and delivery
- Strong understanding of game mechanics, player experience, UI, interaction, and polish
- Strong interest in AI and AI-assisted development
- Experience using AI tools for coding, content creation, prototyping, or development workflows
- Ability to review, debug, improve, and explain AI-generated code or content
- Comfortable working in existing codebases and using Git
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with HTML5, JavaScript, TypeScript, Canvas, WebGL, Phaser, PixiJS, Three.js, PlayCanvas, or Cocos Creator
- Experience creating browser-based games or playable ads
- Experience with casual or mobile games
- Experience shipping 2D or 3D games with clear personal ownership
- Experience with AI-generated graphics, animation, audio, or other creative assets
- Experience with rapid prototyping and experimentation
- Experience with asset optimization, animation, sprite sheets, or technical-art workflows
- Experience with advertising, CTA/event integration, MRAID, or similar standards
- Experience using interaction, completion, or conversion metrics to improve game experiences
Soft Skills - Ideal Profile
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AI-oriented and curious about new technologies and development workflows
- Strong ownership and ability to work independently
- Comfortable making technical and creative decisions with limited direction
- Hands-on and execution-oriented
- Creative thinker with strong attention to player experience and polish
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment
- Able to balance speed, quality, and scope
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Clear and proactive communicator
- Excited to experiment, learn, and iterate quickly
Benefits
- USD $5,000–$8,000 monthly compensation
- Fully remote across Latin America
- Direct collaboration with the founding and product teams
- High-ownership environment with significant technical and creative autonomy
- Opportunity to build interactive experiences from concept to production
- Work at the intersection of game development, AI, advertising, and creative technology
- Opportunity to experiment with emerging AI-powered development workflows
Interview Process
- Application Review
- Take-Home Assignment 1
- Take-Home Assignment 2
- Interview with the Playable Development Lead
- Interview with the Founding/Product Team
- Offer