The Game Kitchen is looking for a talented and experienced Lead Programmer to join our team. As a Lead, you will not only write clean, performant, and scalable code, but you will also architect core game systems, establish engineering best practices, and mentor technical talent within an agile, highly collaborative, and creative environment.

Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership & Architecture: Define, architect, document and maintain robust, scalable, and extensible technical foundations and gameplay systems using Unity and C#.
- Team Management & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and inspire the programming team. Conduct code reviews, foster professional growth, and cultivate a culture of technical excellence and psychological safety.
- Cross-Discipline Collaboration: Work closely with Production, Game and Level Design, and Art departments to evaluate technical feasibility, break down design requirements, and ensure optimal implementation of creative visions.
- Performance Optimization: Oversee and execute profiling, memory management,



and optimization strategies across target platforms (Console and PC) to maintain rigorous performance and frame-rate standards.
- Workflow & Tooling: Design and improve internal pipelines, editor tools, and build systems to streamline development workflows for programmers and designers alike.
- Risk Mitigation & R&D;: Identify technical risks early in the production cycle, propose actionable solutions, and prototype critical systems or innovative technical solutions.

Requirements
- Proven Track Record: At least 7+ years of professional experience in video game development, with a definitive requirement of having participated in the development and shipment of at least two commercially released games in an engineering capacity.
- Unity & C# Mastery: Deep, authoritative knowledge of the Unity engine ecosystem (including advanced profiling, memory optimization, graphics pipelines, and multi-platform deployment) and expert-level proficiency

📌 LEAD PROGRAMMER (Sevilla)
🏢 The Game Kitchen
📍 Sevilla