Game Developer

About This Role

Designing and building engaging interactive practice and revision experiences for students is the core of this game developer role. The work involves creating motivational systems, refining game feel, and optimizing performance for mobile devices, suiting a developer passionate about games and their design.

Responsibilities

• Build interactive practice and revision experiences that are more engaging than a plain list of questions
• Build engagement and motivation systems, including streaks, rewards, milestones, and progress feedback
• Design and implement game feel through animation, haptics, sound, and moment-to-moment interactions
• Turn mastery and progress into something students genuinely want to push forward
• Prototype quickly, ship fast, and cut what doesn't drive meaningful behavior
• Optimize experiences for low-end Android tablets and phones, ensuring small bundle sizes and smooth frame rates on weaker hardware

Requirements

• Strong JavaScript fundamentals with the ability to write clean, performant code
• Hands-on experience with Phaser or similar 2D frameworks such as Pixi.js or Kaboom.js, with at least one shipped project
• Strong understanding of game composition, including scenes, states, loops, feedback, and game feel
• Comfortable building within or alongside a React Native application
• AI-native workflow for coding, asset creation, prototyping, and iteration
• Genuine passion for games, with strong opinions on game design, mechanics, and what makes an experience engaging

Nice to have:

• Experience with gamification in learning or habit-based products, including streaks, virtual currency, progression systems, and rewards
• Familiarity with asset pipelines such as sprite sheets, texture atlases, and audio compression for mobile
• Experience with web animation technologies such as GSAP, CSS animations, or Canvas beyond traditional game engines
• Experience designing for teenagers and an understanding of what feels engaging versus childish to this audience

About the Company

Infinity Learn helps students learn.