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Game Engineer

Nex63 open roles

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Hong Kong
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Early applications get read.

11.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Nex postings stay open a median of 51 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.0%1 day
  2. 4.3%3 days
  3. 11.3%7 days
  4. 17.6%14 days
  5. 34.3%30 days
  6. 43.5%60 days
This job: posted 213 days ago

Nex median: 51 days open

The posting

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have Fun and Is Motion Gaming Back?, as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

Nex employees may be expected to collaborate with colleagues across different time zones. Depending on the role and location, occasional travel may also be required for company events, external meetings, and other business-related activities.

Important Notice: ⚠️ To protect yourself from recruitment scams, please note that Nex communicates through official company emails ending in @nex.inc. If you receive a suspicious email or message, please do not respond and report it immediately to us.

About The Team

We are a passionate team of highly skilled engineers and top-tier designers based in Hong Kong. We develop diverse games for the Nex Playground, covering genres like arcade, action, rhythm, puzzle, and educational. Our hit titles include Starri, Bluey, Mirrorama, Cookie Monster, and Tumbobots, Doodle Heads, Elmo Says, etc.

This is a place to collaborate with passionate developers, unleash your creativity, and deepen your engineering skills. You will participate in 1-3 game projects every year, as a game engineer who works on both engineering and product design.

What You Will Do

  • Software Engineering: Build game architecture, UI/UX, gameplay logic, motion control algorithms, and internal tools.
  • Product Design: Participate in game design, rapid prototyping, and iterate based on playtesting feedback.
  • Tech Research: Explore new technologies and share knowledge with the team to drive collective growth.
  • Leadership: (For Senior level) Lead project development, collaborate across disciplines, make key technical decisions, and track progress.

Who We Are Looking For

  • Growth Mindset: Humble and eager to learn. Active in side projects (open-source softwares, indie games etc.) is a plus.
  • Innovation: Creative and loves exploring fresh ideas.
  • Audience Focus: Interested in creating family-friendly games for kids, parents, and seniors. (Being a parent is a plus!)
  • Passion for Quality: You care deeply about details and aim for world-class quality.
  • Engineering Best Practices: You write clean, maintainable, and robust code.
  • Tech-Savvy: Broad interest in technology (App dev, Web, Databases, UI/UX, Animation).
  • Optimization: Skilled in optimizing memory, GPU, CPU and shader usage.
  • Unity Expertise: Familiarity with Unity. Experience shipping high-quality games is a bonus.
  • Troubleshooting: Able to fix compilation and runtime errors effectively.
  • Prototyping: Able to build rapid prototypes in Unity.
  • Tool Creation: Experience building Unity tools (e.g., level editors, data visualizers).
  • Communication: Clear expression of technical details. Experience teaching or mentoring others is a plus.
  • Leadership: (For Senior level) Proven ability to lead a team to deliver high-quality results.

We Offer

  • Competitive compensation package.
  • Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
  • Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
  • Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

Nex is located in San Jose, California, USA and Hong Kong. Learn more about us at https://www.nexplayground.com/about.

We encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements — we believe that experience comes in many forms!

Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship, including all current and prospective employees, and covers all employment decisions including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline and termination.

We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment and to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.

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