Programmer - Programming - London, United Kingdom
Job Title
Job Title Senior Gameplay Programmer
Job Description
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It's a big mission, and that's where you come in!
At Duolingo, you'll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems, running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You'll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes - while doing work that's both fun and meaningful.
Join our life changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
About The Role
Come join our Music team and help us build the future of music education. We are looking for a Senior gameplay programmer with Unity background to help us implement our new music course. You will help build the best possible user experience for our learners through high quality interactive lessons.
You will
- Implement the new music course within the Duolingo app using embedded Unity.
- Productionize the existing prototype, turning it into robust, release ready code.
- Work embedded within the Duolingo app architecture to ensure seamless integration of Unity.
- Collaborate with designers and product partners to refine the look and feel, ensuring a high quality, gamified user experience.
- Proactively identify issues and opportunities to improve the learner experience.
- Engage in rapid prototyping to test new music mechanics and interaction models.
- Ensure technical mistakes or inconsistencies are fixed as quickly as possible.
You have
- Strong experience with Unity development (C#), specifically for mobile platforms (iOS/Android).
- Background in the gaming industry with a portfolio demonstrating high quality game feel and polish.
- Sharp UX instincts and experience implementing complex UI/UX designs.
- Strong business sense, with proven experience working effectively with multi functional team members (e.g. engineers, product, and design).
- Thrives in a fast paced, data driven, team oriented environment.
- Strong interest in Duolingo and our mission.
Exceptional candidates will have
- Experience embedding Unity as a library (UaaL) into native mobile applications.
- Background in music, music theory, or audio programming.
- Experience in web/mobile localization workflows and tools.
- Familiarity with mobile gaming, with an understanding of game mechanics.