Senior Client Engineer - DragonVale

About the role

DECA Games acquires games from other developers and revives them, and is a remote company with over 230 people in more than 26 countries, part of the Embracer Group. As a Senior Client Engineer you will work on DragonVale, a long-running live mobile game on iOS and Android, joining an engineering team that develops, improves and maintains the C++ game client. You will contribute to new features, improve gameplay systems, support live operations and help keep the game stable and performant.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and improve the DragonVale mobile client for iOS and Android within an established C++ codebase.
• Implement new features, improve existing systems and support live game updates.
• Debug and fix client-side issues in gameplay, UI, performance, stability, content setup and platform-specific behaviour.
• Support live operations by investigating production issues, preparing fixes and helping ensure smooth releases.
• Work with QA to identify risks, reproduce issues and define testing needs.
• Contribute to improvements in internal tools, workflows and content pipelines.
• Review code, share technical knowledge and take ownership of client-side systems from implementation through release and post-release support.

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including strong game client development with C++.
• Experience with proprietary C++ engines, mobile games for iOS and Android, and legacy codebases.
• Experience building, debugging and profiling projects in Xcode, and familiarity with Android Studio and Android build/debugging workflows.
• Ability to work within an established architecture while balancing new development with long-term maintainability.
• Good communication skills and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.

Required skills

• Strong C++ programming and debugging; memory management, data structures and runtime performance.
• Client-side game development: gameplay systems, UI, performance, stability and platform-specific issues.
• Nice to have: Python, backend or server-side experience, live free-to-play mobile game support, and iOS/Android app store release processes.

What we offer

• Remote-first company culture and flexible work hours.
• A multicultural environment with people from over 20 countries and flat hierarchies.
• Online language classes in English, German, French, Spanish and more.