Junior Gameplay Programmer

We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 280 million people, with new titles in development. We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy. Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way.

We believe in looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players. We’re driven by our players! Come and join the mission!

Hutch are looking for a Junior Gameplay Programmer to join the team in our central London studio. You will be working on one of our successful games within a small cross‑functional game team. Collaborating with designers, artists and programmers, you will work in a fast paced and iterative environment working on challenges and problems around making, releasing and maintaining a successful mobile game. This role would suit someone who would like a lot of impact and autonomy, that likes being involved in the decision making process and someone who enjoys working quickly in an agile development environment.

Responsibilities:

• Working across a variety of tasks related to game programming including; gameplay, player controls, game simulation behaviours, AI, meta‑game behaviour, user interface, visual effects, audio effects, analytics hooks, and social features.
• Designing and writing code in a maintainable and easily updatable manner, ready for post‑launch updates in response to customer feedback.
• Writing tools where necessary to empower artists and designers to make the game as much as possible.
• Be responsible for the performance of the game, both frame‑rate and memory usage.
• Be actively involved in design discussions and prototyping.

Requirements:

• Strong technical design and code skills in either C# or C++ and knowledge of game‑relevant 3D maths.
• Experience with Unity, either commercially or significant personal projects.
• A passion/interest for making mobile games and exploring new ways of making games within the Free to Play field.
• A proactive nature, with a desire to have a big impact and take a lot of ownership for your work.

Bonus Points:

• Previous mobile games experience, working within a commercially successful studio.
• Experience with agentic AI.

Benefits:

• Life at Hutch: Hutch is now a 4‑Day Work Week company*.
• Flexible working hours.
• Remote working 2 days per week.
• Excellent salary.
• Private health care.
• Enhanced Maternity (18 weeks) and Paternity leave (6 weeks).
• Access to mental health initiatives such as private mental health coaching.
• Support to learn, develop and progress within Hutch.
• Free snacks and drinks.
• Social events, game launch parties, Thursday night drinks and much more.

* This will mean that Hutch employees will work a maximum of 4 days per week (30 hours/week) Mon‑Thurs, with zero reductions in pay (compared to a 5 day working week).

Our Values:

• Transparent - Being transparent and open helps us to be trusted and fosters integrity.
• Humble - When we are humble we show humility, we let go of egos and we are self‑aware.
• Collaborative - We value teamwork, the spirit of collaboration and the results of working together.
• Driven - We have drive and ambition and always push for the best results rather than settling.
• Adaptable - Demonstrating the ability to adapt ultimately helps us grow and helps us thrive in different situations.

We value diversity and as an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all suitable applicants. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Please see Hutch Privacy Policy for details on how Hutch uses your personal data.

Come and find out more about Hutch. We make racing games, but it’s not the only thing that drives us.