About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Godot Engineer to drive the development of our mobile client from prototype to production. Our ideal candidate is excited about creating truly memorable experiences for the community, has a generalist mindset, and brings extensive background in the gaming industry and game engine development. They should also approach challenging problems with an open attitude and curiosity.

Decentraland is an open protocol that can be accessed through multiple clients—the reference client is developed by the Decentraland Foundation, while these new implementations are community-funded and built with open-source technologies. In this role, you’ll help establish the technical foundation, release processes, and performance standards for our mobile platform. This role is perfect for someone who excels at building robust, performant applications and has a passion for creating smooth, responsive experiences. This is a unique opportunity to define how users will engage with Decentraland beyond their computers.

As a fully remote position, we’re hiring candidates based between GMT -3 and GMT +1 (LATAM to Western Europe)

Key Responsibilities

Take ownership of large and complex features, collaborating with team members to ensure the highest level of quality
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code for the mobile client
Establish and maintain release processes for iOS and Android platforms, including CI/CD, code signing, versioning, and artifact management
Implement comprehensive monitoring and telemetry systems (e.g., Sentry/Crashlytics) to track application health and performance
Optimize application performance through systematic profiling (CPU/GPU/memory), focusing on startup times, frame rates, and memory usage
Design and build performance-critical SDK components using Rust and GDExt
Contribute to the development process with improvements and suggestions, driving code quality throughout the production cycle
Mentor other developers in best practices, actively participating in code reviews and pair programming
Build creator tooling for mobile scene development (editor helpers, templates, CLIs)

What you'll bring to the role

Strong background and professional experience within the gaming industry
Proven experience with the Godot engine
Experience with Rust for Godot development (GDExtension/GDExt)
Hands-on profiling and benchmarking experience (CPU/GPU/memory)
CI/CD experience, including artifacts, semantic versioning, and feature flags
Experience working with source control systems such as Git
Mentoring experience and strong collaboration skills

It's a plus if you bring...

Experience with mobile development on iOS and Android platforms
Understanding of CRDT concepts and distributed systems
Experience with other 3D engines like Unity, Unreal, or custom engines
Experience with memory management strategies across language boundaries
Experience building multiplayer or networked applications
Experience with technologies such as TypeScript, V8/Deno, or LiveKit
Contributions to open-source projects, particularly Godot or Rust ecosystems

Senior Godot Engineer - Mobile Client

Anywhere in the world

Remote

Senior

Decentraland