Game Development Jobs in the North of England

1 to 25 of 32 Game Development Jobs in the North of England

Executive Producer

Portsmouth, yorkshire and the humber, United Kingdom
Skillsearch
Are you an experienced Executive Producer looking for an opportunity to lead a cutting-edge game development product? This 3-month contract (with the possibility to extend) offers the chance to drive the full production lifecycle, ensuring seamless collaboration across technical and creative teams while managing successful … studio integrations. Key Responsibilities Oversee end-to-end production, from development to market adoption. Own roadmaps, delivery timelines, and daily operations of the product team. Partner with engineering, design, and product leadership to prioritise features and ensure high-quality output. Manage technical integrations with client studios using the … and optimise agile workflows across teams. Champion the product internally and externally, ensuring successful execution at every stage. What You Bring 7+ years of game development experience with a track record of shipping titles in a senior production role. Deep knowledge of game development More ❯
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Senior Game Developer

Sunderland, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Tombola
to be a part of something extraordinary? As tombola continues its remarkable growth, we're on the hunt for a Senior Developer within our Game Studio. Find your bounce at tombola! At tombola, we're not just another player in the game; we're the creators of the … people do, too. Whatever your role, it's the kind of place that can put a spring in your step. Whether you're developing game mechanics, keeping our players safe, testing our products or sponsoring one of the UK's biggest TV shows, how high and how far you … us here . Sounds great! What will I be doing? As a key technical leader, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the game studio's success. Your impact will extend beyond the development teams, interfacing with senior management and product managers to drive faster, higher More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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C++ Developer / Game Mathematician

M1 2QF, Manchester, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
CV Bay Ltd
C++ Developer/Game Mathematician About the Role We’re seeking a skilled C++ Developer, ideally with a strong mathematical background to develop and optimise slot machine game logic. You’ll collaborate with designers, developers, and QA teams to ensure fairness, compliance, and engaging gameplay. Key Responsibilities Develop … and maintain slot machine game logic and mathematical models. Work with game designers to implement engaging mechanics. Write, test, and optimise algorithms for compliance and player experience. Debug and troubleshoot game logic and performance issues. Ensure accuracy and fairness through collaboration with QA. Stay updated on industry … trends and regulatory standards. Skills & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Mathematics. 4+ years of experience in software/game development. Proficiency in C++, with experience in C or C#. Strong foundation in probability, statistics, and discrete mathematics. Problem-solving skills and attention to detail. More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £35000 - £42000/annum
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Tools Programmer

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Red Rover Interactive
Red Rover Interactive is an exciting new game development studio founded by industry veterans from renowned companies such as Funcom, Lockwood Publishing, Bohemia Interactive, Ubisoft Reflections, and more. We're on a mission to reimagine the multiplayer gaming landscape, with an emphasis on crafting groundbreaking survival experiences … contributions will directly impact the efficiency and quality of our development cycle, ensuring that Red Rover Interactive remains at the forefront of game innovation. Create, maintain, and enhance custom tools for game development pipelines, including asset management, and testing frameworks. Develop automation solutions to … expect you to have: 2+ years of experience working as a tools programmer within the video games industry. Knowledge of networking principles for multiplayer game automation would be beneficial. A degree within a related field is preferred How We Work: We strongly believe that our team and culture are More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Tools Programmer

North Shields, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Red Rover Interactive
Red Rover Interactive is an exciting new game development studio founded by industry veterans from renowned companies such as Funcom, Lockwood Publishing, Bohemia Interactive, Ubisoft Reflections, and more. We're on a mission to reimagine the multiplayer gaming landscape, with an emphasis on crafting groundbreaking survival experiences … contributions will directly impact the efficiency and quality of our development cycle, ensuring that Red Rover Interactive remains at the forefront of game innovation. Create, maintain, and enhance custom tools for game development pipelines, including asset management, and testing frameworks. Develop automation solutions to … expect you to have: 2+ years of experience working as a tools programmer within the video games industry. Knowledge of networking principles for multiplayer game automation would be beneficial. A degree within a related field is preferred How We Work: We strongly believe that our team and culture are More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Senior JavaScript Developer Vue 2 - Online Games

Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
Hybrid / WFH Options
Client Server
role at a growing games/gambling site, whilst continually learning and developing your skills. As a Senior JavaScript Developer you'll contribute to game development from concept to release with a focus on building highly engaging web front ends/user interfaces for bingo games. You … ll be collaborating within the game development team, contributing to technical discussions and decision making, leading projects from a technical perspective. There's a modern tech stack, you'll be primarily using JavaScript, TypeScript and Vue 2 within an Agile development environment. Location/WFH … collaborative with excellent communication skills, comfortable contributing to technical discussions and providing technical project leadership Ideally you will have some experience or understanding of game mechanics although it's not essential What's in it for you: As a Senior JavaScript Developer/Engineer you will receive a competitive More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000
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Senior Front End Developer JavaScript

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, North East, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Client Server
at a growing games/gambling site, whilst continually learning and developing your skills. As a Senior Front End Developer you'll contribute to game development from concept to release with a focus on building highly engaging web front ends for bingo games. You'll be collaborating … within the game development team, contributing to technical discussions and decision making, leading projects from a technical perspective. There's a modern tech stack, you'll be primarily using JavaScript, TypeScript and Vue 2 within an Agile development environment. Location/WFH: There's a … collaborative with excellent communication skills, comfortable contributing to technical discussions and providing technical project leadership Ideally you will have some experience or understanding of game mechanics although it's not essential What's in it for you: As a Senior Front End Developer/Engineer you will receive a More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
Salary: £70,000
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Senior Game Engine Developer

Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Arm Limited
Job Overview - Senior Game Engine Developer Are you a game engine developer looking for an opportunity to do something a bit different? We are looking for people who enjoy travel and variety in their working lives to be part of a team of engineers, travelling across Europe to … of their games to utilise our latest AI graphics techniques. You would be joining a newly crafted 4-person team consisting of two expert game developers and two senior games developers, being supported in your work by an equivalent bench team based in China, and by our graphics research … and performance tooling teams in the UK. Working at the cutting edge of graphics techniques and game development, you would be driving the future of gaming. Responsibilities: Travel across Europe and the UK, supporting our partners in the games industry in their use of Arm technology Collaborating More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Backend Engineer

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Radical Forge
Xbox One/Series S/X, Google, and iOS. The studio is currently working on the much-anticipated silly, physics-based, sandbox farming game, 'Southfield'. Since its beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to over 60 incredibly talented, collaborative, and creative individuals. We are the sum … to thrive and for individuals to join together to create games they are genuinely proud of. Your Mission Design and implement backend systems for game features and services Collaborate with cross-functional teams (designers, engineers, and producers) to deliver high-quality game features Troubleshoot and resolve issues within … to ensure high standards of code quality Ideal Applicant 2-5 years of software development experience Proficient in C++ Familiarity with networked game client/server architecture Strong communication skills and team collaboration Solid understanding of software architecture with attention to detail Ability to write clear, maintainable More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Mid/Senior Technical Animator (UK Remote)

Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Aardvark Swift Recruitment
technical mindset, you will join the studio’s Technical Animation team, and work directly with the Engineering team and support the Art, AI and Game teams to build animation systems for runtime. You will be using Unreal to create higher standards of animation across a wide variety of unique … is a fulltime, 18 month, contract position.*** Your responsibilities… Work with Designers and Engineers to understand and implement gameplay animation features. Support Engineers and game dev teams to fix game issues, troubleshooting animation graphs and artwork. Be mindful of any performance issues and be responsible for making performance … and creatures. Expertise in Unreal 5 and animation skills. Experience in the development of location and character control systems. Completed a full game development cycle. For this 18 month contract role you should be... Based in the UK and hold the right to work in More ❯
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Mid/Senior Technical Animator (UK Remote)

Leigh, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Aardvark Swift Recruitment
technical mindset, you will join the studio’s Technical Animation team, and work directly with the Engineering team and support the Art, AI and Game teams to build animation systems for runtime. You will be using Unreal to create higher standards of animation across a wide variety of unique … is a fulltime, 18 month, contract position.*** Your responsibilities… Work with Designers and Engineers to understand and implement gameplay animation features. Support Engineers and game dev teams to fix game issues, troubleshooting animation graphs and artwork. Be mindful of any performance issues and be responsible for making performance … and creatures. Expertise in Unreal 5 and animation skills. Experience in the development of location and character control systems. Completed a full game development cycle. For this 18 month contract role you should be... Based in the UK and hold the right to work in More ❯
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Mid/Senior Technical Animator (UK Remote)

Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Aardvark Swift Recruitment
technical mindset, you will join the studio’s Technical Animation team, and work directly with the Engineering team and support the Art, AI and Game teams to build animation systems for runtime. You will be using Unreal to create higher standards of animation across a wide variety of unique … is a fulltime, 18 month, contract position.*** Your responsibilities… Work with Designers and Engineers to understand and implement gameplay animation features. Support Engineers and game dev teams to fix game issues, troubleshooting animation graphs and artwork. Be mindful of any performance issues and be responsible for making performance … and creatures. Expertise in Unreal 5 and animation skills. Experience in the development of location and character control systems. Completed a full game development cycle. For this 18 month contract role you should be... Based in the UK and hold the right to work in More ❯
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Mid/Senior Technical Animator (UK Remote)

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Aardvark Swift Recruitment
technical mindset, you will join the studio’s Technical Animation team, and work directly with the Engineering team and support the Art, AI and Game teams to build animation systems for runtime. You will be using Unreal to create higher standards of animation across a wide variety of unique … is a fulltime, 18 month, contract position.*** Your responsibilities… Work with Designers and Engineers to understand and implement gameplay animation features. Support Engineers and game dev teams to fix game issues, troubleshooting animation graphs and artwork. Be mindful of any performance issues and be responsible for making performance … and creatures. Expertise in Unreal 5 and animation skills. Experience in the development of location and character control systems. Completed a full game development cycle. For this 18 month contract role you should be... Based in the UK and hold the right to work in More ❯
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Mid/Senior Technical Animator (UK Remote)

Altrincham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Aardvark Swift Recruitment
technical mindset, you will join the studio’s Technical Animation team, and work directly with the Engineering team and support the Art, AI and Game teams to build animation systems for runtime. You will be using Unreal to create higher standards of animation across a wide variety of unique … is a fulltime, 18 month, contract position.*** Your responsibilities… Work with Designers and Engineers to understand and implement gameplay animation features. Support Engineers and game dev teams to fix game issues, troubleshooting animation graphs and artwork. Be mindful of any performance issues and be responsible for making performance … and creatures. Expertise in Unreal 5 and animation skills. Experience in the development of location and character control systems. Completed a full game development cycle. For this 18 month contract role you should be... Based in the UK and hold the right to work in More ❯
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Mid/Senior Technical Animator (UK Remote)

Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Aardvark Swift Recruitment
technical mindset, you will join the studio’s Technical Animation team, and work directly with the Engineering team and support the Art, AI and Game teams to build animation systems for runtime. You will be using Unreal to create higher standards of animation across a wide variety of unique … is a fulltime, 18 month, contract position.*** Your responsibilities… Work with Designers and Engineers to understand and implement gameplay animation features. Support Engineers and game dev teams to fix game issues, troubleshooting animation graphs and artwork. Be mindful of any performance issues and be responsible for making performance … and creatures. Expertise in Unreal 5 and animation skills. Experience in the development of location and character control systems. Completed a full game development cycle. For this 18 month contract role you should be... Based in the UK and hold the right to work in More ❯
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Senior VFX Artist (Unity) - Remote

Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Milky Tea Studios
Location: Remote (UK & EU) Reports to: Lead Artist Hours: Full Time (37 hours/week) About our Client Milky Tea is an award-winning game development studio based in Liverpool. Their talented team of 25 works across the UK and EU, creating memorable gaming experiences with cutting … brands, platforms, and publishers. Role Overview Milky Tea is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to lead the creation of stunning visuals for their upcoming game titles. The successful candidate will set the artistic benchmark, mentor other VFX artists, and collaborate with designers, programmers, and the art team to enhance … z2bz0 years as a VFX artist in the games industry. Proven experience with Unity, including Shader Graph and particle systems. Shipped at least 1 game titles. Proficiency in 3D tools (3dsMax, Maya, Blender) and 2D tools (Photoshop, Substance). Technical knowledge of game performance standards, asset optimization, and More ❯
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Senior VFX Artist (Unity) - Remote

Altrincham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Milky Tea Studios
Location: Remote (UK & EU) Reports to: Lead Artist Hours: Full Time (37 hours/week) About our Client Milky Tea is an award-winning game development studio based in Liverpool. Their talented team of 25 works across the UK and EU, creating memorable gaming experiences with cutting … brands, platforms, and publishers. Role Overview Milky Tea is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to lead the creation of stunning visuals for their upcoming game titles. The successful candidate will set the artistic benchmark, mentor other VFX artists, and collaborate with designers, programmers, and the art team to enhance … z2bz0 years as a VFX artist in the games industry. Proven experience with Unity, including Shader Graph and particle systems. Shipped at least 1 game titles. Proficiency in 3D tools (3dsMax, Maya, Blender) and 2D tools (Photoshop, Substance). Technical knowledge of game performance standards, asset optimization, and More ❯
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Senior VFX Artist (Unity) - Remote

leeds, west yorkshire, yorkshire and the humber, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Milky Tea Studios
Location: Remote (UK & EU) Reports to: Lead Artist Hours: Full Time (37 hours/week) About our Client Milky Tea is an award-winning game development studio based in Liverpool. Their talented team of 25 works across the UK and EU, creating memorable gaming experiences with cutting … brands, platforms, and publishers. Role Overview Milky Tea is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to lead the creation of stunning visuals for their upcoming game titles. The successful candidate will set the artistic benchmark, mentor other VFX artists, and collaborate with designers, programmers, and the art team to enhance … z2bz0 years as a VFX artist in the games industry. Proven experience with Unity, including Shader Graph and particle systems. Shipped at least 1 game titles. Proficiency in 3D tools (3dsMax, Maya, Blender) and 2D tools (Photoshop, Substance). Technical knowledge of game performance standards, asset optimization, and More ❯
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Senior VFX Artist (Unity) - Remote

bolton, greater manchester, north west england, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Milky Tea Studios
Location: Remote (UK & EU) Reports to: Lead Artist Hours: Full Time (37 hours/week) About our Client Milky Tea is an award-winning game development studio based in Liverpool. Their talented team of 25 works across the UK and EU, creating memorable gaming experiences with cutting … brands, platforms, and publishers. Role Overview Milky Tea is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to lead the creation of stunning visuals for their upcoming game titles. The successful candidate will set the artistic benchmark, mentor other VFX artists, and collaborate with designers, programmers, and the art team to enhance … z2bz0 years as a VFX artist in the games industry. Proven experience with Unity, including Shader Graph and particle systems. Shipped at least 1 game titles. Proficiency in 3D tools (3dsMax, Maya, Blender) and 2D tools (Photoshop, Substance). Technical knowledge of game performance standards, asset optimization, and More ❯
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Senior VFX Artist (Unity) - Remote

leigh, greater manchester, north west england, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Milky Tea Studios
Location: Remote (UK & EU) Reports to: Lead Artist Hours: Full Time (37 hours/week) About our Client Milky Tea is an award-winning game development studio based in Liverpool. Their talented team of 25 works across the UK and EU, creating memorable gaming experiences with cutting … brands, platforms, and publishers. Role Overview Milky Tea is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to lead the creation of stunning visuals for their upcoming game titles. The successful candidate will set the artistic benchmark, mentor other VFX artists, and collaborate with designers, programmers, and the art team to enhance … z2bz0 years as a VFX artist in the games industry. Proven experience with Unity, including Shader Graph and particle systems. Shipped at least 1 game titles. Proficiency in 3D tools (3dsMax, Maya, Blender) and 2D tools (Photoshop, Substance). Technical knowledge of game performance standards, asset optimization, and More ❯
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Senior VFX Artist (Unity) - Remote

ashton-under-lyne, north west england, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Milky Tea Studios
Location: Remote (UK & EU) Reports to: Lead Artist Hours: Full Time (37 hours/week) About our Client Milky Tea is an award-winning game development studio based in Liverpool. Their talented team of 25 works across the UK and EU, creating memorable gaming experiences with cutting … brands, platforms, and publishers. Role Overview Milky Tea is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to lead the creation of stunning visuals for their upcoming game titles. The successful candidate will set the artistic benchmark, mentor other VFX artists, and collaborate with designers, programmers, and the art team to enhance … z2bz0 years as a VFX artist in the games industry. Proven experience with Unity, including Shader Graph and particle systems. Shipped at least 1 game titles. Proficiency in 3D tools (3dsMax, Maya, Blender) and 2D tools (Photoshop, Substance). Technical knowledge of game performance standards, asset optimization, and More ❯
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Engine Programmer

Warwick, north west england, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Amiqus - Games Recruitment Specialists
Passion for tools development and improving the working environment of others Solid understanding of code architecture best practices Passion for gaming and game development Benefits 30 Days Holiday Studio Shutdown between Christmas and New Year Discretionary Bonus Scheme Private Pension Scheme Private Healthcare Health and More ❯
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Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS/Azure) - Tech Team

Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Rebellion co
infrastructure, implementing automation frameworks, establishing robust CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing performance and security measures. Your expertise will be crucial in driving our game development workflows, ensuring reliability, scalability, and efficiency. You will be the sole DevOps engineer in a small team so this is a … work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being. We are actively recruiting for a More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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User Interface Artist

Warwick, north west england, United Kingdom
Amiqus - Games Recruitment Specialists
backbone and pillars of the player experience. Develop aesthetically pleasing User Interfaces that raise the quality bar in Design, Art, and Animation for AAA Game Development. Think outside the box and help define the future for players. Be Rewarded. Starting salary from £50,000, rising to £60,000 with More ❯
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Hourly Paid Lecturer in Computing

Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Only FE
to progress into the industry. With relevant industrial and/or professional experience and a strong awareness of contemporary developments within the Software Development you will deliver effective teaching, learning and assessment at undergraduate level across a range of computing programmes within the School of Creative & Digital. As … qualification in computing and also ideally PGCE. You will have a strong awareness of contemporary developments within the Computing sector and relevant experience in game development, programming language, theory and application. Please press APPLY and we shall send you full details. More ❯
Employment Type: Temporary
Salary: GBP 22 Hourly
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Game Development
the North of England
10th Percentile
£31,069
25th Percentile
£40,980
Median
£60,000
75th Percentile
£62,500