Developer Relations Engineer, Android and Play, Games
London, UKFull-timePosted 3d ago
About the role
Developer Relations Engineer on the Android and Google Play Games team, focusing on technical consulting, developer advocacy, and cross-platform game support across Android, PC, and consoles.
Responsibilities
- Partner with EMEA game studios to provide technical consulting on performance, memory optimization, graphics APIs, and cross-platform architecture.
- Guide developers on integrating Google Play Games Services, platform features, and input SDKs across mobile, tablets, foldables, and PC.
- Develop, maintain, and scale production-ready sample code, engine plugins (Unity, Unreal), validation harnesses, and AI developer workflows to automate game porting, profiling, and QA.
- Analyze partner game builds for performance, memory, and stability (ANR/crashes) using tools like Perfetto, Android Performance Analyzer, RenderDoc, and Android Studio Profiler.
- Act as the technical voice for game developers, synthesizing feedback and identifying platform gaps to influence Android and Google Play product roadmaps.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Game Development, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience in software development using C++, C#, Java, Kotlin, or Python, within data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
- Experience with client-side game development or game engine engineering with Unity, Unreal Engine, or custom C++/C# game engines.
- Experience debugging, profiling, and optimizing real-time client applications or games (e.g., memory management, frame rate optimization, multithreading, or graphics rendering).
Skills
Required:Software developmentGame engine experienceDebugging and profiling
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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