Lead Game Developer (On-Site, Amsterdam)
CoolGamesAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Posted November 24, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
CoolGames is a leading international HTML5 game studio, working with some of the world’s biggest ‘Big Tech’ game platforms, such as Reddit, Netflix, Discord, Facebook and Microsoft Play.
Job Description
Join CoolGames as our new Lead Game Developer and help drive the future of highly scalable, high-quality web games. As our Lead Game Developer, you will take ownership of the client-side technology powering our games, mentor the developers in your team, guide technical decision-making, and help elevate engineering quality across multiple projects.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional programming experience, ideally in game development
- Full-stack understanding of HTML5 game development
- Extensive experience with JavaScript / TypeScript and web rendering frameworks (Any of these: Cocos2d, PIXI, Phaser, Three.js, or similar).
- Strong architectural skills with a focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- A track record of mentoring or guiding other developers.
- Experience making technical decisions in a commercial environment.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to set expectations clearly.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum and version control (git).
Benefits
- Market-competitive salaries
- Health care insurance
- Travel costs compensation
- Company pension plan
- Sport allowance
- Flexible remote working environment for parts of the week
