Senior Software Engineer (C++/C)

Description

The Play Software group builds technology-enabled play, where LEGO play sets are combined with electronic hardware and software to create a play experience.

You will sit within the Play Experience team, which is part of the Play Software organisation. The group is bringing advanced technology in-house and works across all technical teams, always keeping LEGO fans of all ages in mind.

Responsibilities

• You will design and build software components for high-performance core engines and platforms, letting teams create play experiences that use motion, sound and colour detection.
• Build robust, reusable software that brings tech-enabled toys to life.
• Take ownership of key engine components and solve complex problems across the system.
• Work with the Lead Engineer and other stakeholders to set up a solid, maintainable base for future features.
• Design, implement, maintain and optimise the core engine through software components.
• Own complex technical challenges, hands-on, across implementation, testing and issue resolution in the platform stack.
• Find bottlenecks in constrained systems and fix them, improving performance, resource use and reliability.
• Take part in technical design discussions, weigh implementation trade-offs and recommend architecture and component improvements.
• Uphold engineering standards through code reviews, automated testing, documentation and continuous integration.
• Work closely with Engineering Leads and System Architects from the software and firmware domains so your work runs efficiently on physical platforms.
• Find ways to improve engineering processes and development workflows to raise team efficiency and software quality.

Requirements

• Strong experience building complex systems, core platforms, frameworks or engines.
• You can analyse hard technical problems, make engineering trade-offs and explain decisions clearly.
• Strong software development skills, with fluent C++ and C.
• Experience with Domain Specific Languages (DSL).
• A track record of delivering engineering projects on time within a team, meeting objectives and milestones.
• You balance user experience against technical constraints to deliver effective solutions.
• Experience using task management software such as Jira.
• Experience using GitHub for code management.
• Experience with connected toys, wearables, IoT or other hardware-software products, including BLE, NFC/RFID, sensors and low-power devices. (Listed as an optional item in the original posting.)
• Experience with game engines such as Unity, Unreal or Godot, and building designer-facing tools and data-driven content pipelines. (Listed as an optional item in the original posting.)
• Audio programming or interactive sound design experience. (Listed as an optional item in the original posting.)
• Experience designing play for children, including playtesting with kids and working within child safety and privacy regulations. (Listed as an optional item in the original posting.)
• A passion for LEGO play and curiosity about inventing new forms of play. (Listed as an optional item in the original posting.)
• Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. The company may amend or withdraw the role at any time, including before the advertised closing date, so apply early.

Conditions

Your workplace is the office, store or factory stated in the advert.

Hybrid working under the Best of Both model lets you work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will explain how the model applies to your role and team.

The company is committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay, and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Benefits

• Enhanced paid family care leave.
• Life and disability insurance for all colleagues.
• Resources and benefits for physical and mental wellbeing, plus community and creative activities.
• Colleague discount from day 1.
• Bonus scheme for reaching goals, if eligible.