Senior Gameplay Programmer, GOALS
Play-to-earn football game
Job no longer available
Play-to-earn football game
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create the best football game in the world.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional experience within C++
- Shipped game titles before
- Knowledge and experience in a game engine like Unreal, Frostbite or Source
- Experience from multiplayer and console games
What the job involves
- Implement new, and improve existing features (anything from dribbling and animations to ball physics and game rules)
- Work with multiplayer features in our Unreal dedicated game server
- Engage in design and architectural decisions (you'll be building a game almost from scratch)
- Support more junior game engineers
Our take
The sports genre is one of the oldest in gaming history, with almost every sport turned into a video game over the years – but the most popular by far remains football, namely EA’s FIFA franchise. However, with the football gaming space a virtual monopoly, there has been little in the way of offerings for gamers who want to play a different type of football game. GOALS aims to remedy this, by creating a multiplayer football game with a play-to-earn model through NFT rewards, that is competitive and eSports ready.
Possibly one of the most distinct features of current sports games is a tendency to focus on real world teams and players, that are updated each year to reflect changing leagues and transfers. GOALS is abandoning this, offering instead the chance to create unique players through its DNA system, bolstering team and player diversity. The reward for playing comes in the form of NFTs that are fully owned by players and can be traded on an open marketplace. In addition, the company has stated the game will not utilise catch-up mechanics, enabling matches to be as competitive as possible, and it aims to employ a division system with promotion and relegation dependent on performance.
With ambitions to challenge EA’s FIFA franchise, GOALS has a steep slope to climb ahead. The company has received good levels of funding towards growing its product and business, to bring novel competition into the football gaming space, and its "Play To Earn" NFT system is a savvy way to attract customers. However, at such an early stage, time can only tell how the game itself is received by audiences.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Apr 2025
$9.3m
EARLY VC
Apr 2023
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $63.3m
Company benefits
- Fun and inclusive work place: A tight team that believes that different perspectives adds creativity and fun.
- Events such as hackathons and celebrations. For offline events, employees living outside of Sweden are invited to our Head Office in the center of Stockholm.
- Remote work and hybrid options: At GOALS you choose where you work from! We want you to be located in a timezone close to Stockholm, plus or minus 0-3 hours CET to be able to fully collaborate with the team.
- Flexible work hours: We empower flexibility and believe in a balanced workplace. We know that the best solutions will be created when everyone feels they can choose how and when to work.
- 30 days paid vacation
- Wellness allowance (5000 SEK/year)
- Play fund (1000 SEK/year)
- A great support system: At GOALS we value our employees and know that it's super important that all team members feel supported!
- Parental leave according to company policy
- Occupational pension benefits according to company policy
- Work equipment (computer, headphones, other)
- Accommodation & travel expenses paid by GOALS (when visiting the office in Stockholm, Sweden)
Company HQ
Östermalm, Stockholm, Stockholm County
Leadership
Andreas Thorstensson
(CEO)Investor and Advisor. Former Board Member at Esportal Group. Co-founded Popdog, SK Gaming, and three more companies.
Hampus Ericstam
(Chief Brand Officer)Former Creative Director at NeuProjects. Co-founded DRKN.
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