Lead Game Programmer

Do you love designing clean game architecture, building multiplayer systems that run smoothly, and helping a team of programmers make the right technical decisions? Great! Lets talk.

Triband is the award-winning studio behind the WHAT THE? comedy game series, played by millions worldwide. From our home in central Copenhagen, more than 60 wonderful humans are united by a simple mission: to make everyone laugh.

We're building something unannounced, exciting, thoroughly goofy, and built to be played together online. We're now looking for a Lead Game Programmer to help building the underlying systems that make it all work, from the core architecture to the multiplayer tech that connects our players. You'll stay hands-on in the code and the Unity editor while helping the programming team make good technical decisions, stay aligned, and build systems that support creative experimentation. And just to be very clear: this is a technical leadership role, not a people-management position. Heres what that looks like day to day

• In collaboration with game designers, artists, and other programmers, youll build new features and systems and continuously iterate on improvements. We all work in Unity with C#, with every team member hands-on in the editor

• Youll set and communicate the projects technical direction, turning creative goals and production needs into clear technical priorities

• Youll help the programming team make architectural decisions, align around shared patterns, and navigate trade-offs between long-term code health and short-term needs

• Youll review and improve technical solutions, share best practices, and support other programmers without becoming a gatekeeper or bottleneck

• Youll proactively identify technical risks, messy systems, and missing foundations, and take responsibility for addressing them at the right time

• Overall, youll make sure the project is technically healthy and maintain the codebase in a way that makes it easy for others to build on

This includes things like...

• Designing an architecture that allows for easy gameplay implementation and flexibility

• Implementing and maintaining online features such as matchmaking, invites and friends

• Profiling and improving network performance, bandwidth and latency, and making sure the game holds up on real-world connections

• Breaking down complex technical challenges, helping decide what to prioritise, and ensuring important decisions are understood by the people they affect

• Staying close to the actual game: writing production code, debugging difficult problems, and improving systems as the project evolves

Youre a great match if

• You have at least ten years of professional game development experience across multiple shipped games and different stages of development, including significant technical ownership or leadership on a project

• You have experience setting technical direction and helping a programming team make and implement architectural decisions, with strong judgment in balancing flexibility, maintainability, performance and the needs of a creative production

• You're highly proficient in C# and have deep knowledge of the Unity engine and editor

• You've shipped at least one online multiplayer game, had real ownership of its networking/online systems, and have hands-on experience with a Unity multiplayer framework (e.g., Coherence)

• You communicate clearly and can explain technical decisions and trade-offs to programmers and non-programmers alike

Nice to haves

• You have experience shipping iOS and macOS apps, including hands-on integration of Apple platform services such as GameKit and the Game Controller framework using Xcode and Swift

• Experience with backend services, dedicated servers or cloud hosting for online games

• Interest in multiplayer game design and social features

• Experience working with automated build pipelines such as Jenkins

• Experience building systemic or open-world games

What always matters to us at Triband

• You thrive in taking ownership of your area: you spot problems, seek advice when needed, and implement creative solutions that push projects forward

• Youre motivated by collaboration, mutual respect, inclusiveness and creativity while actively contributing to sustaining that culture

• You believe games are made by teams, not rockstars and that great ideas can come from anyone

• You bring curiosity, generosity, and flexibility, along with strong opinions, especially when they come with reasoning, openness, and a willingness to actually test them

• You love exploration and experimentation but dont get too precious when the evidence tells you youre wrong

• You value a positive work environment and contribute to keeping the studio a fun and supportive place to be

Practicalities

• We work on-site at our cozy office in central Copenhagen.

• For this role we also consider people located outside of Denmark and provide financial (and moral!) support with visa application and relocation.

• We work a 37-hour work week, with core hours 10-15, and the freedom to start and finish anywhere between 7 and 18.

• Our working language is English.

We offer

• Silly but ambitious projects, and the chance to work on and impact great games that reach millions of players.

• A playful and ambitious work environment where experimentation is encouraged.

• Friendly and kind colleagues who love making each other laugh as much as making games.

• A professional development budget to invest in your growth.

• Social activities like Friday bars, hobby nights, board game nights, team events, you name it.

• Daily lunch at a local restaurant just a walk across the lakes away, with plant-based options (and soft ice on Thursdays).

• Six weeks of vacation (five standard plus one extra on us).

• Paid parental leave at full salary for the periods covered by state reimbursement.

• Child's first sick day on us, no questions asked.

• Pension plan and private health insurance.

• Endless amounts of Faxe Kondi.