C++ Game Developer, Poker Lisboa

C++ Game Developer, Poker
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Title: C++ Game Developer Poker

Department: Engineering

Location: Remote within EU/UK

About Block Labs

Block Labs is a leading force in the Web3 space, incubating, investing in, and accelerating
- tier fintech, crypto and i
Gaming projects. With a mission to shape the future of decentralized technology, we partner with visionary startups to raise funding, refine
- market fit, and grow their audiences. Our diverse team drives innovation, using deep industry expertise and an extensive network to empower the next wave of
- driven companies. At Block Labs, we’re passionate about turning bold ideas into breakthrough success.

About The Role

As a C++ Game Developer, you will contribute to both new and existing parts of the poker platform. You will help implement game variants and interactive mini games, while also improving critical components such as hand evaluation, betting flows, and tournament logic. You will be writing
- grade code in a
- time,
- volume environment where stability, performance, and fairness are core priorities.

You will join a
- performing game engineering team that values clear ownership, strong fundamentals, and pragmatic solutions. This role is ideal for a developer eager to grow by working closely with senior engineers and helping expand one of the most advanced
- time poker platforms in the industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enhance and maintain core poker game logicincluding hand evaluation, betting flows, pot management, and tournament rules in a
  - scale C++ codebase.
• Implement new game variants and featuresin collaboration with game designers, ensuring accurate rulesets, fair play, and seamless integration into the platform.
• Modernize legacy systemsby designing modular,
  - oriented components with clean APIs, introducing g
  RPC-based interfaces where appropriate.
• Improve performance and scalabilityof the game engine and supporting systems, with attention to
  - threaded logic, game state efficiency, and server stability under load.
• Write testable,
  - grade codeand contribute to QA efforts with robust unit, integration, and
  - level testing for
  - critical logic.
• Collaborate
  - functionallywith Frontend developers, Product Owners, Platform Engineers, and QA to deliver features from concept to deployment with high reliability and clear documentation.

About You:

• 5+ years of experience in game backend development, with strong proficiency in
  C++.
• Deep understanding ofgame mechanics, including betting structures, state synchronization, and tournament logic.
• Experience with multiplayer poker game logic and tournament structures is a strong plus.
• Proven experience working withlegacy codebasesand incrementally refactoring toward modern architectures.
• Comfortable
  - threaded development, performance tuning, and memory management.
• Experience designing or
  - oriented APIs(e. g. , g
  RPC, REST).
• Familiarity with game server architecture, concurrency models, and networking fundamentals.