Unity Team Lead

Ripple Effect Consulting; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent game development company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Unity Team Lead to oversee a high-performing team in mobile game development. The successful candidate will mentor junior developers, ensure technical excellence, and drive results by effectively managing project execution. Ideal applicants will have over 7 years of hands-on Unity experience and a proven track record of leadership in multicultural settings. This role offers a challenging opportunity to impact the success of flagship titles.

Benefits

Health insurance

Meal vouchers

Public transport subsidies

Childcare benefits

Life insurance

Company-wide Workations

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on Unity experience on mobile games.
• Proven leadership experience managing multicultural teams.
• Strong shipping track record with multiple casual mobile games.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing Unity team.
• Own planning, effort estimation, and execution of projects.
• Enforce a robust, reusable, and scalable codebase.

Skills

Hands-on Unity experience

Leadership experience

Mobile game shipping experience

Problem-solving skills

Clear communication

Market awareness

Job description

Homa is a global mobile game developer and publisher creating games people love. We partner with studios and internally develop games, having launched over 80 titles, reached over 2 billion downloads, and seen our game All in Hole break into the global top‑50 grossing charts. These are milestones, not the finish line.

With deep expertise in product and technology, we built Homa Lab, our proprietary platform that gives developers the market intelligence, data tools, and game tech, with AI built‑in, to find product‑market fit fast and scale mass‑market games into lasting experiences players enjoy for years.

This is our flywheel: Homa Lab helps studios spot the right ideas early, turn them into games quickly, and reach millions of players. Every launch brings back data and insights that fuel the next hit, making each turn of the loop faster, smarter, and more likely to win. AI supercharges this process, running through everything we do, from everyday tasks to our guiding principles.

What powers the loop is talent density. 220+ people from 30+ nationalities, bringing expertise from the world’s best studios and companies. We uphold ambition, curiosity, humility, and focus, and deliver with speed, excellence, and candor.

Since the start, we’ve raised $165 M from Headline, Northzone, Eurazeo, Bpifrance, and the founders of King, Sorare, and Spotify, people who’ve built and backed the games and platforms we admire, now supporting our drive to create the next ones.

At Homa, we are building the next billion‑player experiences from the ground up and shaping the future of entertainment.

Role and Missions - What you will do 🚀

As we continue to grow our internal Studio, we are looking for a Unity Team Lead to own the performance, structure, and technical excellence of a Unity development team working on our flagship mobile games.

Working closely with our Product and Tech Director, you will be accountable for people, delivery, and technical direction. Your mission is clear: turn strong games into long‑term, high‑performing live titles by building a team that executes fast, clean, and at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead People. Build Excellence: Lead, mentor, and scale a high‑performing Unity team by sharing best practices, coaching junior developers, and actively supporting hiring to build long‑term excellence.
• Own Delivery. Drive Results: Own planning, effort estimation, and execution in coordination with other leads, breaking down complex topics and ensuring resource allocation aligned with project goals.
• Set the Technical Bar: Enforce a robust, reusable, and scalable codebase, and set high standards for mobile performance and optimisation across devices.
• Partner with Product: Think Long Term: Propose new concepts and technical solutions informed by market trends, and translate product ambition into sustainable, long‑term game systems.
• Collaborate at Scale: Work closely with tech leaders and cross‑functional teams to improve production pipelines, share standards, and drive technical innovation across the company.

You’re not just experienced, you’ve shipped, scaled, and led. You want ownership, impact, and the challenge of building games and teams that perform at the highest level.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands‑on Unity experience on mobile games, with deep technical knowledge.
• Proven leadership experience, managing and/or mentoring developers in remote, multicultural teams.
• Strong shipping track record, with multiple casual mobile games released and operated.
• End‑to‑end mastery of mobile game development, from pre‑production and estimation to release and live operations.
• High problem‑solving bar, able to make clear decisions in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments.
• Strong product and market awareness, with a genuine obsession for casual games and industry trends.
• Solid live game expertise, including Live Ops, A/B testing, gameplay systems, asset pipelines, and UI/UX.
• Clear, direct communicator, able to align technical and non‑technical stakeholders around shared goals.
• Fluent in English, comfortable working in an international environment.

Good to have 💪

• Contribution to the development and ongoing support of live games that have been globally released and sustained for over two years.

Our Culture - Who we are 🪐

At Homa, we prioritise talent, energy, and determination over traditional credentials. We’re building a global community of brilliant, driven people who think boldly, act with pragmatism, move fast, and push boundaries. Our culture is grounded in four core values:

• Ambition: We strive for the best — we don’t settle for “good enough” and use common sense to reach higher.
• Humility: We recognise that we are always learning, improving, and growing — we stay grounded in a clear view of ourselves.
• Curiosity: We continuously seek the “why” behind the “what” — we explore with purpose and practicality.
• Focus: Our curiosity takes us deeper, not wider — we obsess over the details and let pragmatism guide our attention.

Perks & Benefits 🎁

• Essential benefits in France and specific locations, including health insurance, meal vouchers, public transport subsidies, childcare benefits, and life insurance.
• Working in English with an international team of top‑tier talents from 35+ countries.
• Attendance at diverse team events and Workations (the famous company‑wide Homa trip).
• Bi‑annual reviews with your manager to reflect on your performance, celebrate wins, and receive constructive feedback.