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title: 'Game Developer at Cypher Games'
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# Game Developer at Cypher Games

- **Company:** Cypher Games
- **Location:** Istanbul, Turkey
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-08-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cypher-games/964adb78-8b21-4aa0-ac3e-f8ea46170c90

## Job description

At Cypher Games, code is more than just lines on a screen: it’s the foundation of unforgettable player experiences.

As a Game Developer, you’ll design and implement features that shape how players interact with our worlds. From gameplay systems to scalable architectures, your work will have a direct impact on fun, flow, and engagement.

If you’re passionate about mobile games, love solving complex problems, and want to create experiences enjoyed by a global audience, we’d love to have you on our team.

## Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and implement game features from concept to release
- Write clean, sustainable, and modular code to build scalable systems
- Collaborate closely with teammates across disciplines to achieve shared goals
- Conduct code reviews and contribute to improving overall architecture and performance
- Analyze game mechanics to enhance player engagement and user experience
- Take ownership of projects, iterate on ideas, and bring new gameplay features to life

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- Experience with Unity and C#
- Strong knowledge of OOP and software design patterns
- Familiarity with software architecture and scalable system design
- Passion for mobile games and delivering high-quality player experiences
- Strong problem-solving skills, communication, and a collaborative mindset

Bonus

- Experience in casual/mid-core game development
- Familiarity with native iOS/Android development

## About Cypher Games

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cypher Games is a mobile gaming company that creates data-driven, art-focused global hits, notably the match-3 game Match Squad, with the ambition to set new standards in mobile gaming.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Istanbul, Turkey
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Anil Simsek (CEO), Burak Taban (CTO), Emir Kocaaga (Analytics Director), Erdem Özdoğan (Product Director), Özkan Akyürek (Head of Art), Batuhan Şakarcan (COO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Mobile Gaming Apps
- Target customers: B2C (mobile gamers globally)
- Mission or purpose statement: "To build games that are easy to pick up yet impossible to put down, combining art, data, and technology" [cyphergames.com](https://www.cyphergames.com/)

## Products & Services
- **[Match Squad]**: A flagship mobile game combining match-3 puzzle mechanics with cinematic worlds, squad-based competition, city building, and global ranking systems. Features "Piggy Adventure" progression and social features like attacking friends and collaborating with squads. [cyphergames.com](https://www.cyphergames.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$43.2M**
  - Pre-Seed Round (2022-05-31): $3.2M led by Play Ventures
  - Seed Round (2024-09-10): $10.0M led by The Raine Group
  - Series A (2025-11-01): **$30.0M** led by Play Ventures and The Raine Group [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyphergames)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Play Ventures, The Raine Group
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew **+59.5% YoY** to approximately 60 employees [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyphergames)
  - Workforce distributed across Turkey, United Kingdom, Finland, and Germany
  - Active hiring across engineering, product, and marketing departments
  - High volume of talent inflows from other major Turkish gaming studios like Good Job Games (15 hires), Ace Games (5), and Zerosum Games (5)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Art + Data Fusion**: Differentiates by balancing premium cinematic art direction with deep data analytics and technology, creating a tough-to-replicate blend of creativity and scientific rigor
- **Proven Talent Magnet**: Attracts top talent from leading Turkish gaming studios, indicating strong employer brand and industry reputation within the regional gaming hub
- **Investor Confidence**: Successfully raised a significant $30M Series A round in late 2025, backed by top-tier gaming VCs, signaling strong growth trajectory and investor trust

## Strategic Focus
- **Global Hit List**: Prioritizing the development of globally appealing mobile games that can entertain millions
- **Scaling the Team**: Actively hiring across all departments (engineering, product, marketing, art) to fuel post-Series A expansion
- **Community & Competitive Play**: Deepening social features like squad competition and global rankings in Match Squad to drive user retention and monetization

## Why Work Here
- **Culture-First Environment**: The company states "team always comes first," aiming to create a valued, supported, and inspired workplace [cyphergames.com](https://www.cyphergames.com/)
- **Location**: On-site roles based in Istanbul, Turkey (office located at No: 38 / 66E Interior Door No: 215, Istanbul)
- **High Growth Trajectory**: Newly raised $30M Series A funding in 2025 means the company is in a rapid scaling phase, offering employees significant ownership and impact
- **Strong Peer Group**: Joining a team where many came from top regional studios (Dream Games, Good Job Games, Ace Games) — high-caliber colleagues and a competitive, ambitious environment
- **Tech Stack**: Modern stack including Unity, Python, Docker, Redis, MongoDB, Terraform, and analytics tools (Tableau, Looker, SQL), offering strong technical growth
- **Perfect Rating**: 5.0/5.0 employer rating on LinkedIn across work-life, compensation, culture, and career dimensions (based on 1 review)
- **Open Roles**: Currently hiring for Backend Developer, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Product Intern, and Product Specialist/Manager [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/cypher-games)

## Sources
1. [cyphergames.com](https://www.cyphergames.com/)
2. [linkedin.com/company/cyphergames](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyphergames)
3. [jobs.lever.co/cypher-games](https://jobs.lever.co/cypher-games)
4. [jobs.nonlinearproject.com](https://jobs.nonlinearproject.com/companies/a1fba13d-80c0-44f3-b05d-7b155c55896c)

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