GOG job listing for a Senior Software Engineer notes "Linux is the next major frontier"

Will 2026 truly be the real year of Linux gaming on the desktop? Perhaps! And now even GOG are hiring towards building up their Linux support for GOG Galaxy.

We already knew that GOG were going to be looking more seriously at Linux, as covered here previously on GamingOnLinux. However, they're going a step further as noted in their job listing on how "Linux is the next major frontier".

The job listing notes the GOG team are looking for "a Senior Engineer who will help shape GOG GALAXY’s architecture, tooling, and development standards with Linux in mind from day one". It's not just Linux though, it's about expanding and improving GOG Galaxy as a whole but the job will be suitable for anyone who feels they will be "excited about building complex desktop software, shaping a Linux platform strategy, and having a tangible impact on a product used by millions of gamers".

The main responsibilities for the job:

• Develop and optimize the GOG GALAXY desktop application with a strong focus on performance, stability and user experience
• Build and maintain GOG GALAXY on Linux, while collaborating on cross-platform solutions (Windows / macOS)
• Design, implement and review core C++ components and system-level integrations
• Work closely with backend, frontend and product teams to deliver end-to-end features
• Improve automated testing, CI pipelines and release confidence
• Actively use and promote AI-assisted development tools to increase team efficiency and code quality

You'll need some real strong coding skills for this one.

Thankfully, you don't need to move over to where GOG is based, as they do note they offer remote working for it.

What will be truly interesting to see is if GOG end up making use of Wine / Proton. All the tech is open source and ready to be used. GOG already stock Native Linux games that you need to manually download or use tools like the Heroic Games Launcher, so it would be quite the expansion for them.