Backend developer

We are looking for a mid to senior Backend Developer to join the Engines of Fury project. You would be working together with a team of artists, game designers, Unity developers, sound engineers and other people towards building the ultimate combat & survival experience in a post-apocalyptic universe. As a Backend Developer you would be in charge of creating and maintaining a microservice-based system that is going to provide game logic to players worldwide.

OUR STACK

• NestJS
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• Kafka
• Kubernetes + Docker
• Solidity

RESPONSIBILITIES

Depending on your experience, qualifications and interests the exact responsibilities might vary from low-level programming tasks all the way to analysing and documenting high-level business requirements and work planning.

• Design, implement and test technical solutions that address business requirements.
• Investigate and fix software issues.
• Configure and maintain infrastructure - code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, project runtime resources, database clusters.
• Analyse unstructured business requirements and prepare structured technical requirements and development tasks.
• Prepare, document and communicate high-level system and software architecture.

REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work collaboratively within a team.
• Decent verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail, strong analytical thinking skills.
• Independence and ability to make decisions and take ownership.
• Working knowledge of NodeJS, JavaScript, TypeScript and at least one backend framework (any language).
• Working knowledge of databases, preferrably document-oriented ones, e.g. MongoDB.
• Working knowledge of unit and integration testing.
• Understanding of basic clean code principles.
• Working knowledge of basic web application engineering concepts - HTTP, REST, message queues, SSL, horizontal scalability, load balancing, authentication, etc.
• Working knowledge of standard development tools and practices - source control, work management patterns and software, documentation software, code quality software, code reviews.
• Basic understanding of distributed systems and containerization (Docker).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Expert knowledge of any of the above skills - the more the better.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge of Blockchain technologies.
• Proficiency in software engineering and distributed systems architecture (microservices).
• Intermediate business analysis skills.

BENEFITS WORKING WITH US

• Team token bonus package.
• Additional milestone-based bonuses.
• Unique chance to work on a high-value PC Game Project with experienced, well known industry peers.
• Competitive salary starting from 2000 EUR NET (based on skills and experience).

If you are passionate about game development and want to be part of a dynamic and creative team, we encourage you to apply for this position. Please submit your LinkedIn profile and portfolio showcasing your previous work in game development if you have any.