Job description
WHAT IMPACT CAN A BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER HAVE AT ESG?
As a
Backend Software Developer on the LiveOps team, you’ll develop and maintain the backend for our live titles, including hits like Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money and Cheech & Chong. Working closely with team members and stakeholders, you’ll get to design and build features to wow our players, and tools to make that happen smoothly. We’re a
remote-first studio and encourage all applications.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Design, implement and troubleshoot server-side software in the cloud (we use AWS)
- Work with multiple data store technologies, including both SQL and NoSQL databases
- Work on highly available and scalable systems that will be used by thousands of concurrent users
- Proactively identify and recommend improvements to address systemic pain points and tech debt
- Work on a team that has a rotating on-call schedule, ensuring that our live games are supported 24/7
- Participate in development planning and scheduling, working with Producers to estimate tasks and ensure milestones are hit
- Collaborate with Designers and provide technical input towards feature designs
*** Duties & responsibilities outlined above are representative, but not all inclusive
WHAT YOU WILL BRING:
- 3+ years of experience in Software engineering, ideally in games development
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent discipline
- Experience with object oriented programming, preferably with PHP
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience with hosting containerized applications on AWS or similar cloud providers
- Experience with Docker
- Experience with Web API design and implementation
- Familiarity with Jenkins
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience in DevOps or systems administration
- Solid understanding of network-based client/server systems and its implications on performance and security
- Experience with C# and Unity
- Experience with HTML and JavaScript
- Experience with Serverless technologies
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code
YOU ARE:
- You enjoy games, particularly mobile games. You are on top of the latest games, trends and what’s happening in live events
- Comfortable in an environment where priorities and plans change rapidly, but with intention
- Solution-oriented, self-motivated and diligent
- Community-minded, whereby a collective mission of the project is a shared priority
- Empathic, compassionate and curious
- Your values are governed by justice, equity, diversity and inclusion
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WORK AT ESG?
Established in 2011, East Side Games started as an indie game studio in east Vancouver. Today, we’re part of East Side Games Group (TSX: EAGR), and we’re a game developer, publisher, and technology provider. We enable creators to successfully deliver memorable mobile gaming experiences that players engage with every day. Through our proven tech kits and beloved brand partnerships, our games empower passionate fan bases to explore their favourite content in a fun, convenient medium, available in the palm of their hands.
The best part is, we’re fans first, which makes this adventure extra special. Our games and our team have the same goal; to be inclusive and for everyone. We get sh*t done and our team is on hand to step in, listen, and support, regardless of rank. Find solutions, share your learnings, then share refreshments with the whole studio in our weekly Lunch & Learns and monthly Friday Cheers calls. Have we piqued your curiosity? Then check out our amazing Culture and Benefits! We note that our culture is not a monolith, and is ever-changing based on the folks that make up our team here at ESG.
WE’RE BUILT ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
East Side Games are an equitable employer that values justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. We welcome and encourage people of marginalized backgrounds, particularly QTBIPOC folks, to apply, and will acknowledge and value the strengths you bring to foster yours and the studio's growth.
If this sounds like something you hoped for and more, and you’re enthused to build genre-defining narrative idle games, click the “Apply For This Job” button below. If now is not the right time for you but you know someone who would be a great match for us at East Side Games, check out our Referral Bonus here! Let’s build great games together!
We can’t wait to hear from you!
Due to a small, but completely awesome recruitment team, only those candidates that qualify will be contacted. Thanks for your interest in ESG and we wish you super success in your job search!
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