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Game Engineer II
2 years ago
Job Posting Title
Game Engineer IISummary
Big Fish Games is a player-centric game publisher that has been influential to the game development world over the last 20 years. Distinguished by its value-driven, collaborative, and inclusive culture, Big Fish continues to innovate the game experience, build community and connections through games, and craft meaningful games played by millions.
Big Fish has an extensive portfolio of popular casual games across genres including EverMerge, Big Fish Casino, JMS, Gummy Drop, Cooking Craze, Fairway Solitaire. Big Fish is dedicated to delivering amazing experiences for players to connect, compete and discover play, anywhere and on any device.
Big Fish is part of Aristocrat Leisure Limited.
We are looking for a Game Server Engineer to work on Casino infrastructure. The ideal candidate has experience writing back-end features for a live ops application. Our backend team is small, so each member has a large amount of ownership and impact on how the game is scaled.Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and deploy infrastructure with emphasis on uptime and scalability
- Profile and tune highly-scalable backends
- Develop APIs for other development teams to consume
- Provide feature development support and post-release analysis
- We are looking to hire the best candidates nationwide and offer flexible remote opportunities.
Qualifications
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
- 2+ years professional experience in software development
- Comfortable with linux / command line
- Basic knowledge of networking, DNS, protocols
- Database design and SQL knowledge
- Experience developing backend systems
- Ability to maintain composure under pressure
- Ability to learn, understand, and extend existing systems
- Experience estimating effort and establishing timelines for projects
- Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills
- Detail-oriented, motivated, self-starter
At Big Fish, it’s our mission to enhance life through exceptional play. Since 2002, we’ve innovated, developed and published an extensive portfolio of popular casual games across genres. We’re dedicated to creating delightful experiences and connecting with millions of players every day all over the world through our popular titles like Cooking Craze, Gummy Drop, Fairway Solitaire, Big Fish Casino and exciting new releases like Toy Story Drop! .
Big Fish Games is an equal-opportunity employer. We bring unique talents together to build something special that’s why we welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
Why Aristocrat?
- World Leader in Gaming Entertainment
- Robust benefits package
- Global career opportunities
Our Values
- All about the Player
- Talent Unleashed
- Collective Brilliance
- Good Business Good Citizen
The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.
Location
Remote - WashingtonJob family
Big Fish GamesContract Type
RegularTime Type
Full timeCompany
Big Fish Games
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