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Javascript Backend Developer - Data Team

At Paradox, we are focused on bringing value to our community by creating groundbreaking features for both players and game developers. If you are an enthusiastic Developer who would like to work at a games company with a long history of creating captivating experiences, full of people passionate about technology and games, then you’ve come to the right place!

We are now looking for a JavaScript Developer to work as part of our Data Team within the fun and talented DevOps department! At the DevOps department, we are responsible for the Paradox Ecosystem which provides a variety of services and products to Paradox’s various Game Studios.

Development projects will primarily be focused on either Data Security; Auth and Privacy Tools or Data Engineering; Telemetry, Data APIs and Data-Warehousing.

What you will be doing:

• General backend development (NodeJS)
• Optimize and extend our data services
• Development of our authentication service

What we would like to see:

• Experience with backend development in JavaScript (NodeJS) and REST APIs
• Educational or vocational experience of working with a database query language (SQL variants).

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Previous experience working on a live service
• Python experience (occasional scripting required)
• Experience running applications on a cloud service (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud or the like)
• Experience with writing automated tests of your code, from unit to end-to-end testing
• Good understanding and practical experience of Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of terraform
• Experience with either authentication or high-volume data processing

We believe you are a service-minded, driven, and explorative individual; Your English communication skills are excellent. You are patient, taking the time to understand others as well as in explaining yourself.

Practical information:

Scope: Full time and permanent

Reports to: Data Manager

Location: This position is based in Stockholm, Sweden

Some of our benefits include:

If you think that this description matches your background, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible. In your application, please show us why your previous experiences and skills would work for this role and why you are interested in working at Paradox.

We encourage applicants from all levels, if you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.

At Paradox Interactive we celebrate differences and value diversity in our employees. We are committed to building an inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.