This job might no longer be available.

Lead Full Stack Developer - PHP

Kano
Victoria British Columbia
1 year ago
Apply

Kano (www.kanoapps.com) is looking for a Lead Full Stack Developer with strong experience in PHP, MySQL/MongoDB, HTML5, CSS to build multi-platform games for Android, iOS and web. You will help drive development on one of our live games that services millions of players worldwide. This role will be responsible for development, code review, code quality, estimating and planning on Mob Wars: La Cosa Nostra.

Our goal is to build long lasting player-centric gaming experiences that have challenges and opportunities in both the business and technical realms. You are a lead developer with a passion for games and a strong history in fast paced, large scale web environments. You use your strong technical ability to create long-lasting, engaging product experiences for our players.

While this position is open to remote work, international applicants will not be considered at this time.

You’ll be working on things like:

  • Implementing, testing, and deploying high-availability, large-scale social and mobile/web game features in PHP and JavaScript
  • Working with databases in MySQL and MongoDB
  • Writing efficient and organized code while promoting best practices and standards
  • Monitoring game dashboards, logs and metrics to ensure your code is working
  • Working closely and managing a team in an agile environment (Kanban or Scrum) to continuously ship code
  • Working with product and creative teams to plan and execute development and releases, building towards world-class products

Required Skills:

  • Experience in both PHP and JavaScript in a full-stack environment
  • Experience in MySQL / MongoDB
  • Experience with large-scale web development and HTML5/JS applications
  • Experience with production continuous integration pipelines
  • Performance driven mindset with a strong ability to write efficient software and optimize existing code

It would be a big plus if you have:

  • Experience with games
  • Experience with native mobile platforms (Objective-C/Swift iOS development, and Java Android)
  • Experience with the AWS stack
  • Strong experience with Unix environments
  • Mastery of git

About Kano

Bootstrapped in 2008, we have been a profitable and growing game studio for over a decade. With hits like Mob Wars LCN (Top 100 grossing app on Facebook) and our latest release Idle Distiller (Top 100 Grossing Simulation game on Google play) we hope to contribute to the world by connecting people through play.

Locally owned and headquartered in downtown Victoria, BC, we believe in giving small teams of talented people challenging problems and getting out of their way. That’s why we look for the best and brightest to join our team; people who have talent, vision, and commitment.

Check out this article If you'd like to get some insight into our hiring process, our employee manual to understand how and why we do things the way we do, and this fun little video for an intro to the team!

*Kano is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law*

Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings.
Apply

Jobs at Kano

Engineering jobs