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Senior Backend Developer - Game Operations Platform
2 years ago
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Technology & DevelopmentJob Description:
We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Developer with experience of working with Google Cloud Platform technologies. You will shape the future of King’s game operations platform, the place where teams build applications to monitor, grow and monetize some of the most popular mobile games in the world such as Candy Crush Saga. Our platform contains a suite of software products designed to provide a central, high- quality, robust and extensible toolset with a consistent and stable user experience.
The Game Operations Platform team aims to provide a competitive technical ecosystem that allows internal teams to easily build applications and deliver to the platform without worrying about the infrastructure. The platform is on its way to be fully migrated to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes (GKE) by the end of 2021.
Your role within our Kingdom
As a member of the Game Operations Platform team, you will play an important role to influence how technology evolves at King and how King teams develop their internal applications that bring great value to our games. You will work closely with your teammates in an agile environment and you will do product discovery, pair/mob programming and code reviews in GitHub.
Your responsibilities might include:
- Develop new platform features that improve developer experience throughout the application lifecycle
- Develop and maintain backend libraries, frameworks, core APIs and self- service tools inside GCP
- Guide developers on their journey to adopt and leverage GCP
- Collaborate with developers and infrastructure teams to keep evolving the platform architecture
- Evaluate existing cloud native frameworks/tools in the market and advise on the evolution of king internal frameworks/tools
Skills to create thrills
- Solid experience with cloud technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Terraform
- Good understanding of GCP architecture
- Good experience working with backend services using Java and modern Java frameworks and standards
- Good experience developing service APIs
- A desire to learn new technologies and programming languages across the stack
Bonus points
- Experience in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js and/or Python
- Enjoys working in a dev- ops culture
About King
King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch.
We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the
company.
A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes
Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply cannot expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes.
Making the World Playful
Making the World Playful is what inspires us to create new experiences and raise the bar. It’s what makes King a place where we can all dream bigger, continue to add innovation to our games, broadening the portfolio and exploring new territories in mid- core and casual. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players – and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. In fact, together with our parent company Activision Blizzard and experts around the world, we believe having fun is good for you. There has never been a better time to join us. We're dreaming bigger and see a world of possibilities ahead. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!
Applications needs to be in English.
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