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Senior Backend Developer
1 year ago
As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re on the hunt for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
PERKS & BENEFITS
Unlimited Paid Time Off, Paid Sick Days & Holidays
Flexible work hours
Indefinite contract + benefits
Private health insurance coverage
Catered Lunches & Well-stocked Kitchens
2 Hour mid-day play/lunch break
Wellness Activities
Happy Hours
Company Retreats
Fully Remote
We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join our dynamic engineering team to create games involving NFT technologies within our Bogota-based studio. Our team is focused on building Jam City’s first AAA, multi-platform online Web3 Game: Champions Ascension.
Applicants will work remotely, but must reside in South America.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build, and ship the most impactful features in Backend services.
- Work with Senior leadership to establish and enforce good architectural standards.
- Work with a team to build large scale data services and backend systems.
- Debug issues in production environments across multiple levels of the tech stack.
- Communicate effectively with the team and stakeholders.
- Pragmatic approach to ensure the player experience is optimized.
- Collaborate with our central technology team to create game services to help support blockchain-backed game creation.
- Provide progress updates to senior leadership.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ Years of expertise with backend development.
- High level of fluency with and experience using technologies, databases and frameworks like (but not limited to) these languages - .NET, ASP.NET, C#, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, DynamoDB, Spanner, BigTable, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, SQS, S3, Lambda, Redis, - or deep experience with relevant transferable technologies.
- Proven experience working with large, long-lived backend code bases, with a focus on sustainable patterns.
- Ability to work iteratively.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Written and oral English proficiency.
NICE TO HAVE
- Passion for automation.
- A good sense of humor is a definite plus.
- Exposure to microservice development.
- Exposure to Cloud development (AWS/GCP) and Continuous Integration/Delivery environments (CI/CD).
- Experience in Distributed Systems.
- Strong knowledge and experience with the C# language.
- Experience building web applications using .NET, ASP.NET and/or ASP.NET (MVC).
- Previous experience working on games.
- Experience working directly with Solana, Ethereum, or Blockchain tech.
- Knowledge of the Web3 space and other Web3 projects.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more.
Jam City is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, religion, ethnicity, marital, or domestic partnerships status, disability, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws. Our management is committed to following this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.
ABOUT JAM CITY
Jam City is an award-winning mobile entertainment studio providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to a broad, global audience.
Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date.
The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018.
Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto.
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