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Software Developer

At Paradox, we are focused on bringing value to our community by creating groundbreaking features for both players and game developers. If you are a passionate Fullstack Developer who would like to work at a successful games company, full of people passionate about technology and games, read on and learn how you can be part of the fun and talented Central Tech and Services department (CTS) !

We are now looking for a Fullstack Developer to work as part of our Online Services team in the CTS department. The CTS department is responsible for the Paradox Ecosystem which provides a variety of services and products to Paradox’s various Game Studios. These products and services comprise the Paradox ecosystem which includes the Paradox Account service, Paradox Mods, cross-platform multiplayer, social/player features (leaderboards, cloud saves, forums, etc.), the Paradox Store, the Paradox Game SDK, and much more!

In this role you will work on various development projects focused on delivering new and updated features for players, Paradox game studios, and internal tools. You will be part of a team tasked with designing, building, and shaping the effort in realizing features which enrich our Paradox ecosystem. This also means that you will be working closely with all of the Paradox game development studios, as well as the publishing organization, in order to maximize the consumption of our services to guarantee we continue delivering Paradox signature experiences.

As part of the Online Services team you will work on our Paradox live presence, and it’s related services. Your day to day activities will include generalized JavaScript development in frontend and backend, and building and maintaining JavaScript services, scripts, and cloud functions related to online services, as well as internal libraries and utilities shared within the department. A daily to-do list may also include React UI development for both desktop web browsers and embedded UI runtime with a limited, albeit modern, set of the JS/CSS spec available, and maintaining the automated build and deployment pipeline.

What we need to see:

• Extensive experience with NodeJS.
• Extensive experience with modern JavaScript (ES2018+).
• Solid knowledge of CSS.

• At least 1 year experience with ReactJS (or 2+ years for similar SPA like Angular).
• At least 1 year experience with NextJS.
• At least 1 year experience with relational databases.

• General understanding of how backend APIs work (CRUD, REST, etc.).
• General understanding of best practices for data caching, realtime data/websockets, and writing APIs.
• Clear understanding and grasp on API security and data access management.

Other experiences or skill sets you may have which would make you a stand out candidate would be any experience with database queries performance debugging and optimization, any experience running applications on a cloud service (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud or the like), or any experience with e-commerce platforms, or Contentful as a service.

We believe you are a service-minded, driven, and explorative individual; You are comfortable with solving problems and working autonomously within a group. Your role in a team is flexible and can include being the one who identifies viable solutions and implements appropriate solutions, as well as mentor others. Your English communication skills, both verbal and oral, are excellent and are backed by patience in taking the time to understand others as well as in explaining yourself.

Practical information:

Scope: Full time and permanent

Reports to: Development Manager

Location: This position is based in Stockholm, Sweden

If you think that this description matches your background, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously for this position. 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. 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 difference and value diversity in our employees. We are committed to building an inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

Some of our benefits include:

If you think that this description matches you, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously. 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 difference and care deeply about diversity and inclusion. We therefore encourage you, no matter who you are, to apply for this job if you think you’d be a great addition to our team.