Miniclip.com is looking for an experienced Web Software Developer to hire in our Lisbon (PT) Games Development Studio. This is a full-time, permanent position, please apply only if you have the right to work in PT.
DUTIES
Your primary responsibilities will focus primarily in web solutions and will be done around:
- Developing new and exciting solutions that will boost our teams/departments/groups work
- Developing and maintaining solutions that integrates with our various gaming platforms
- Maintaining existing web projects such as our Games and Community sites
- Writing PHP Unit Tests and optimising existing code
- Maintaining and developing new APIs
- Practicing engineering best practices in your day-to-day work
You will be working with a variety of members of the company, including web, mobile, game application developers, marketing, promotions, art, and business intelligence. You may be required to travel abroad for training purposes and to work with other members of the Miniclip group during your employment.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
We’re looking for a social, hard-working person with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, who enjoys working in a team and is passionate about his/her work. The ideal candidate should be skilled in the following:
- OOP languages (preferably PHP), Golang is a plus
- Vue.js or React.js, Javascript or ECMAScript
- Skilled in HTML + CSS, SCSS
- MVC and other design patterns
- Very comfortable with git and git workflow
- MySQL or other RDBMS
- AWS services, such as DynamoDB
- Consul or similar configuration systems
- Comfortable with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Bamboo
A minimum of 3 years of experience in these technologies is required.
We expect from you proactiveness and accountability, strong communication skills, commitment and desire to go through from start to end in your developed projects. You will be an essential pillar in building and maintaining a culture of excellence in your work, at all levels.
The following skills are desirable but not essential, by order of importance
- Javascript frameworks besides Vue.js
- Experience in javascript pipelines (using webpacker, babel, for example)
- Unix compliant system experience (such as CentOS and Ubuntu)
- Caching solutions such as Varnish, Memcache and Redis
- Web server configuration experience (Nginx or Apache)
- Composer or software package management systems
- REST APIs / OAuth experience
- Google Analytics experience
- Knowledge of Erlang or other functional programming languages
- Knowledge of web frameworks such as Slim (PHP) or cowboy (erlang)
- Knowledge of websockets
To apply please send your CV in English, with a covering letter explaining why you want to be part of our team.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
You will be working in our fashionable, open plan studio in Lisbon with enthusiasts and professionals from the games industry. We like to maintain a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere, with regular team building and social events.
We understand that being tied to a desk all day is not fun and that’s why there is a games area and fridge with complimentary drinks and fruit for all staff.
THE COMPANY
Miniclip is a global leader in digital games with a mission of unleashing the gamer in everyone. The company develops, publishes and distributes highly engaging games to an audience of 200 million monthly active users across mobile, social and online platforms.
Founded in 2001, the Company has successfully grown a huge organic global audience in over 195 countries and across six continents. Miniclip has a unique understanding of the digital games space and has developed a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games, extensive worldwide distribution and an internationally recognised brand name. To date, Miniclip franchises including 8 Ball Pool™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™ and Agar.io™ have generated more than 2 billion downloads.
In the past year, we have been delighted to welcome the teams from Playsport (famous for Motorsport Manager), Yakuto (creators of Darts of Fury), and Masomo (home of Headball2) to the Miniclip family of companies.
For more information, visit http://corporate.miniclip.com.