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Senior Backend Engineer

Job

  • Level
    Senior
  • Job Feld
    Games, Back End
  • Anstellung
    Vollzeit
  • Vertragsart
    Unbefristetes Dienstverhältnis
  • Ort
    Hamburg
  • Arbeitsmodell
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Job Zusammenfassung

    In dieser Rolle entwickelst du Microservices in Node.js/TypeScript, kümmerst dich um die Wartung zentraler Dienste, implementierst neue Features und optimierst die Plattform für Live-Betrieb und Spieleperformance.

    Job Technologien

    Deine Rolle im Team

    • You will lead and mainly work on extracting loosely coupled microservices written in Node.js/TypeScript out of our PHP monolith. However, you need to be comfortable with working in other languages like PHP as well.
    • Take ownership for maintaining and extending some of the central shared services that are used by game teams and other stakeholders like game design and monetization.
    • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our software with high-quality, maintainable code.
    • Define SLOs, add metrics/tracing/logging, participate in on-call/incident reviews, and continuously harden reliability & performance for live operations.
    • Leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance development efficiency, code quality, and problem-solving capabilities.
    • Work closely with game designers and product leads to implement new features with an interest in learning the complementary full-stack technologies.
    • Communicate and collaborate within a cross-functional team and with other teams to ensure a smooth daily workflow.
    • Actively bring in new ideas and participate in technical decisions influencing the architecture of our services and platform.
    • Drive initiatives to enhance the stability, performance, and scalability of our platform and live games.
    • Contribute high-quality, maintainable Typescript code using a wide range of technologies such as Next.js, Nest.js, Jest, Mocha, Turbopack, GitHub, Docker, MySQL, Pub/Sub and Redis.
    • Mentor engineers via design reviews, pairing, and by setting coding standards and contribute to engineering hiring.

    Unsere Erwartungen an dich

    Qualifikationen

    • Proficiency in popular Node.js/Typescript frameworks such as Next.js, Nest.js, Express..js, and Jest.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
    • Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate AI tools into development workflows for code generation, debugging, and technical research.
    • Be familiar with or eager to learn other languages like PHP or Java.
    • You have a proactive attitude towards learning new technologies and improving existing skills, including leaving the comfort zone of your programming language.
    • Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar.
    • Strong automated quality mindset using unit testing, integration testing, and other test automation frameworks.
    • You are enthusiastic about games and ideally strategy games.

    Erfahrung

    • 7+ years of proven experience in Node.js/Typescript development, demonstrating strong coding and debugging skills.
    • Deep experience with distributed systems: queues/pub-sub, idempotency, data modeling across service boundaries, and eventual consistency.
    • You have experience developing and maintaining multi-server, high-load backend services and APIs.
    • Experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred), networking, and debugging distributed systems is a plus.
    • Hands-on experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.

    Benefits

    Gesundheit, Fitness & Fun

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    Job Standorte

    • Standort Hamburg

      Deutschland

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    Goodgame Studios

    Goodgame Studios

    Goodgame Studios ist ein weltweit führendes Unternehmen für kostenlose Spielesoftware. Wir bieten Mobile- und Browsergames für über 300 Millionen Spieler weltweit an. Kunden können unsere Spiele direkt vom PC oder mobil über ihr Smartphone oder Tablet spielen.

    Description

  • Gründungsjahr
    2009
  • Sprachen
    Englisch
  • Unternehmenstyp
    Etablierte Firma
  • Arbeitsmodell
    Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
  • Branche
    Internet, IT, Telekom
  • Logo Goodgame Studios

    Senior Backend Engineer

    Ort
    Hamburg
    Arbeitsmodell
    Hybrid, Onsite
    Diversität
    Für alle Personen geeignet (m/w/d)
    Nur Englisch
    Nur Englisch erforderlich

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