Backend Engineer, Social Point
Mobile game developer
Job no longer available
Mobile game developer
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To have fun together, creating fun for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- +3 years of experience as a Backends Engineer
- Proactive team player that is ready to work with diverse roles and people
- Strong background in programming languages like PHP and Golang
- Excellent strategic decision-making skills and a strong sense of responsibility/ownership
- Prefer maintainable code over overengineering
- Able to design, implement and maintain code in complex systems on your own
- Able to manage infrastructure and understand what happens behind your code
- Able to explain complex problems to both technical and non-technical people
- Able to understand and tune application scalability, performance, and reliability
What the job involves
- We're looking for software engineers that will work on services for games that are played & loved by several million users every day, all over the world
- Those services must scale-out to serve high users traffic every day and must be developed with the highest quality this competitive industry requires. We expect from our developers to keep our tech state-of-the-art and, at the same time, come up with great new ideas
- Our backend applications are developed using several technologies & programming languages (PHP, Golang, Ruby, AWS EC2, Kubernetes, etc…), so you should be eager to work with our legacy code, extend, maintain & continuously refactor the backend of our games
- Your job is not only about writing code. You will also have to work with other roles like mobile developers, data analysts and systems engineers to integrate your components, as well as write technical designs, documentation, knowledge share and train other team members
- As a backend engineer, you will also be part of our games team and work closely with game design, player experience, mobile, and other departments. You will be integrated with business decisions as part of our technology strategy
Our take
The acceleration of the mobile gaming industry has led to the widespread popularity of the casual gaming market. The ease of access, reduced expenses, and wide demographic of casual games mean that developers can generate significant returns through an easier development process. Social Point is one company that taps into this market, specialising in the development of mobile games.
The company differs from competitors in that it is one of the few developers to have seen a consistent track record of high revenue and hits on app stores. With multiple games hitting popularity heights, Social Point holds a rare position of strength within the market.
Acquisition of the company from Take-Two, a leading American game publisher, solidified the success of Social Point. Through this, the company has been able to truly tap into the core of the market by funnelling high returns into development pipelines that are projected to return similar successes.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2014
$30m
SERIES C
Feb 2013
$3.9m
SERIES B
Total funding: $44.7m
Company benefits
- Hybrid working model from home and office
- Relocation support to help you move to barcelona, if you're not already here
- 25 days of annual leave, not including public holidays
- An additional 5 days of annual leave during Christmas
- Full Catering for Breakfast and lunch at the office
- Private medical insurance for you and your family to keep your health bar full
- Choose from the latest iOS or Android device upon joining (phone or tablet)
- Free language lessons in English and Spanish
- Spotify Premium to add a special soundtrack to your adventure
- Legendary social events and parties to let off some steam
- Personal development is key for us: enjoy a significant budget to enhance your skills and knowledge, providing real growth opportunities
Company HQ
Provençals del Poblenou, Barcelona, CT
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