Backend Software Engineer, East Side Games
Game developer & publisher
Job no longer available
Game developer & publisher
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create games that are easy to pick up, hard to put down, and don't suck!
Role
Who you are
- Experience with object oriented programming, preferably with PHP
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience with hosting containerized applications on AWS or similar cloud providers
- Experience with Docker
- Experience with Web API design and implementation
- Familiarity with Jenkins
- 3+ years of experience in Software engineering, ideally in games development
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent discipline. Applicable work experience without a degree is 100% acceptable too!
Desirable
- Experience in DevOps or systems administration
- Solid understanding of network-based client/server systems and its implications on performance and security
- Experience with C# and Unity
- Experience with HTML and JavaScript
- Experience with Serverless technologies
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code
What the job involves
- As a Backend Software Engineer on the LiveOps team, you’ll develop and maintain the backend for our live titles, including hits like Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money and Cheech & Chong
- Working closely with team members and stakeholders, you’ll get to design and build features to wow our players, and tools to make that happen smoothly
- Design, implement and troubleshoot server-side software in the cloud (we use AWS)
- Design and implement code pipelines with Jenkins (CI/CD)
- Work with multiple data store technologies, including both SQL and NoSQL databases
- Design highly available and scalable systems that will be used by thousands of concurrent users
- Proactively identify and recommend improvements to address systemic pain points and tech debt
- Work on a team that has a rotating on-call schedule, ensuring that our live games are supported 24/7
- Participate in development planning and scheduling, working with Producers to estimate tasks and ensure milestones are hit
- Collaborate with Designers and provide technical input towards feature designs
Our take
East Side Games is a developer and publisher of free-to-play mobile games and has been in the market for over a decade now. In that time, the explosion of mobile users and design developments has meant the industry changed fast. East Side Games, however, has managed to keep up - and the studio has held its own against giants like Supercell and Playrix.
The free-to-play gaming market took a hit when Apple changed their use of IDFA, making targeted advertising and therefore user acquisition much harder. East Side Game’s strategy, however, is savvy. The team have focused on using buzzy topics (‘stonks’) or leveraging the hugely popular TV shows (The Office, Drag Race, Doctor Who) to tap into existing bases of engaged and content-hungry users. It’s seen them win some hard-to-chase consumer choice awards, too.
This speaks to both the quality of the games and the ability of East Side Games to keep abreast of consumer preferences. With the nearly $74B free-to-play mobile games market looking set only to grow, this studio is in command of a sound strategy and good prospects.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2020
$0.3m
SEED
Total funding: $0.3m
Company benefits
- 100% top-up for 15 weeks of maternity leave and 100% top-up for as many as 8 weeks for parental leave
- Up to $1000 reimbursement for career development and up to 2 paid days off per calendar year for professional growth-related courses or training
- 7 days personal time off and 3 weeks paid vacation
- Flexible work schedules, virtual group fitness classes, manager training programs, team-building exercises and more
- Extended health and dental benefits through Canada Life as well as a $900 health spending account
- We want you to get paid what you're worth! We offer salaries based on role and experience, and out annual salary reviews to match market salaries and your growth
Company HQ
Fairview, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Jason Bailey
(CEO)Previously founded Super Rewards, then startup accelerator GrowLab. Also served as an Executive Producer for Grade Five Films Inc.
Galan Akin
(Creative Director)Has over a decade's worth of experience as a senior designer at Radical Entertainment, and then moved on to serve as Creative Director at DES Games.
Joshua Nilson
(GM)Worked in a project management role at Sitemasher, created an original animation series concept at Pony Productions, and finally served as Studio Manager at DownTownEastSide Games.
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