Software Engineer, Space Ape Games

Shared Tech

Salary not provided

.NET

iOS

Android

Unity

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

Mobile gaming company

Job no longer available

Mobile gaming company

101-200 employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentMobile

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

.NET

iOS

Android

Unity

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

101-200 employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentMobile

Company mission

Space Ape’s mission is to make the world’s best mobile games.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience using C# or at least one C-style language
Experience with the .NET ecosystem
Experience developing tools for Android and iOS
Experience with modern game engines, bonus points for Unity
The ability to participate in code reviews, offering valuable insights and suggestions, and incorporating received feedback to enhance code quality and maintainability
Testing mindset - understand the value of automated testing and writing testable software

What the job involves

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our Shared Tech Team who are a small, empowered, cross functional team with the goal to support other developers in game teams
Develop software shared across the company, mainly written in C# but can use other tools as you find the need
Own and deliver end to end, high quality, documented and tested tech solutions and tooling projects
Contribute regularly to code shared between several teams and developers
Provide direct help to the game development team if needed (embedding)
Assist in project management and planning with insights and technical advice
Act as an ambassador for development, both inside and outside of Space Ape

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Space Ape is a mobile gaming company dedicated to creating the highest quality games for players worldwide. To date, it has launched games such as Rival Kingdoms, Fastlane, and Beatstar, which reached the #1 top-grossing music game in 2022.

In 2021, Space Ape soft-launched Boom Beach: Frontlines with their strategic partner, Supercell, which has also supported the company in its latest funding round. This investment is cited to help Space Ape grow its team and scale marketing, as it capitalises on the massive success of Beatstar, which has acrued upwards of 38 million downloads.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-3% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jan 2015

$3.1m

LATE VC

Dec 2014

$6.9m

SERIES C

Total funding: $14.4m

Company benefits

Maternity & Paternity Leave
Bike to Work Scheme
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance
Video therapy sessions through Spill, to support positive mental health

Company HQ

Fitzrovia, London, UK

Leadership

John Earner

(CEO & Co-Founder)

Previously Lieutenant in the US Navy for 4 years and Project Leader at BCG for 2 years.

Simon Hade

(Co-Founder)

Previously Product Manager at Skype for 5 years and Platform Product Director at Playfish for 1 year.

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