
Senior Back End Developer
Hours: Full time
Salary: Excellent (dependent on experience)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Central London
Responsibilities
As a Backend Developer on the team, you will play a key role in central aspects of online games infrastructure. This will include architecture, design, implementation and testing.
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Development of our backend services and API’s
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Providing updates, enhancements and new features to our backend services platform
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Evangelise best practices through effective consultation with your peers
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Work with 3rd party vendors and continually review the latest technologies to help us stay ahead of the game
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Engage with the operations and engineering teams to automate and improve our tools and processes
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Write, review and take responsibility for technical documentation
Requirements
If you have most of the following, then we definitely want to hear from you:
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5+ years industry programming experience
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A proven track record of building scalable multiplayer backend solutions
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Demonstrable experience in web microarchitecture and key technologies (Restful API’s/JSON, distributed design)
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Expert level JavaScript/ Node.js
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A proven track record building solutions for cloud PaaS, Iaas
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Good database skills including SQL and NOSQL
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Experience in test driven development and broader testing and QA concerns
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
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Strong knowledge of Git source control
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Expertise in developing for operational and non functional concerns (monitoring integration, performance testing, scale, availability and resilience, security considerations)
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Linux/bash command line
Desirable - but not essential
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Other programming language experience such C++, JAVA, Python, PHP, Go
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Strong teamwork and leadership skills, ideally having fulfilled leadership or mentorship duties.
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Experience of frontend frameworks and libraries (React, etc.)
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Experience of writing games or backend game services
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Experience with Gamesparks
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Data analysis/design skills
If this job sounds ideal, please send a CV and a covering letter to jobs@antstream.com, letting us why you’re the perfect person for this job.