Kwalee

Job Description

As Junior Backend Developer / Server Programmer you will write code that will run on 100s of servers thousands of times a second helping our games run smoothly, you will have to work out how to deal with massive amounts of data efficiently, train machines to crunch data and generally play around with the latest and greatest in tech.
You love to write efficient code and tackle hard puzzles, you like working with a committed team.

What you tell your friends you do
Im the hero of the day, when actually I only needed to fix one line of code
What you will really be doing
Contributing to the design and architecture of our servers using Python with Flask deployed on AWS EC2 Servers.

Implementing server features to robustly support millions of mobile game players.

Youll be working with a worldwide multi cluster Couchbase and Elasticsearch database.

Interfacing with other teams on any server-related issues affecting them.

How you will be doing this
Youll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to ensure the best results.

Youll think creatively and will be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.

Youll work with cutting edge technology, if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you can get it. We even have a robot!

Team
Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with more than 150 staff where youll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. Youll work within an extremely experienced, passionate and diverse team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games.
Skills and requirements
A proven track record of writing high quality database and program code for servers with Python. We are considering different levels of experience (from several months to years).

The ability to write quick scripts to accelerate manual tasks.

Knowledge of NoSQL databases (Couchbase, MongoDB, Cassandra, Memcache,etc.) could be useful but its not mandatory.

Knowledge of Unix, Linux or equivalent development environments

Some experience in game development would be a plus, although its not necessary.
Education: Any Graduate
Industry: IT-Hardware/Networking, Telecom