Principal Backend Programmer

Summary

Join nDreams' Shared Technology Group as a Principal Programmer, developing and maintaining backend and cloud services for their VR games. You'll be responsible for the architecture of key backend systems hosted in AWS, ensuring scalability and performance for multiple live service VR games. This role reports to the Infrastructure Director and involves collaboration with various teams within nDreams. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including flexible hours, duvets days, birthday off, personal development time, and more.

Requirements

• Able to write robust, maintainable and scalable code in C#
• Experience using dotnet core, asp.net core to develop web API's and backend services
• Proficient deploying and managing game backend services on AWS (Amazon Web Services)
• Understanding of modern live-service infrastructure used in game development
• Broad working knowledge of online services and cloud infrastructure
• Ability to profile/optimise backend systems to improve performance or reduce resource utilization
• A good knowledge of logging, tracing and metrics
• Good communication skills with an ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical staff
• An empathetic individual who can collaborate with a multi-discipline team, understanding the needs of the game and exchanging ideas/technical plans with the team

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement and maintain scalable backend services for our games
• Develop and integrate online technologies that enable multiplayer experiences in VR
• Build and integrate scalable APIs that connect players around the world
• Plan and estimate effectively, for yourself and other technical staff
• Triage, delegate, and manage programming priorities through multiple phases of development
• Review designs and specifications, catching issues before work begins
• Collaborate with technical leads across our game studios
• Communicate the architecture of our shared backend systems, describing how multiple systems interact. Tailor information for technical or non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Perforce Helixcore and Git
• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Experience working with containers
• Experience working with event streaming and message brokers

Benefits

• Flexible hours
• Duvets days
• Your birthday off
• Dedicated personal development time and support
• Regular socials
• Excellent holiday offering
• Pension scheme
• Health insurance
• Life cover