Job
- Level
- Senior
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Job Field
- Games, Back End
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop backend features for Tacticus, from planning to implementation and live operation, while optimizing our cloud infrastructure using AWS and infrastructure-as-code.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- You will develop backend features for Tacticus and take ownership of parts of the backend systems, from planning and technical design through development, testing, and live operations.
- You'll work on new features as well as improving and evolving existing systems to support the needs of a growing live game.
- A significant part of the role will be working with our cloud infrastructure.
- You'll help own and improve our cloud environment, working with AWS and infrastructure-as-code to build, maintain, and evolve the systems running the game.
- You'll collaborate with our security and compliance specialists and help keep our development and live environments running smoothly.
- You'll work closely with your fellow developers, designers, and other disciplines to shape technical solutions and solve problems as they arise.
- You will participate in playtests, investigate issues in both development and live environments, and take part in on-call duties.
- The pace can be high and priorities can change quickly.
- You'll need to be comfortable moving between feature development, infrastructure, troubleshooting, and other technical challenges as the needs of the game evolve.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- You're fluent in Java and/or Kotlin and comfortable designing and building robust backend systems.
- You know how to work in an environment where you need to make decisions, move quickly, and evolve existing systems as requirements change.
- You're comfortable with the realities of live development, including troubleshooting production issues, participating in on-call work, and balancing immediate problems with longer-term improvements.
- You're self-directed and collaborative.
- You communicate clearly, can explain the reasoning behind your technical decisions, and are comfortable working with people from different disciplines.
- You enjoy learning, solving new problems, and improving both the systems you work on and how the team works.
Experience
- You're an experienced backend developer with a strong professional background in building and operating live services.
- Experience from gaming is highly relevant, particularly from live games or LiveOps environments.
- You have hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS, and are comfortable owning and maintaining cloud environments using infrastructure-as-code.
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What we offer
- Our Berlin studio is located in Mitte, with a hybrid working model.
- We work from the office on Tuesdays and Fridays to support collaboration and social interaction.
- An anderen Tagen kannst du von überall aus arbeiten, wo du dich am produktivsten fühlst.
- We provide the setup and tools you need to work comfortably.
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About Your Employer
Snowprint Studios
Snowprint Studios was founded in 2015 and has offices in Stockholm and Berlin. The studio is known for developing games such as Legends of Solgard, Rivengard, and Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus, combining tactical gameplay with user-friendly free-to-play experiences.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Senior Backend Developer
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
