Senior Java Developer (Backend Services)

Company Description

About Gameloft

Leader in the development and publishing of mobile games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, two of which are featured in the “Top 10 Games by All-Time Worldwide Downloads” from App Annie. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Order & Chaos, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Disney®, Marvel®, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 4,600 people worldwide. Every month, 114 million unique users can be reached by advertisers in Gameloft games with Gameloft Advertising Solutions, a leading B2B offering dedicated to brands and agencies. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.
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Job Description

We are focused on building the next-generation game backend services platform and we are looking for a dedicated, talented and passionate senior software developer to play a leading role in this endeavor.

We are looking for a motivated senior software developer that can and will find the best solutions. He or she will work closely with our clients and the infrastructure team to create state of the art products for our games.

You will help create and be part of a cross-functional, cross-studio agile development team creating innovative enterprise-level technology solutions. You will be working with state-of-the-art cloud technologies that manage over 10 billion requests per day from over 20 million active players across over 100 games.

You will be in charge of development, deployment, support and maintenance of services that support Gameloft’s online gaming infrastructure: multiplayer services, leaderboards, authentication, social networks and many more.

Responsibilities:

• Play a key role in a team of high-skilled developers and devops;
• Act as a mentor and a technical point of contact for the team;
• Design and develop distributed, scalable, resilient, highly available services and systems with a focus on quality, security and cost efficiency;
• Be involved in all the product development and delivery stages;
• Research and prototype on various technologies useful for the project;
• Keep in touch with the latest trends in the industry.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in object-oriented programming writing high-quality and well-documented code in Java – Spring / Spring Boot;
• Proven experience designing, deploying and working with microservices in a cloud environment;
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs, standard software design patterns, web application and web services architecture;
• Ability to understand abstract requirements, define implementation steps and deliver results keeping the client’s needs in focus;
• Adaptable to accepting challenges, learning new technologies and prototyping new ideas;
• Organizational skills, attention to detail and a strong ability to communicate;
• Proactive and independent;
• Meticulous and focused on code quality.

• It would be a plus if you have:

• Knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL databases;
• Experience working with AWS services;
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes;
• Knowledge of Python is an asset.

Additional Information

Why Join the World of Gameloft?

• Because you want to be part of an exceptional experience within a company that is constantly growing!
• Because you want to work with talented people who are industry pioneers!
• Because you want to be part of an international environment with daily contact with other countries & cultures!
• Because you want to work in an inclusive equal opportunity workplace!
• Or, just because you’re looking for a great place to work!

Benefits:

• Permanent contract, full-time job with excellent Social Benefits.
• 25 vacation days per year
• Private medical health insurance
• Flexible compensation with Ticket Restaurant Card
• Free language courses
• Birthday day off + option to work a shortened schedule on three days.
• Flexible work-from-home hybrid model 
• Merit based salary progression system and a competitive initial salary package.
• Career-development opportunities.
• Excellent local working conditions (quality of offices, geographical location of office in the centre of Barcelona).
• ... and Tuesday and Thursday afterwork beers!

We can’t wait to find our next great talent!

Join our team, recently recognized in Forbes' top 100 companies to work for! We're gamers from all walks of life, united in creating a culture of inclusivity. Partnering with organizations like COGAM, we ensure a safe workplace for everyone, regardless of background or gaming preference. Whether you're a casual or hardcore gamer on any platform (we're cross-platform now!), we want you to feel like you belong. Be part of shaping the gaming industry with us!

Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted and your CV will be saved in our files for a period of 6 months.

Want to know more? Please visit our Website: www.gameloft.com

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