Game Systems Engineer

3 weeks ago


Cambridge United Kingdom Jagex Full time

Description

Are you interested in joining one of the world's biggest MMOs? Do you want to work on a unique and large-scale project and tackle some of the most interesting challenges in online gaming? Then you're in the right place

We're in the early stages of a major product update on Old School RuneScape, and are looking for an enthusiastic Engineer with an attitude to learn, collaborate and inspire as a part of a highly successful MMO. You will have a huge impact, not just on our engineering teams, but on the huge communities of Old School RuneScape players all over the world

If this sounds like you, and you're up for the challenge, then we would love to talk to you

What you'll be doing:

  • Responsible for implementing new systems and infrastructure features using Java, C# and other script languages
  • Work on a variety of projects in the department covering all aspects of the group's technological domain, making good use of support tools (e.g. Profiler, debugger, code-analysis tools) to ensure your code is of high quality
  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve our systems, services, and processes. Effectively communicate these and see them through to completion
  • Ensure services are monitored, scalable, robust, highly available and performant
  • Where appropriate, evangelise emerging tools, techniques, languages to improve quality and efficiency of delivery


What we're looking for:
  • Proficient with Java (C# considered)
  • Experience working on backend systems as a software developer
  • Experience working in at least one public cloud provider (AWS preferred)
  • Experience in designing and shipping 3rd party APIs
  • A passion for solving problems in a unique technology stack


What we offer:

When you join Jagex you can look forward to a generous Perks & Benefits package including:
  • Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan,
  • Minimum 6% Pension contributions
  • Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling
  • Life Insurance
  • Discretionary annual performance bonus
  • Enhanced family leave policies from day 1
  • Flexible working hours
  • 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more


Collaboration is at the heart of Jagex. We love getting together with our teams to share ideas and socialise.
If you live in the UK, we offer a flexible working model that empowers you to work in the way that suits you best, while also getting the best from your working relationship with all the great people you'll be connecting with here. We support you to be set up for success no matter where you log in.

Flexibility really is the key to how we set up working schedules, we'll discuss your needs with you and be transparent about the working schedules of the team you'll be working with during our interview process.

About Jagex:

Make forever games with us.

Jagex is a thriving international games company with a growing library of forever game IPs for core gamers. We have such huge expertise at running games for the long term that we re-define expectations for what evergreen success looks like.

We create spaces for our players to come together - with each other and with us - inside and outside of our games. We empower our players with real influence on the game's evolution. We help our players belong. Our community experiences give players a greater stake in what they're playing, creating loyal forever fans.

These strengths inform our vision of our studio as a thriving international games company with a growing library of forever game IPs for core gamers. Our forever games will nurture sizable communities whose loyalty provides consistent revenues.

This in turn drives our mission: We create forever fans by empowering our community. We give players experiences worthy of their long-term time investment and actively collaborate with them to shape the games and the community for the better.

If this is something you want to be a part of, get in touch.

We have 500 of the industry's most talented individuals in our Cambridge studio; if you share our values and ambition, we'd love to talk to you. Worried you don't meet all the requirements in the spec? Your attitude, fresh perspective and experience is just as important to us; if you think this could be the perfect job for you, let's talk.
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