Platform Engineer

2 weeks ago


Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom Rocket Science Corporation Full time

Every game is an ecosystem beyond mere gameplay. At Terminal Velocity, part of the Rocket Science Group, our platform and server teams are dedicated to constructing the infrastructure necessary for your game's global rollout through a strong focus on back-end and publishing stacks.

With a wealth of expertise in cutting-edge tools and industry best practices, as well as our longstanding ability to harness the vast array of resources available in any development landscape, we arrive armed with the capabilities to propel your project to success.

About the Role:

We're looking for well-rounded platform engineers to join our hardworking team In this role, you'll draw upon your past experience to create scalable, resilient solutions for games to exceed player quality expectations; you'll be responsible for designing, implementing, and evolving robust technical solutions to help our partners' games delight players around the world.

We do not require prior game development experience for this role, but our ideal candidates will have experience working within software development teams to deliver performant, highly scalable, and well-documented platform-based products, as well as an openness to taking on new challenges, the flexibility to adapt to them in the moment, and a lasting passion for games themselves.

This is a hybrid role to be based in Brighton, UK.

What We Value:

  • 3+ years of programming experience in front-end or full-stack development.
  • Experience with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and an understanding of Agile practices.
  • Demonstrated history of leaving behind artifacts and leaving something in a better state than when you found it.
  • Strong critical-thinking skills and the know-how to solve problems and debug programs.
  • Capacity for self-motivation, the ability to work independently, and a strong work ethic.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external teams.
  • Demonstrated history of team-based development.

You May Also Have:

  • Knowledge of / experience with various frameworks, such as React, TypeScript, or
  • Experience driving development from ideation to deployment.
  • Opinions on the availability, scaling, monitoring, and debugging of discovered problems.

You Should Remember:

To let us do the work for you: Even if your profile isn't an exact match for all of the qualifications listed above, we still want you to apply. Our team members come from a variety of different industries, not all of which are immediately relevant to game or software development, and we welcome all candidates of similarly varied backgrounds, communities, and identities.

Rocket Science is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a worry-free workplace void of discrimination or harassment. Rocket Scientists are expected to foster and champion an environment in which everyone has the opportunity to feel included and is afforded the respect and dignity they deserve.

We recruit, hire, employ, train, promote, and compensate individuals based on job-related qualifications and abilities. Rocket Science has a commitment to providing a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of each individual and is free from all forms of employment discrimination and harassment of any protected class protected by law.

Rocket Science does not accept unsolicited résumés from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with Rocket Science, a Master Services Agreement (MSA) must be executed and confirmed prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed MSA, Rocket Science shall not be responsible to any individual or entity for any payment relating to any form of fee or compensation.

In the event that a résumé or candidate is submitted by a recruiter, an employment agency, or a staffing firm without a fully executed MSA, Rocket Science has the unrestricted right to pursue and hire any of those candidates without any legal or financial responsibility to the recruiter, agency, and/or firm.

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