Development Lead (Java)

We don’t beat about the bush. We’re transparent in everything we do. And we do a lot. We’re the leaders in mobile and social games production in Poland. We’re proud of our worldwide hits: Let’s Fish and Fishing Clash. We’ve engaged millions of players and still aspire for more. Now, it’s time you join us as we’re expanding big time!

 We are currently looking for a Development Lead (Java) who would join our TSG team

What are you working on?

• The name of the project(s): Let's Fish, Wild Hunt, Hunting Clash, Fishing Slash, Flip This House
• At what stage of the project(s)? in Google play/ App Store
• Genres: Fighting, Casual, Shooter, Sports
• Platforms: Mobile

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

That means you'll:

• Take care of distribution and upkeep highly-scalable backends of new games through maintenance and design

• Contribute towards best practice of reliability and availability

• Troubleshoot and monitor high-volume database systems

• Actively contribute to game design discussions
  

Support the development team:

So it will be your responsibility to:

• Co-create an environment of active information exchange between project teams;

• Support all developers’ self-development;

• Coach and mentor the development team;

• Support the recruitment process of developers;

• Support the team with knowledge of the Agile methodology;

• Motivate and support the team in achieving set goals.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• General enthusiasm for games;

• Exquisite, minimum 5-years experience in server-side Java programming along with concurrency handling and distributed systems;

• 2 years of experience in managing a development team;

• Good knowledge of algorithms and data structures;

• Skills to use the Linux console;

• Solid Linux shell experience along with scripting languages;

• Ability to think on your feet and readiness to work under pressure as our aim is to minimize downtime in games, so you’ll be expected to respond and troubleshoot a range of issues accompanying the production environment;

• Be highly-committed and passionate about getting things done autonomously;

• Be respectful and have an open-minded attitude towards your colleagues and their work;

• Experience in agile methodologies;

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills;

• Analytical skills, including risk identification and process mapping.

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience in Redis and/or PostgreSQL database;

• Knowledge of data serialization in client-server communication;

• Familiarity with game dev;

• Experience in working with mobile apps;

• Knowledge of how to train your colleagues;

• Knowledge of ith JIRA/Confluence or related software;

• Knowledge of BPMN/UML.

Why do we enjoy working here?

• Freedom of making partnership decisions;

• 3 x independence;

• Decisiveness;

• Direct influence on the final product and business direction;

• Safe environment to develop yourself and your skills;

• Attractive remuneration based on experience and skills;

• Friendly working atmosphere;

• Flexible working hours;

• Company trips and gatherings;

• Private medical care and Multisport card;

• Free lunch days, fresh fruit, refreshments in the office!