Do you dream about writing perfect codes? Do you want to work on building products that YOU would actually use? Pocket PlayLab wants YOU to join our team as a Software Engineer (Backend)!
We are a leading game developer & publisher, capable of producing social games from inception to completion. We are the home of popular game titles Juice Cubes and Jungle Cubes, with many more on the way! In two years of mobile game development, our games have achieved over 22 million downloads around the world.
Pocket PlayLab was founded in January 2012 by a handful of passionate gamers. Now, we are a group of 80+ game enthusiasts ranging more than 13 nationalities. We are a curious, creative, close-knit, fun-loving bunch. We have a unique way of doing things - the Pocket PlayLab way. It’s how we innovate, collaborate, operate and deliver value for our customers.
We are looking for dynamic, & team-oriented individuals to join our rapidly growing company as we continue forward to the next level.
The role
As a software engineer on our backend team your prime responsibility is to create and support features needed in our games as well as working together with systems engineers on the team to ensure reliability and scalability of the platform.
You will get to work on technologies such as Ruby (mostly RoR), eventmachine, MySQL, Redis and Cassandra. We are however not set on these technologies and they will most likely change in the future, you will be part of figuring out which technology to bring in next.
What you would be doing:
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Collaborate with system engineers to improve current features and bring new into production.
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Making sure our backend is of great quality.
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Get hands-on experience with building a scalable backend for millions of users.
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Build a nice platform for our game developers to built great games ontop of.
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Investigate and implement new technologies to improve our service.
About you:
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You have previously been doing backend development and worked with Python, Ruby or similar languages.
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You know that HTTP and TCP/IP is not abbreviations for rare diseases.
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You are experienced in Ruby or similar languages.
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You are not afraid to dig deep into a problem.
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You believe testing and documentation is an important part of your job.
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You value maintainable software/systems.
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You write clean easy to understand code.
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You are able to work on a team (We don't tolerate rockstars)
You speak and write English. -
Experience with server management is a plus.
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Experience with TDD is a plus.
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Open source contributions is a plus.
What we look for in all new employees:
- Gets things done and think about the long term impact of their work.
- An eagerness to learn more.
- Fun to be around even when all systems have gone haywire.
Bonus and Perks :
- Workstation of your choice (iMac, Macbook, PC etc.)
- Opportunity to grow with the company;
- An amazing workplace with super fun gaming and break areas;
- Attractive salary package;(including yearly bonus)
- Free daily lunch, snacks and drinks;
- 12 days of Vacation plus 13 days of public holidays per year;
- Invitations to cool social events.
- Being part of Asia’s most influential gaming companies.
This position is open to both Thai and foreign applicants.
Please apply directly at www.playlab.com/careers
