Company Description

Techland is one of the biggest and best-known Polish game developers with studios in Wroclaw and Warsaw. For over 30 years, we've carried a tradition of providing gamers with unforgettable experiences. We're an international team of over 400 highly-skilled professionals driven by a passion for gaming, always striving for the best quality. 

We’re fueled by the support of our global community built on the foundation of successful AAA franchises such as Call of Juarez, Dead Island, or Dying Light. The gamers' trust in our games has resulted in our newest project, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, selling more than 5 million copies across all platforms within the first month after release. 

On top of continuously growing the world of Dying Light through a robust post-launch support plan for Dying Light 2 Stay Human, we're also working on an unannounced AAA Open World Action RPG set in a brand new fantasy universe; our biggest project to date. 

Techland's mission strictly determines every aspect of our work: we want to create unforgettable experiences.

The Online Services Team is a growing team which operates within the Technology Department. They are dedicated to developing and maintaining online services for our company's video games, as well as backend and live operations tools . We are looking for a talented Backend Developer to join our ranks

Job Description

Your daily tasks:

• Development of server-side systems for cross-platform online games
• Writing reusable server code and libraries
• Optimizing technologies with respect to cost and performance
• R&D of new technologies that could improve current and future projects
• Implementing and maintaining services, APIs and administrative web pages
• Monitoring infrastructure
• Planning & Designing new features
   

Qualifications

You meet our expectations if you have:

• Experience with JavaScript/Node.js
• Experience with any of the modern Node.js frameworks - Fastify, Express.js, Koa.js, etc.
• Advanced knowledge of relational databases - preferably MySQL/MariaDB
• Knowledge of any noSQL databases like DocumentDB (preferred), Cassandra, Mongo, CouchDb, Couchbase etc.
• Ability to write secure and readable code  
• Experience with creating APIs and services
• Experience with designing large scale microservice architectures
• Experience with Git
• Experience with CI/CD (GitLab, Bitbucket, GitHub)
• Experience with designing maintainable, performant reusable applications from scratch
• Ability to clearly communicate and coordinate with other team members and teams
• Ability to predict needs of other teams/projects
• Ability to brainstorm ideas and prototype them
• Ability to listen to feedback and work within a team

Nice to have:

• Experience with unit and integration tests
• Experience with front-end development and any modern framework - Vue.js (preferred), React, Angular etc.
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Cloud Providers - AWS (preferred), Azure, GCP
• Experience with game service specific APIs - Steam, PSN, XBOX live services, Epic Online Services
• Experience with C++

Additional Information

What we can offer:

• a wide array of benefits: private medical care, life insurance, relocation support, pro-health campaigns, psychological support, gifts for different occasions, bonuses,
• an outstanding work atmosphere in a highly-skilled team of professionals, with flexible working hours, no dress code, and full support of the dedicated HR Business Partner,
• a constant stream of company newsletters, PR & project updates so you will always be in the know,
• many opportunities for personal development: a dedicated development budget for each employee, extra two paid days for training and CSR, stable career paths, extensive internal and external training, and financing of English and Polish language classes,
• state-of-the-art offices filled with chillout zones, a fully equipped kitchen, a gym (Wrocław office), and a free underground car park (Wrocław office).