Junior Software Engineer

Good Job Games; Sarıyer; On-site; TRY 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and passionate team as a Backend Developer at a leading gaming company. In this exciting role, you'll architect and implement cutting-edge technology that powers engaging game experiences for billions. Collaborate with talented engineers to build robust, scalable services that support game operations and player retention strategies. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in a creative environment where every idea counts and learning never stops. If you're ready to make a significant impact in the gaming industry and bring fun to players worldwide, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Stock-option

Team events and trips

Great food

On-site gym

Full health benefits

Compensation for paid military service

Good Job Games Coin Program

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience required.
• Understanding of scalable, fault-tolerant backend architecture is essential.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and build external shared game services.
• Develop internal tools for data analysis and automation.

Skills

Go programming language

Distributed systems

Software engineering best practices

Design and architecture skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent work experience

Tools

AWS

NoSQL databases

Container orchestration technologies

DevOps tools

Infrastructure-as-code technologies

Job description

About us

We are looking for a passionate Backend Developer who is excited to architect and implement technology, tools and infrastructure that empower Good Job Games!

We were founded in 2017 with the motivation to reach people globally by giving them unique and unforgettable experiences with disruptive products. Our games have reached over 3.5 billion people. This could only be done by gathering exceptional talent and creating a culture to enhance team spirit and creativity. We are looking for passionate teammates to join our team!

What you'll be doing

In this role, you will conceptualize and build external shared game services which are distributed, highly available, have high throughput and low latency. You will also build internal services and tools that support game operations, state of the art data analysis, business intelligence and automation at scale, empowering various teams at Good Job Games. We collaborate to bring out the best in each other. You will join with the hard working engineers on critical systems and you’ll have an opportunity to both learn, teach and grow yourself.

Why it matters

External game services help to maintain a dedicated player community through promotions, in-game events, keeping players entertained, unlocking new player retention strategies, and generating recurring revenue streams. Internal services and tools help all teams at Good Job Games make critical business decisions and operate different products and games. You’ll be in the driving seat and you’ll help build one of the best universal entertainment titles for Good Job Games and bring fun to billions of people worldwide.

Minimum skills and experiences

• B.S. or higher preferably in Computer Science, Math or Physics (or equivalent work experience)
• Understanding distributed, highly scalable, low latency, fault tolerant backend architecture fundamentals
• Knowledge of the Go programming language at an entry-level, including experience with basic Go syntax and concepts such as goroutines and channels
• Strong engineering, design and architecture skills
• Experience with software engineering best practices

Desired skills and experiences

• Familiarity with cloud systems such as AWS
• Familiarity with NoSQL and in-memory databases like DynamoDB, Redis
• Familiarity with container orchestration technologies like EKS, ECS, Nomad
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code technologies like CDK, Terraform, Pulumi

What makes our team so unique

• Feedback and transparency are at the heart of everything we do
• Exceptional and passionate people/team members
• Every idea counts
• Never-ending learning
• We never stop asking the questions “why” and “how”

Perks

• Stock-option
• Team events and trips
• Great food
• On-site gym
• Full health benefits
• Compensation for paid military service
• Good Job Games Coin Program that lets you have unforgettable experiences (e.g. Going on a cruise trip to Norway or seeing the Northern Lights)

This is an on-site role in Istanbul, Sarıyer. Unfortunately, we do not offer a fully-remote working option.