Game Developer

Dover Corporation; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coaching

Health coverage

Flexible full-time hours

Job summary

Dover Corporation in Olympia, WA is seeking a Game Developer to own features from concept to delivery. You will advocate Kotlin best practices, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and ship critical Kafka and gRPC integrations as part of the technology roadmap.

Role emphasizes strong attention to detail, documentation, and a 3+ year track record in game development or related field. The position is a full-time, on-site opportunity in Olympia with competitive remuneration.

Qualifications

• Proven Kotlin experience and ability to advocate for quality.
• Strong PostgreSQL skills and data-driven thinking.
• Experience leading features from concept to delivery.
• 3+ years in game development or similar role.
• Ability to document work clearly as work progresses.

Responsibilities

• Ship Kafka features advancing the tech roadmap.
• Lead design reviews to catch issues early.
• Bridge gRPC and People Management integrations.
• Contribute to sprint planning and tech roadmap discussions.
• Trace and fix Azure stack issues affecting Olympia release.
• Develop gRPC features to regain WA accounts.

Skills

Kotlin

PostgreSQL

Ownership

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

3+ years experience

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree (implied)

Tools

Kafka

gRPC

Azure

Job description

Dover Corporation needs a Game Developer in WA who can argue passionately about Kotlin, then commit to whatever the team decides. The center of gravity here is ownership — $88,000 - $127,000 and a full-time schedule orbit it, and 3 years gets you in the door.

Key Responsibilities

• Ship the innovative Kafka features that move Dover Corporation's technology roadmap forward
• Lead People Management design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Olympia, WA builds them
• Bridge gRPC and People Management so the two halves of Dover Corporation's platform finally talk
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions
• Translate the deeply collaborative gRPC outage into fixes that make the next Olympia launch dull
• Build the hands-on gRPC feature that wins back the WA accounts Dover Corporation lost
• Question the make-it-better Microsoft Azure pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Read the Microsoft Azure stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root

What You'll Bring

• Practical command of PostgreSQL, with bonus points for Cross-Functional Collaboration
• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• The kind of attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses
• Roughly 3+ years operating in a similar Game Developer position
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten

Dover Corporation was founded in Olympia, WA on the idea that technology should be powerful yet refreshingly agile. We'd rather coach a sharp-but-gentle learner than babysit a brilliant jerk, every single time.

The package speaks for itself: $88,000 - $127,000, coaching, coverage, and the flexible full-time hours that clarity-seeking technology pros expect.

Active as of this moment, the Olympia, WA role accepts resumes daily.

Your background in Professionalism could be exactly the missing piece here in Olympia, so reach out.