Senior Software Engineer

Stillfront; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the gaming industry seeks a Senior Software Engineer for its game development team. The role involves designing and implementing technologies for mobile games, collaborating with various departments, and utilizing strong coding skills. Candidates must be effective communicators, problem-solvers, and have a relevant engineering degree.

Qualifications

• Exceptional coding skills; ability to write clean and maintainable code.
• Proficiency in debugging and reading code by inspection.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable and maintainable technologies.
• Manage and expand a mature codebase with optimizations.
• Collaborate with engineers and designers for game development.

Skills

Coding skills

Game programming principles

Problem-solving

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Unity

Git

AWS

MySQL

Job description

Storm8 is a fully remote working studio based in North America, bringing exciting mobile games to the market. Since its founding in 2009, Storm8 has published more than 45 games across a variety of genres.

For our game development team we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to kick ass making creative ideas reality! You will be working in a highly motivated and qualified team to bring new and awesome content to our players. Become part of this team! Apply now! Candidates must be located in Canada to be considered.

About the role

What You’ll Do:

• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable technologies across our entire stack, including database, server, and client code for iOS and Android platforms, for both existing and new game development.
• Manage the complexities of maintaining and expanding a mature codebase, including optimizing performance, debugging live issues, and consistently delivering new content to players on a regular schedule.
• Review feature requests to assess feasibility, comprehensiveness of design, and associated risks.
• Collect, analyze, and respond to performance data for our mobile games.
• Collaborate closely with other software engineers, product teams, graphics teams, and game designers to define our next-generation games.

What You’ll Need:

• Exceptionally strong coding skills; ability to write clean, maintainable, and bug-free code.
• Proficiency in reading and debugging code by inspection, identifying edge cases, inefficiencies, or security issues.
• Broad understanding of game programming principles.
• Ability to learn new technologies and programming languages quickly.
• Ability to solve complex problems with simple and optimal solutions.
• Highly responsive, with a collaborative and supportive attitude towards team members.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills with artists, designers, and other engineers.
• B.S. in Computer Science or a related quantitative field

Nice to Have, but Not Necessary:

• Experience creating or working on a live-service title.
• Experience in iOS, Android, or social gaming.
• Experience with the Unity platform.
• Experience with Git, AWS, and database systems such as MySQL.
• Regular player of mobile games with insights into what makes them successful.
• Fluency with C#, Golang, and Python

Who we are

Stillfront

Storm8 is part of Stillfront. Stillfront is a global gaming company with 1400+ employees. We develop a wide range of digital games that attract over 50 million players each month. From well-established franchises like Supremacy, Big Farm, and BitLife to niche games, we span many different genres, including strategy, simulation, RPG and action, and casual and mash-up games.

We believe gaming can be a force for good. And we want to create a gaming universe that is digital, affordable, equal, and sustainable. So, we focus on developing games that are all about having a rewarding hobby, a great social experience, or a strategic challenge.

Our HQ is in Stockholm, Sweden, but our game development is done by teams and studios all over the world. Our main markets are the US, Japan, MENA, Germany, and the UK. We’re proud that our company shares are listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm.