Backend Programmer

About Rovio

Rovio Entertainment Corporation is a Finnish, games-first entertainment company, that creates, develops and publishes mobile games and acts as a brand licensor in various entertainment and consumer product categories. The Company is best known for the global Angry Birds brand, which started from a popular mobile game in 2009.

The Company offers multiple mobile games, has produced The Angry Birds Movie, which opened number one in theatres in 50 countries, and licenses the Angry Birds brand to consumer products and other entertainment content. The sequel to the animated blockbuster movie is planned to hit cinemas in September 2019. Rovio is headquartered in Espoo, Finland, and has operations also in US, UK, Sweden and China.

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Position

We are looking for a Backend Programmer to join our talented RPG Studio to work with our top performing games.

The Rovio Stockholm Studio is behind the hugely popular title Angry Birds 2 and while soaring on that success we are also developing several new IPs and exploring new game ideas within the RPG genre, as well as improving and expanding Angry Birds 2 even further. In the studio, situated in the south part of the city centre, we keep a flat hierarchy, a high level of transparency and an open communication. We challenge each other and ourselves in all we do here but keep the atmosphere friendly, inclusive, respectful and super supportive.

You need a proven record in implementing and maintaining server backends. You should have experience and good understanding of designing, implementing and testing server functionalities. You will be working closely with other server and client programmers, game producers and game designers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and test game backend functionality for games using C# and .Net Core
• Create, maintain and operate the game server cloud infrastructures
• Ensure that game backends are efficient, secure and scale well
• Integrate other cloud services to game servers
• Participate in designing client/backend communication protocols
• Work as a team with other developers, designers and artists

Your qualification

• Minimum 3 years of server programming experience leading to mastery of relevant skills and technologies
• Good knowledge and experience of cloud platforms and related technologies, for example AWS or Azure
• Experience in Rest-API based services
• Good understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Strong programming skills using C#
• Proficiency with Python, Bash or other languages is a strong plus
• Experience building and operating scalable applications for high load of users
• Understanding of game architectures and technologies
• Experience with debugging, profiling and performance optimizations
• Experience in deploying and operating log collection management and monitoring systems (e.g. Logstash, Kibana, Zabbix, Grafana)
• Analytical problem solving

What we offer

In the Rovio Stockholm studio you’ll join a family-like community that is hands-on, open, collaborative and ambitious. We challenge each other and ourselves in all we do here but keep the atmosphere friendly, inclusive, respectful and supportive. A work week with us would most probably include a joint breakfast with your colleagues from around the world, free massage time, gaming sessions, friday beers and more.

Enjoy excellent perks

• Flexible hours
• Growth opportunities
• Rewards and recognition
• Inclusive atmosphere
• Support for families
• Relocation support