Goodgame Studios is Europe?s fastest growing gaming company and one of Germany?s most successful technology businesses. With more than 1200 employees at our headquarters in Hamburg we develop innovative online games which are played by more than 270 million players in 26 languages across 200 countries. Our talented, motivated team of experts and newcomers forms the basis of our success. Become a part of the success story and apply now!
As our Java Server Developer (m/f), you will work in a multi-disciplinary product team on new and existing online games. The role will see you develop game logic, ensuring that thousands of players can play together simultaneously on one server.
Your job:
- Develop new or existing game servers for innovative MMO games
- Devise and implement game logic
- Design interfaces to other high availability systems (DWH, payment)
- Analyze and optimize high-performance and high-traffic systems
- Evaluate the use of new techologies, architectures and frameworks
- Collaborate closely with client developers, game designers and game balancers
- Support junior developers
Your profile:
- Many years’ professional experience with large software projects (Java or similar languages), ideally in game development
- In-depth practical experience with OOP, design patterns, databases (SQL), multi-threading and data structures
- Detailed knowledge of the Java memory model
- Experience with continuous integration, agile development, Linux, run-time and storage optimization and with developing client-server applications
- Good feel for software architecture
- Enthusiastic about working in multi-disciplinary teams and passionate about games
- Good English skills. German is a plus
- A completed degree in IT or a comparable course is desirable
We offer:
- An exciting job where you can assume responsibility and develop professionally
- A dynamic team with friendly, highly-qualified colleagues from all over the world
- Strong, sustainable growth and fresh challenges every day
- Flat hierarchies and short decision paths
- A culture of mutual respect and an outstanding working environment
- Further training with workshops, language courses and technical reference works, a healthy work-life balance, regular team events, sporting and leisure activities and much more!
Hamburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and provides a fantastic range of leisure activities as well as a great nightlife. A maritime atmosphere and its Hanseatic cosmopolitan flair enable an especially high quality of life - and safety. We will make relocating simple, help you find a flat, offer you a German course, and make it easy for you to get to know your new home town.
Your contact person for this job offer is Melanie Adam.
We look forward to receiving your application (cover letter, your CV and references) as well as your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, through our online application form.
If you have questions regarding your application, please send an email to the following address: itjobs@goodgamestudios.com