Back End Developer

About Bombay Play

Bombay Play is pioneering the Hyper Social games genre. We make games that bring you together with your friends. Over 20 million downloads since we began in 2018.

We love and understand players and we always strive to deliver the best entertainment. We are humble yet confident in our pursuit of creating extra ordinary experiences for players. We want to create the future of gaming, unmissable entertainment, anywhere, with billions of smiles.

For more information about Bombay Play visit:

Website: https://www.bombayplay.com/

LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bombay-play/

Play our Top Games: https://www.bombayplay.com/games.html

Meet our Founders:

Oliver Jones - Led game design at Glu Mobile and Zynga before cofounding Moon Frog Games, where he helped create one of India’s most successful card games, Teen Patti Gold. LinkedIn Profile- https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverjones1/

Abhas Saroha - Led engineering at Zynga, Moon Frog and Makemytrip.com. LinkedIn Profile- https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhassaroha/

In the News:

https://www.business-standard.com/content/press-releases-ani/bombay-play-game-block-heads-wins-as-part-of-google-play-s-best-games-of-2023-in-india-123113000446_1.html

https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/06/bombay-play-raises-1-million-for-social-games-as-indias startup-market-grows/

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/bombay-play-raises-1-5-mn-in pre-series-a-funding-from-leo-capital/articleshow/76566032.cms?from=mdr

Job Overview:

Role (Associate/Senior): Backend Developer

Experience: 2 to 4 Years

Work Location: Bengaluru

Job Description:

INTRODUCTION:

As a backend engineer on one of our game teams, you’ll be a key contributor to developing amazing games that millions of customers around the world enjoy. We’re always looking for great engineers who want to help us build the next amazing game, or expand and improve an established game. You’ll design and deliver new game systems, new game features, and new ways to delight our customers and drive revenue. You should have experience in all phases of software development and be self-directed. If you are an all-around great engineer who is willing to learn and tackle hard problems, there are ways to have a huge impact. As part of a small and growing team you will have great opportunities to build systems from scratch and own them.

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working as part of one of our Game team or our systems team;
• Regularly shipping updates to millions of customers;
• Driving the design and iteration of new features and games, making good use of internal and external feedback.
• Creating measurable success, be self-directed, and prioritise your own workload.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2+ years of professional software development experience;
• Programming experience, preferably in Typescript, nodejs, nestjs.
• Experience with postgresql, redis is required.
• You should ideally have real time networking experience, experience with Relational/Non Relational databases and experience with making scalable and highly available systems;
• Experience with dev-ops systems like Docker/Kubernetes, cloud services like GCP/AWS is a plus;
• An under the hood understanding of software systems (OS/Networking), awareness of best practices to build generic and performant systems are a plus;
• Strong software engineering skills, including strong fundamentals in Algorithms and Data structures;
• Demonstrated ability to self-direct, and drive work to completion;
• Strong communication skills, and the ability to work closely with a team of peers.

WHAT TREASURES AWAIT:

• A hoard of gold (Competitive salary), with the possibility of additional treasure (discretionary annual bonus scheme) and magical ESOP allowances.
• The freedom to traverse the realms (Flexible timing) and the power to open portals to work from thine own sanctum (work from home days).
• An enchanted scroll of relocation assistance, for those journeying from afar.
• A fortress in the bustling heart of Bangalore, mere steps from every convenience and marvel.
• A grand and thoughtfully designed lair for collaboration, creativity, and celebration.
• The honor of fighting side by side with seasoned founders, each a master of their own art and wisdom, guiding you through the quest for greatness.
• Forge your path in this tale of creativity, innovation, and adventure. Join us, and together, let’s create worlds that will endure in the annals of gaming history!