Backend developer

1 Day ago • All levels • Backend Development

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Job Description

Miniclip seeks experienced backend developers to join a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include developing new features for Online Soccer Manager, performance optimizations, uptime improvements, code refactoring, and debugging within a microservice architecture (.NET Core, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Google BigQuery). Candidates should be independent problem-solvers, collaborative, detail-oriented, and passionate about delivering high-quality gaming experiences for millions of users worldwide. A love for the latest technologies and a willingness to learn are essential. Experience with Kubernetes and message brokers is a plus.
Must have:
  • .NET (Core), C#, SQL
  • Microservice setup/maintenance
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Collaboration & teamwork
  • High-quality code
Good to have:
  • Kubernetes experience
  • Message broker experience
  • Affinity with sports & gaming
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Job Description

We are looking for experienced team members who are able to find solutions independently, are daring, result-oriented and stress-resistant. You will be a member of a multidisciplinary team, so you are also expected to work very well together and have an eye for the people around you. With creative solutions, you will contribute to the best gaming experience for our millions of users worldwide. You have a good balance between precision and speed to take genuine pride in the quality of your work. You feel responsible, but never lose sight of the process and our users. 

In addition to expanding Online Soccer Manager with new features, you will work in a multidisciplinary DevOps team on performance optimizations, uptime, refactoring old code and debugging. You will work with .NET Core on our microservice architecture hosted in Kubernetes. We use RabbitMQ to let the microservices communicate with each other and send analytical data to our Google BigQuery data warehouse.

What will you be doing at Miniclip?

  • You have Academic working and thinking level; 
  • Affinity with .NET (Core), C# and SQL; 
  • Experience setting up or maintaining microservices; 
  • A love for the latest technologies; 
  • Willingness to learn and desire to grow, professionally and personally; 
  • Affinity with sports & gaming is a plus; 
  • Experience with Kubernetes; 
  • Experience with a message broker.

About Miniclip

Miniclip is a global leader in digital games and one of the world's biggest developers and publishers of mobile games, with a mission of unleashing the gamer in everyone. It distributes highly engaging games to a global audience of over 400 million monthly and 70 million daily active users across mobile, PC, console, social, and online platforms. Operating in 10 countries, Miniclip develops and launches games in multiple categories across its 18 studios. 

Founded in 2001 with an internationally recognised brand name, Miniclip has successfully grown a global audience across 195 countries and six continents. It has a unique understanding of the digital games space, developing and distributing a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games globally. 

To date, Miniclip’s studios and companies, which have generated more than 10 billion downloads, include the following digital games: 8 Ball Pool™, Subway Surfers™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™, Carrom Pool™, OSM - Online Soccer Manager™, Football Rivals ™, Pure Sniper ™, Puzzle Page ™, Head Ball 2™, Motorsport Manager™, Darts of Fury™, Ultimate Golf™, Mini Football ™, Triple Match 3D ™, Agar.io™ and PowerWash Simulator ™. 

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About The Company

Miniclip is a global leader in digital games with a mission of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’. We develop, publish, and distribute highly engaging games to an audience of over 400 million monthly active users across mobile, social and online platforms. We operate in 10 countries, with a global workforce of over 1000 people across 16 locations.

Founded in 2001, the Company has successfully grown a huge global audience in over 195 countries and across six continents. We have a unique understanding of the digital games space and have developed a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games, extensive worldwide distribution, and an internationally recognised brand name. To date, Miniclip's digital games, which also include the franchises 8 Ball Pool™, Subway Surfers™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™, Carrom Pool™, and Agar.io™ have generated more than 7 billion downloads. Miniclip has more than 70 million daily active players reaching people across the world in the pursuit of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’.

In the past three years, as part of our ambitious growth plans, Miniclip has been delighted to welcome the teams from Playsport (famous for Motorsport Manager), Yakuto (creators of Darts of Fury), Masomo (home of Head Ball 2), Ilyon (designers of Bubble Shooter), Eight Pixels Square (Sniper Strike) operating as Miniclip Derby, Gamebasics (creators of OSM Online Soccer Manager) now operating as Miniclip Netherlands, Green Horse Games (home of Football Rivals), Supersonic Software Ltd., trading as Puzzling.com (the team behind the highly successful Puzzle Page and Picture Cross), and most recently Sybo (famous for Subway Surfers).

For more information, visit https://miniclip.com/

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