LiveOps - C# .NET Full Stack Engineer

We are Sports Interactive 🎮

The gaming studio behind: ⚽ Football Manager.

Founded in 1994, Sports Interactive (‘SI’) became a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA Europe in 2006. Based at the Here East technology hub in Stratford, East London, the SI team continues to expand as we bring our titles to an ever-growing audience across an increasing variety of platforms.

To support our growth, we welcome the opportunity to connect with passionate people with the drive to match our ambitions and initiative to realise your individual potential.

Position Overview

Sports Interactive are looking for a C# .NET Full Stack engineer with experience developing highly available backend services and applications on Microsoft Azure. You will be joining the newly formed LiveOps team responsible for supporting our future titles with Live features. The successful candidate will be a dynamic and self-motivated individual, with excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities:

• Work with multi disciplined stakeholders to gather requirements and propose solutions.

• Use your knowledge of cloud infrastructure, API design and frontend technologies to design and implement LiveOps solutions.

• Utilise automated and manual testing resources to increase confidence in your solution.

• Work with DevOps to secure and deploy your solution robustly.

• Write clear technical and nontechnical documentation.

• Support, troubleshoot and maintain LiveOps solutions.

Requirements and skills:

• Proven experience as a full stack developer or similar role.

• Proven experience architecting solutions in Azure.

• Fluent in backend languages and frameworks including C# .Net Core.

• Experienced in frontend languages and frameworks such as JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS.

• Experience in API design & development (ASP.NET Web API).

• Experienced with Azure IaaS and PaaS technologies and products, such as:

• Azure Container Apps, App Services, Function Apps, Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, Blob Storage, Message Queues etc.

• Experienced with Docker and containerised applications.

• Experienced writing automated tests (unit / subcutaneous & load testing)

• Experienced working with source control solutions including Git.

• Demonstratable understanding of security concerns developing cloud solutions.

• Familiar with data technologies such as SQL Server and Cosmos DB.

• Familiar with Cloud monitoring solutions such as Application Insights.

• Familiar with DevOps tools and technologies such as:

• Azure DevOps (Pipelines) / GitHub Actions.

• Infrastructure as code tools such as ARM, Bicep or Terraform

• PowerShell and the Azure CLI.

• Organised and a clear communicator.

Benefits of Working at Sports Interactive:

• A flexible working policy to best suit you and your team. 🏠

• Subsidised mental health, therapy and coaching sessions are available. 😌

• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 7% of annual salary). 🏦

• Free onsite evening bar in the Sports Interactive London HQ. 🍹

• A well-stocked breakfast bar with cereals, fruits, teas, and coffees. 🥣

• Regular events in collaboration with our partnered football clubs. 🏟️

• Access to our on-site physical and massage therapist services. 💆

• Multiple clubs and societies to join e.g., book club and art workshops. 🫶

• Free access to games released under the SEGA Europe umbrella. 🕹️

• A range of Gym Membership options through our Benefits partners. 🏋️

• Fully Subsidised Healthcare and Dental Plans. 🦷

• Free Travel Insurance for yourself and your family. ✈️

• A personalized football shirt upon passing probation. 👕

What is it like to work here?

We approach everything with passion, whether that is making our mark on the gaming and football industries or doing our bit for the world around us. We want to share that outlook with everyone who shows up to work here each day. For us, talent wins games, but teamwork wins titles. Collaboration is the key to constantly topping our best. We believe everyone matters, no matter which part of the business you are in, so we encourage and support our people in driving your own growth and realising your full potential. But, more than anything else, we are a team. A team with a down-to-earth dynamic, that has a lot of fun doing what we do.

And whether that’s technical tweaks or fine-tuning our creative process, everything is geared at producing the best game possible for our players. To do that, we need to be tenacious and move quickly, and not be afraid of switching things up. It is these principles that have enabled us to produce a game that has defined year after year, and that will continue to push us for many more to come.

Our flexible working culture gives you the opportunity to optimise your workload, with in-office, hybrid, and remote working options dependent on role. So, if you want a work/life balance, we are behind you. Because while we live to create extraordinary games, we know that is not all you have got going on. You can trust that we always keep things in perspective, fostering an environment where work can be more than just a job.

We’re also a London Living Wage employer, boast one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry and are proud to have won the ‘Best Places to Work’ award by Gamesindustry.biz in their Environmental category in 2023.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from any relevant candidate irrespective of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief.

SI is proudly a Disability Confident Committed employer, and we are dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Our studio has disabled access and facilities but please ensure you advise us if you require any other reasonable adjustments to be made to support you during the recruitment process.