Senior Backend Developer

3 Weeks ago • 4 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Backend Developer will be responsible for crafting and maintaining backend services for server-side projects. This includes designing and implementing scalable, low-latency services, managing APIs, and supporting new game functionalities. The role involves improving existing features, fixing bugs, troubleshooting database systems, and contributing to best practices for reliability. The developer will also conduct code reviews, write clean code, and monitor live game services. The team is looking for someone who is passionate about games and can contribute to the company's growth.
Must have:
  • 4+ years of .Net experience with best practices.
  • Experience in concurrency, distributed systems, and network protocols.
  • Good experience with Linux shell and scripting languages.
  • Database design and implementation skills, and good SQL knowledge.
  • Excellent understanding of software architecture, design, and development.
  • Experience with cloud computing (e.g., AWS).
Good to have:
  • Prior experience in game development is a plus.
  • Previous working experience on high-throughput live systems.
  • Hands-on experience in a programming language other than .Net.
  • Experience in server development without application servers.
Perks:
  • Opportunity to become the next gaming unicorn!
  • Onboarding process and Buddy for a smooth start.
  • Work in a modern office in İstanbul, Beyoğlu.
  • Career development opportunities through trainings and courses.
  • Cultural workshops to emphasize diversity.
  • Dog-friendly environment.
  • Unlimited snacks and drinks.

Job Details

Let’s Meet First!

Gybe Games is a young, fast-growing and passionate gaming company with its extremely talented people. Our mission is to combine knowledge, creativity and fun in a collaborative environment. Our team builds mobile games, from innovative and fun hyper-casuals to groundbreaking casual games.

Everything we created is driven by our love for games and by the inspiration we get from each other. We never hesitate to add a dash of fun and laughter to every work we do, since we know that anything done with passion and joy is dedicated to success. That being said; games we created have over 20 million of downloads!

What You Will Be Responsible For

  • Crafting and maintaining backend services, you will be responsible for backend (server-side) projects.
  • Designing and implementing highly scalable, low latency services, and managing API’s and tools required to support new game and platform functionality and releases.
  • Improving previously implemented features and fixing bugs in any area (gameplay, network messaging, architecture, data store, scheduled jobs, etc.).
  • Troubleshoot and tune high-volume sharded database systems.
  • Contribute to best practices on reliability and availability.
  • Making peer code reviews to check the quality & learn from it as well.
  • Write clean, sustainable code and create extendable, scalable architecture.
  • Monitoring and maintenance of live game services.

Who You Are

  • +4 years of experience, deep understanding of .Net with experience in best practices, idioms, GC, and memory optimization.
  • Experience in concurrency, distributed systems, network protocols & optimization.
  • Good experience with Linux shell and scripting languages.
  • Database design and implementation skills, and good SQL knowledge.
  • Excellent understanding of software architecture, design, and development.
  • Experience with cloud computing (e.g. AWS).
  • Being passionate and committed to tasks, and in general an autonomous person with high levels of initiative and energy.

Nice to Haves

  • Prior experience in game development is a plus but not required as long as you are passionate about games.
  • Previous working experience on high-throughput live systems is a big plus.
  • If absent, then at least a solid appreciation of the challenges involved is expected.
  • Hands-on experience in a programming language other than .Net.
  • Experience in server development without application servers.

What You will Love About Us

  • Our vision is to become the next gaming unicorn!
  • You’ll get a smooth start by joining our Onboarding Process to capture the Gybe spirit to full extent and always feel like home. An assigned Buddy will be there for you about anything you might need.
  • Work at our modern and sustainable office in the heart of İstanbul, Beyoğlu.
  • We are keen on Career Development; we organize trainings, language courses or any other development program that will help you grow personally & professionally and steer your career into the future you are planning.
  • We organize cultural workshops to raise awareness and emphasize diversity in our environment.
  • We love dogs! So feel free to bring your furry little buddy too.
  • There are unlimited snacks and drinks, you’ll never stay hungry with us!

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