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Software Engineer - Backend

Karnataka, India (Hybrid)

Software Engineer - Backend

6 Months ago • 1 Years + • Backend Development

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Job Description

Backend Software Engineer for Kwalee's game services, requiring experience with RESTful APIs, database management, and cloud platforms (AWS preferred).

Must have:

RESTful APIs
Database Management
Cloud Platforms
Git Version Control

Good to have:

Large Datasets
Data Warehouses
Data Lakes
FastAPI

Perks:

Supportive Environment
Development Focus

Kwalee creates engaging and innovative games that are easy to pick up and play. Specialising in both the development and publishing of casual and hybrid casual games, we also bring our creative touch to publishing PC & Console titles, ensuring a diverse and exciting gaming portfolio.

With a focus on fun and creativity we have made a mark in the gaming industry and strive to make the most fun games for the world's players! Joining Kwalee means becoming part of a team that has reached over 1 billion players around the globe.

As we continue to grow, we are now looking for a Software Engineer - Backend to join our Data & Engineering team in our office in Bangalore. The team operates from our UK and India office, they're a bunch of tech experts who love solving hard problems and are the backbone of everything we do. The team makes sure all our servers are working at their optimal best so our millions of players can keep enjoying themselves.

As the Software Engineer - Backend you will write code that will run on 100s of servers thousands of times a second helping our games run smoothly, you will have to work out how to deal with massive amounts of data efficiently, train machines to crunch data and generally play around with the latest and greatest in tech.

Responsibilities:

Iterate on multiple existing essential back-end services, including our ML marketing spend software and gameplay optimisation engine.
Contribute to new services, using modern Python practices and libraries, for example FastAPI.
Interface with other teams, from front-end to marketing, to implement feature requests.
Work with relational, NoSQL, and search-optimised databases containing large amounts of data populated by high-throughput endpoints.
Keep up to date with the ever changing industry best practices and available tools.

Requirements:

A minimum of 1 year of experience of developing server-side program code to facilitate RESTful APIs capable of handling a high throughput of requests.
Experience working with database management systems (SQL, NoSQL) and data modelling. Having worked with large datasets, data warehouses or data lakes would be an advantage.
Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and some of their features.
Worked with Git version control to contribute code.
Based in one of our office hubs, following our hybrid model with 3 days per week on-site.

Compensation & Benefits: The design of our compensation and benefits revolves around a people-first philosophy. We have a supportive environment, with a strong focus on development and wellbeing. In structuring benefits across our offices, we adhere to core principles and align with local standards. Salaries are fairly benchmarked in accordance with background and skills, against industry and location standards. Our Talent Acquisition team will share more details with you as you progress in the recruitment process. They're eager to connect with you and can't wait to have a conversation!

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Kwalee

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We make the most fun games for the world's players. Find us on your phone, PC and consoles. Thanks to our players, we've achieved one billion downloads with games like Draw It, Jetpack Jump, or Airport Security. Look out for exciting PC and console games like Space Chef, Wildmender, and Robobeat.

Find out more about our team, games, publishing and careers here: https://bit.ly/45qoGYx