Hyperluminal Games

Backend Engineer - 6 month fixed term contract

Backend Engineer

Hyper Luminal Games offers a supportive environment for a Backend Engineer on a 6-month fixed-term contract. The role involves maintaining and expanding large-scale backend services for live games and applications, creating Scala code, and writing user-friendly GraphQL APIs. Candidates should have professional experience in backend systems, 3+ years with Scala, and experience with Git. The studio encourages creativity, ownership, and continuous improvement, providing a collaborative and engaging work atmosphere. Benefits include competitive salaries, a generous pension, life insurance, and various paid leaves and wellbeing support.

<h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Why Hyper Luminal Games?</h3><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Joining a company and a team in the games industry is exciting and daunting in equal measure! Here at Hyper Luminal there is no ‘deep end’ to drop you into, you will be supported by the team from minute one. There are no bad questions on your learning journey to improving your skills and creating great work; we have your back.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We have so many different projects and genres that we are sure we have something that fits you perfectly! It will be engaging and fun; development and creativity are the essence of having fun. We don’t stifle creativity; in fact, we continuously encourage it. You won’t be working in a cubicle and there’s no expectation of silence; engage and interact as much as you like!</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Experiencing ‘ownership’ of a particular part of your project or work is critical. At Hyper Luminal we will make sure that you are getting as much satisfaction from not only learning something new, but ‘bossing’ it in a way that means you are building a great foundation of experience and development knowledge. Although; we won’t give you too much too soon, pacing is key to learning. When you’ve nailed a component of your project, it will be recognised; the studio understands how important recognition is.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">You are encouraged to be as good as you can be and there are systems in place within the studio to support you to do just that. Incremental improvement is our aim and all team members are involved in what and how that evolves.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">If this feels like a place where you can thrive and grow, with the team, the projects and the studio, then apply for this position and let’s explore working together!</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Find out more about us and the studio here: https://www.hyperluminalgames.com/</p><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Requirements</h3><h4 class="text-lg md:text-xl font-semibold mt-6 mb-2 text-gray-800">Essential</h4><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Professional experience working on backend systems in a Games or Software environment.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">3+ years of experience using Scala.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Professional experience using GraphQL.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience working in a team environment.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience using Git, or another source code management system.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience meeting project deadlines and targets regarding tasks and deliverables.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience communicating project requirements both verbally and through written documentation.</li></ul><h4 class="text-lg md:text-xl font-semibold mt-6 mb-2 text-gray-800">Desirable</h4><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience using any of Play Framework, Couchbase, Akka.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience managing and participating in code reviews.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience using task management software, specifically JIRA.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience with multiplayer backend systems.</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Skills and Abilities</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Robust software engineering and software architecture principles.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Strong debugging skills with the ability to work in an existing codebase.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise your workload and meet deadlines.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Highly motivated and productive, a self-starter.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Excellent written and verbal communication skills with fluency in English.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Strong skills in close teamwork within both local and global environments.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A creative and logical approach to problem-solving with an end-user focus.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Meticulous attention to detail.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A clear, concise and accurate communicator in all formats.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Adapts well to new processes and pipelines.</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Duties and Tasks</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Maintaining and expanding large-scale backend services of live games and applications.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Communicating and working within the team to identify the most efficient way of completing your tasks.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Creating Scala code to meet project and platform requirements.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Writing user-friendly GraphQL APIs.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Writing performant code within the requirements of the target system.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Attending standups and team meetings for the communication of project goals.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Managing the burndown of your tasks, using task tracking software and working with your Project Lead to prioritise work.</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Benefits</h3><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">At Hyper Luminal Games, we are passionate about our employees and provide development opportunities for all our staff. We take pride in the fact that we understand individual reward systems for all our team members, encompassing not only remuneration but responsibility, recognition, and individual learning.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We offer competitive salaries, a generous pension scheme, life insurance and 28 days of holiday increasing yearly to a maximum of 33 days after 5 years. We also offer paid sickness leave and all our team benefit from paid days off for life events such as hospital appointments, moving house, graduation, bereavement, marriage and wellbeing days. We also offer Health and Wellbeing Support to all our employees, which includes Critical Illness Cover, Benefits on Death Insurance and 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">At Hyper Luminal, creative collaboration and an efficient eye are the key to success. Team members are given a range of responsibilities within a flat hierarchical structure, to enable an entirely team-driven games development process. Your role at Hyper Luminal is to ensure our games and software utilise a 'best in class' approach, helping the studio to continually raise its quality bar and reach beyond what is generally expected of a smaller development team.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We value your commitment and strive to ensure that all team members are included in a range of after-work activities to help foster curiosity and creativity, including exciting games nights, delicious dinners and unique team-based events.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We look forward to welcoming you into the Hyper Luminal Team!</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Please note, that we are unable to provide sponsorship for visa applications. You must have pre-existing Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.</p>

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