Back End Developer

Why choose Gameskraft?

Gameskraft is one of India’s largest gaming companies - a bootstrapped and profitable Unicorn with products in Rummy, Daily Fantasy Sports, Poker, Ludo, and now Casual Games.

Founded in 2017, Gameskraft grew rapidly and achieved profitability fast due to our focus on core tenets of delivering fun through superior technology, innovation for consumers, delightful design and UX, and quality customer support.

The company was founded by passionate gamers with a strong pedigree. The founders and leadership team have been instrumental in building and scaling technology, gaming, and consumer internet companies such as Myntra, Flipkart, Google, Zynga, GSN Games, Moonfrog Labs, Grofers, Swiggy, Paytm, Snapdeal, Makemytrip, OYO, CA Technologies, Arcot, Ola among others. They are also esteemed alumni of premium Indian institutes like IIT, IIM, ISB, BHU, NIT, NSIT, etc. We have ~700+ employees based out of Bangalore.

Gameskraft’s Vision is “To create unmatched experiences, every day, everywhere”. So, we’re growing across newer gaming categories and geographies. Gameskraft is also a Principal member of the All-India Gaming Federation (AIGF).

Our Brands

· Our flagship brand, ‘RummyCulture’, is the #1 Rummy brand in India by Revenue. It also holds the Guinness World Record for “Largest Online Rummy Tournament” - a testament to our scale and technology prowess.

· Besides RummyCulture, Gameskraft Group also operates the RummyTime, Play Ship & Rummy Prime brands in Rummy segment.

· ‘Gamezy’ is our super app brand that pioneered many Industry first consumer features in Daily Fantasy Sports.

· ‘Pocket52’ & ‘Ludo Select’ are our fast growing brands in the Poker & Ludo segments respectively.

Job Description

Senior Software Engineer – Backend

As a Backend developer for a game development team you would be part of a small passionate team building a mobile AAA game. In addition to standard backend development work, you will get a unique opportunity to try interesting technologies like game networking, voice chat etc.

What you'll do:

• Microservices for cross cutting functionality like user management , game currency management
• Deployment architecture of game backend and UDP based voice chat system
• A small but scalable data platform analytics

What you’ll will bring:

Well, apart from a few cookies every day, it’d be great if you come with these

• 2 - 5 years of experience
• Expertise on any one of Java/Golang
• Decent proficiency on C++
• Ability to learn other languages like NodeJS and Java
• Strong problem-solving abilities to identify simple solutions to complex problems
• Exposure to TCP/UDP socket programming and underlying concepts
• Good understanding of the concepts of distributed computing and multithreading
• Good knowledge of DB and Cache technologies (We use MySQL, Redis, Cassandra, Neo4j, MongoDB, Aerospike)
• Good knowledge of message brokers (We use Kafka)
• Exposue to AWS

• Work Culture:
• A true startup culture - young, fast-paced, where you are driven by personal ownership of solving challenges that help you grow fast
• Focus on innovation, data orientation, being results driven, taking on big goals, and adapting fast
• A high performance, meritocratic environment, where we share ideas, debate and grow together with each new product
• Massive and direct impact on the work you do. Growth through solving dynamic challenges
• Leveraging technology & analytics to solve large scale challenges
• Working with cross functional teams to create great product and take them to market
• Rub shoulders with some of the brightest & most passionate people in the gaming & consumer internet industry

• Compensation & Benefits:
• Attractive compensation and ESOP packages
• INR 5 Lakh medical insurance cover for yourself and your family
• Fair & transparent performance appraisals
• An attractive Car Lease policy
• Relocation benefits
• A vibrant office space with fully stocked pantries. And your lunch is on us!