Senior Backend Developer

5 Months ago • All levels

Backend Development

Job Description

As a Senior Backend Developer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the online backend platform for the upcoming strategy war game, "We Will Be Gods." This involves close collaboration with game developers on related initiatives, troubleshooting and solving problems within the online backend platform. You will be part of a team that values speed, professionalism, and delivering world-class products. The role emphasizes measurable contributions and offers opportunities for growth and excelling based on your achievements. The company culture is based on meritocracy, and it allows the team to move fast and make decisions faster.

Good To Have:

Familiarity with cloud vendors and their offerings
Experience with Linux
Passion for playing games

Must Have:

Go programming language or the ability to learn it quickly
Experience with REST/gRPC API/service development
Experience with containers and related workflows
Experience with version control systems like Git
Experience with relational database technologies such as Postgres/MySQL

Perks:

30 days of vacation
Private health care
Pension scheme
Competitive salary
Options package
Once in a lifetime adventure with an amazing team!

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We're seeking a Senior Backend Developer for our studio in Stockholm or Malmö, Sweden.

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Why join us?
At Cult of the North, we are a hardcore meritocracy. Plain and simple.
We've built a culture where every member has the opportunity to thrive, grow and excel based on their measurable contributions and achievements.
Whether you're an experienced developer, a great artist, or a single minded producer, your skills matter and your day-to-day work is the only difference between ultimate success or failure.

Our core values
We get things done - we move faster than light and we make decisions even faster.
We are professionals, the best in our fields, and we respect each other even when we disagree.
As a team, we deliver world class products whilst having fun.

About the role

As a Backend Developer, you will design, develop, and maintain an online backend platform for We Will Be Gods, an upcoming strategy war game on a massive scale.

What you will do

Develop an online backend platform for We Will Be Gods
Working closely with game developers on related initiatives
Troubleshoot and solve problems in the online backend platform domain

You have
- Go programming language or other languages that will allow you to pick up Go quickly
- REST/gRPC API/service development
- Containers and related workflows
- Version control systems such as Git
- Relational database technologies such as Postgres/MySQL
  
  Bonus points
  - Familiarity with cloud vendors and their offering
  - Linux
  - If not experience working on games, a passion for playing them
    
    Benefits
    At Cult of the North we offer the basics; 30 days of vacation, private health care and pension scheme. Additionally, we offer a competitive salary, with options package and a once in a lifetime adventure with an amazing team!