Senior Backend Engineer

Magic Media is a pioneering media, entertainment and tech group powered by creativity and innovation. We have a physical presence in 14 countries and expertise in the areas of art, animation, cybersecurity, game development, software development, VFX and video production amongst others. We work with leading developers and publishers within the games and tech industry, providing support and solutions designed around individual needs and carried out by global experts.

Magic Media is currently seeking a Backend Engineer to help our team on their next adventure. We are looking for an experienced backend developer, proficient in Python and comfortable with Google Cloud Platform. You should be able to take ownership of the full development lifecycle of features and maintenance tasks, and to reason in the context of complex systems. You should be able to apply your skills of architecture design and be able to identify and fix scalability bottlenecks. Experience in backend development for games is great but not mandatory.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Technical design of new features and legacy features refactoring.
• Server-side Logic Development: Designing, developing, and implementing the logic that powers the server-side of web applications or services.
• Legacy code reverse engineering, optimization, bug-fixing, rewrite.
• Migration of legacy GCP deployments and applications.
• Database Development: Designing and optimizing database schemas, writing efficient SQL queries, and managing database operations.
• API Development: Creating and maintaining APIs for communication between the front-end and the server-side of applications and games.
• Performance Optimization: Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks in server-side code and architecture to ensure optimal application performance.
• Collaboration: Working closely with other team members to ensure seamless integration of all components of applications.

• 5+ years of backend development.
• Proficient in Python and basic knowledge of Go
• Broad Google Cloud Platform experience
• On-hands SQL/No-SQL experience.
• Experience with caching systems.
• Experience designing cloud based software architecture.
• Good understanding of CI/CD and automation.
• Professional working English proficiency.

NICE TO HAVE:

• GCP: AppEngine, GKS,  BigQuery, Datastore, Memorystore
• Game backend development experience
• Redis
• Kubernetes
• Python webapp2, flask
• PHP, Marionette
• HTML, CSS

• Permanently remote position.
• An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects.
• Be part of an international group with offices worldwide.
• Career growth and development.
• Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.
• Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities.
• Flexible working hours.
• An inclusive culture and open communication.

At Magic Media, our passion lies in gaming. Our vision is to create and deliver engaging and interesting games for our clients. We can deliver this high-quality work on any platform, whether it be on a console, PC, or mobile. We know that reputation and results go hand-in-hand. Therefore, we work hard to find experts and talented creators to deliver the best results.

If you do not meet all the requirements, but believe you’d still be a great fit for the role, don’t worry! We’d still love to hear from you, please get in touch!