We are looking for a Mid-level or Senior Backend Programmer to join the core game development team where this person will play an important role in our small, fast-moving team building scalable, green-field, backend services in support of massively multiplayer game.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new services from scratch 
• Maintain and improve existing systems that support our games 
• Backend development in collaboration with other teams
• On-call support of the life game on rota

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience in a similar role on mobile or PC titles with large userbases
• Experience maintaining and provisioning cloud services like AWS, Google Cloud or Azure
• Solid knowledge of Java or any object-oriented language 
• Knowledge and experience of designing microservices at scale 

The ideal candidate will also have

• Experience in Go 
• Experience in running live multiplayer games 
• Experience in different kinds of databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis) 
• Experience in container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) 
• Experience in infrastructure as code (Terraform) 
• Experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines 
• Experience in monitoring tools and observability (Prometheus, Grafana) 

Why should you join Redhill Games?

• We have a great team of passionate game developers so you will not be alone!
• We value character – we are all different but have a common purpose. We respect each other’s talent and contribution.
• We are very international – in the team we already have representatives of 17 countries!
• We speak the same language – Yes, it’s English! Among other languages we have Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Czech, French, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Hindi, Arabic, Slovak, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Dutch, Bulgarian and Greek
• We love, play and develop games – you will always have someone to play with!
• Our office is conveniently located downtown Helsinki, with tons of options for transportation, shops and restaurants all within reach.
• If Finland is not your base, we will help you relocate and you will get to love the country of Moomins, Santa and coffee! 
• Last but not least – we offer competitive compensation and good benefits!

You feeling it?

Just press the little red button below to send us e-mail (jobs@redhillgames.com). Tell us a bit about yourself and don’t forget to include your CV/LinkedIn! We would love to know more about you.