Senior Developer
Join the Exciting Journey at tombola! 🚀
Are you ready to be a part of something extraordinary? As tombola continues its remarkable growth, we're on the hunt for a Senior Developer within our Game Studio.
Find your bounce at tombola! 🎱
At tombola, we're not just another player in the game; we're the creators of the game. Our approach is revolutionary – we craft every element of our software in-house, from concept to execution. We take pride in the ingenuity of our developers and designers, united by their passion for pushing boundaries and shaping the future.
It’s not just our digital bingo balls that have loads of bounce. Our people do, too. Whatever your role, it’s the kind of place that can put a spring in your step.
Whether you're developing game mechanics, keeping our players safe, testing our products or sponsoring one of the UK's biggest TV shows, how high and how far you bounce really is up to you.
What do we offer? 💰
We champion a culture of inclusivity, flexibility, personal development, and mental wellbeing!
As well as a salary that will be more than agreeable for you, we offer market leading benefits such as quarterly bonus, tombola merch, free breakfast and lunches in the office, private healthcare, hybrid working and much more.
You can find out more about our benefits and what it's like to work for us here.
Sounds great! What will I be doing? 🔎
We are seeking a Senior Developer for our backend development team to actively contribute to the design, development and delivery of the game engine services.
The role will also include mentoring and supporting the team with the development and will require you to showcase your technical expertise in delivering backend systems.
You will be actively involved in technical discussions, design decisions and will require you to own the delivery of highly available, resilient and maintainable services.
What will I be doing? (But in bullet points) 🧐
- Owning end-to-end software development process for creating and delivering robust software solutions.
- Collaborate proactively with the team to ensure timely delivery of products aligned with our content roadmap.
- Work closely with other teams to foster collaborative practices, streamline processes, and enhance product quality, ultimately improving delivery timelines.
- Focus on enhancing our technical ecosystem by emphasizing observability practices, ensuring robustness and reliability.
- Leverage your technical expertise as an integral part of our development team to tackle intricate challenges and construct reliable, well-documented, and highly available cloud solutions.
- Foster a culture of continuous innovation and strategic thinking. Play a pivotal role in project planning, reviewing software designs, and implementing improvements.
- Engage actively in designing and developing intricate technical solutions.
- Translate project requirements into technical specifications, architecture designs, and implementation plans.
- Develop clean, efficient, and well-documented software solutions. Conduct code reviews, performance optimizations, and quality assurance testing to ensure software reliability and scalability.
- Implement best practices in software development, including version control, testing methodologies, and coding standards. Stay updated on emerging technologies, software development trends, and best practices.
What does "good" look like for us? 😇
- Excellent knowledge of C#
- Strong knowledge of database management systems (SQL, NoSQL).
- Good working experience of cloud services and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Proven experience in building backend systems
- Demonstratable experience with all aspects of delivering high volume API’s
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and development methodologies.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
- Adaptability and willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
- Estimating complex technical stories and breaking them down
- Track record of implementing CI/CD pipelines
- Prior experience developing solutions and integrating with legacy systems
- Department
- Technology
- Locations
- Sunderland, UK
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
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