About us
Marmalade Game Studio is looking for an enthusiastic and talented Game backend developer to work as part of our award-winning games studio and help us to build on the success of Monopoly, Cluedo, Game of Life, The Game of Life 2 and Jumanji: The Curse Returns.
This is a new role in which a creative-minded person with excellent technical competence can thrive. You will be responsible for making technical decisions and for creating and implementing the backend services that will carry Marmalade Game Studio to the next stage.
We love what we do, and love working alongside other people who share the same dedication to quality.
You must reside in the UK and be eligible to work here. We offer flexible remote working options.
The role
Develop backend services for our games that will allow us to unite our player base under a single Marmalade umbrella
Provide player to player communication features
Provide cloud support for in-game features
Estimate and schedule work
Write and develop technical documentation
Work proactively to fix bugs
Work with other disciplines (Unity Programmers, Design. Art, etc) to
plan and execute work
Requirements
Cloud Services (Azure, AWS, etc)
Experience with ASP.NET / C#
Login and Authentication Systems
Designing scalable services which scale out in response to load
Client/Server Architecture
Database Architecture (eg CosmosDB)
Security Methodology / Best Practices
Chat systems
Experience of GDPR Compliance
Very strong scripting skills (c#, javascript, shell scripting)
Passion for board games (both for professional reasons and because we like to have more players for our lunchtime sessions!)
Optional but valuable
Unity Game Engine
Knowledge of C++ and other languages
Photon Realtime Networking
Photon Chat
PlayFab / GameSparks / ChilliConnect
Video Chat Systems
DevOps Skill
Web Frontend Dev (for in-house tools)
Benefits
Competitive salary
Company pension scheme (5% Employer contributions)
Generous holiday allowance (22 days + 3 days over the festive period when the office is closed + up to 3 additional days accrued with long service)
Our Private Medical Insurance is fully paid for by the company and includes dental & optical care, mental health cover and EAP. You will also have the option to add your family members/partner to your plan
Life insurance scheme (x4 times your annual salary)
Cycle to work scheme