Kuuasema, a creative game studio, seeks a backend-focused Game Engineer to join their team in Helsinki and participate in cross-platform game development!
With 20 years in the business and a strong group of 45 talented individuals, Kuuasema has established itself as a prominent player in the Finnish game industry. Now is your chance to develop your career to the next level and contribute to Kuuasema's growth.
What will you be doing?
As a Game Engineer with a backend focus, you will be responsible for writing high-quality server code for one of the ongoing mobile game client projects in a co-development environment. You can familiarize yourself with our various games and prominent customers here. You'll develop and maintain new features, the cloud infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD pipeline, player support tools, and game analytics. Moreover, the role includes supporting the production and deployment processes of games. The game is live so troubleshooting can also be expected from time to time.
You will work closely with programmers and other team members across disciplines. The team operates in a flexible hybrid working model, but we value face-to-face interactions, with weekly office days reserved for meetings, team lunches, playtesting, and intro sessions.
What makes you a great fit for Kuuasema?
We are looking for a software professional with a passion for games and solid backend programming skills, ideally with Java and/or other JVM technologies. In addition, your technical know-how includes DevOps and/or ICT infra knowledge, as well as proficiency in cloud platforms. On top of that, experience in cluster management, writing highly scalable code and ensuring thread-safe execution is valued. We do not expect you to have prior experience in the gaming industry, but we do hope to find a team member who enjoys games and is eager to learn the ins and outs of the industry.
Kuuasema offers you:
- A fantastic opportunity to join the game industry and contribute to developing world-class games
- The chance to work in a company that typically has long employment relationships thanks to interesting projects, low hierarchy, and strong employee autonomy
- The possibility to work with well-known and appreciated global superstar companies in the gaming industry
- Versatile job description and growth paths based on your interests. You can, for example, expand your competence in cloud infrastructure development, other programming languages, different backend tech stacks, or other relevant fields
- Employee benefits such as lunch benefits, free gym at the office, occupational healthcare at Terveystalo, commuting benefit, and employee stock option program
- Flexible working hours, you can choose to work between 80-100% of full-time weekly hours based on your needs
Kuuasema requires you to have:
- Strong hands-on programming experience ideally in Java, but other JVM technologies can also be considered
- Experience in cloud environments, either AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
- Expertise in DevOps or maintaining server infrastructure
- Technology-agnostic mindset with a strong willingness to learn
- Passion for games and the gaming industry
- A full working proficiency in English
Kuuasema considers as an asset:
- A degree in computer science or equivalent
- Proficiency in other programming and scripting languages.
Practicalities:
In this position, you will be employed directly by Kuuasema. This is a permanent role, and you can work either full-time or part-time (minimum 80%) based on your needs. The starting date can be agreed upon together, but the team is eager to welcome you as soon as possible. We hope you are willing to work at the Helsinki office at least 2-3 days per week or as needed based on project requirements. Additionally, we hope you have readiness to participate in an on-call rotation. Time spent on-call would be additionally compensated.
Got interested?
Please submit your CV and motivation letter in PDF format by the end of 16th January via aTalent's application system. You are also welcome to mention the earliest possible starting date and your salary request in your application documents. We are actively reviewing applications throughout the application period and processing them in the order they are received. Please use the application system, as we do not process applications by email.
You can familiarize yourself with Kuuasema here https://www.kuuasema.com/ . For more information about the recruitment process contact aTalent's Senior Recruitment Consultant Kiira Ojala at +358 50 553 7760 or kiira.ojala[at]atalent.fi.
Kuuasema, established in 2004, is a creative and agile game development studio based in Helsinki with unbeatable experience in cross-platform game development. At Kuuasema we focus on creating value by building the right game with the right team, methods and tools. We love creating original high-quality content and work regularly with top tier brands including Angry Birds, Red Bull, NBA and Scrabble. With 20 years in the business and a strong group of 45 talented individuals, we have established ourselves as a prominent player in the Finnish game industry. We do work-for-hire projects for global partners and also develop our own IP.