About
Snowprint Studios develops games, including Legends of Solgard, Rivengard, and Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus. The studio focuses on creating games and fostering a friendly, supportive, and inspiring work environment.
Responsibilities
•Develop backend features for Tacticus and own parts of the backend systems, from planning and technical design through development, testing, and live operations
•Improve and evolve existing systems to support the needs of a growing live game
•Own and improve the cloud environment using AWS and infrastructure-as-code
•Build, maintain, and evolve the systems running the game
•Collaborate with security and compliance specialists to keep development and live environments running smoothly
•Work with developers, designers, and other disciplines to shape technical solutions and solve problems
•Participate in playtests and investigate issues in development and live environments
•Take part in on-call work
Requirements
•Experienced backend developer with a strong professional background in building and operating live services
•Fluent in Java and/or Kotlin and comfortable designing and building robust backend systems
•Able to make decisions, move quickly, and evolve existing systems as requirements change
•Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS
•Comfortable owning and maintaining cloud environments using infrastructure-as-code
•Comfortable troubleshooting production issues, participating in on-call work, and balancing immediate problems with longer-term improvements
•Self-directed and collaborative, with clear communication skills and the ability to explain technical decisions and work across disciplines
•Comfortable adapting as priorities change and moving between feature development, infrastructure, troubleshooting, and other technical challenges
•Application should be in English
Nice to have
•Gaming experience, particularly in live games or LiveOps environments
Conditions
•Hybrid work model: office days are Tuesdays and Fridays; other days can be worked from wherever is most productive
•Work setup and tools are provided
•Preferred location is Berlin; applicants located within the EU are also considered
•On-call work
