We are Bringing Board Games to Life!Every day our goal is to immerse you in high-quality digital experiences that transport you, your family and friends into new worlds.We bring classic board games, including MONOPOLY, THE GAME OF LIFE, CLUE/CLUEDO and BATTLESHIP to life on iOS, Android, PC, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation.You can find our games at the top of the App Store and Google Play paid board game charts.About us Marmalade Game Studio is looking for an enthusiastic and talented Game Backend Programmer to work as part of our award-winning games studio and help us to build on the success of Monopoly, Cluedo, Game of Life, Ticket to Ride 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, Portugal or Romania and be eligible to work there.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 Unity Game Engine 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 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 depending on experience Flexible remote working options 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) Regular social activities and team parties Company perks 48h a year of Professional Development Time.Join us on our Marmalade adventure!To apply please submit your CV
