Game Server Developer

🔥 Forbes’ Top 30 Companies for Remote Jobs in 2023 & 2024🔥

🌍 Work From Anywhere 🌍

You will: Develop games with over 1 million DAU for the global market

Must have: 3+ years of experience in designing and maintaining scalable, real-time backend systems for live mobile games.

Who We Are | What We Do

At Yodo1, we simplify mobile game growth.

With billions of downloads across our portfolio, Yodo1 is a partner for mobile game growth at every stage—from helping developers monetize their first game to bringing iconic brands into major mobile titles.

Taking over a decade of experience publishing and growing games like Crossy Road, Rodeo Stampede, and Ski Safari into global hits, we provide products and services that range from helping new arrivals to the app store optimize ad revenue, driving a 50x player increase for games such as Animal Revolt Battle Simulator, and bringing iconic IP from companies like Hasbro, Paramount, Legendary, and MGA to globally-recognized studios the likes of Rivergame, Candivore, 37Games, and more.

We love games, we play games, we grow games.

What We Believe | How We Work

We believe in the future and power of the mobile gaming industry and that everyone deserves an equal opportunity to build a life they love through games.

We believe you know when and where you do your best work. We are fully remote by design and we WFA: Work From Anywhere. We don’t impose hours or limit time off.

We are driven by performance and we experiment often. We care about impact, not titles.

Who We’re Looking For

We are looking for a Server Developer to be a cornerstone of Yodo1’s technical team, driving the success of our games and platform.

You are:

• Focused on impact. You understand the 80/20 rule and focus on activities that matter.
• Performance-driven and growth-oriented. You have an intrinsic will to succeed while unafraid to try, fail, and learn by experimenting with new approaches and testing ideas.
• Cooperative. You help others succeed; you give and receive feedback well.
• Relentlessly curious. You ask questions.
• Humble. You ask for help; you are quick to admit and learn from your mistakes.
• SMART. You work and communicate in ways that are specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and timebound.

What We Expect

You will:

• Take responsibility for server development in an agile team comprising front-end engineering, server engineering, DevOps, art, game design, and QA engineering.
• Work with Java/Scala and various open-source frameworks, particularly Dropwizard and AWS SDK, to develop game features, middleware, common components, and tools
• Take part in all aspects of the sprint life cycle, from feature design and planning through implementation, launch, and live operations support
• Create elegant, reusable code and unit tests
• Work alongside other members of the team to help express technical concepts in a clear and accessible way

Must have:

• Experience in game backend development - working on a live game, delivering updates and handling live issues.
• Experience deploying, updating and troubleshooting applications on Kubernetes clusters, with strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Proficiency with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) for implementing metrics collection, log aggregation, and performance monitoring in distributed systems.
• Experience and/or appreciation for functional programming
• Experience working in a service-based architecture
• Experience working with NoSQL databases
• Experience working in a team, building and supporting a live product
• Ability to back your decisions with good reasoning
• Excellent communication and collaboration within cross-functional and globally distributed teams.
• Deep passion for mobile games.

You Might have:

• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Experience developing with technologies from our stack: Scala - JVM - Unity3D - Redis - AWS - DynamoDB
• Worked with an AWS based architecture with a large number of servers
• Experience working with teams across different locations, cultures, and time zones.
• Availability for at least 4 hours between 10AM and 6PM GMT.

What We Offer

Compensation. We pay based on qualifications, experience, and fit for the role. We provide an allowance to purchase your own device or equipment and offer variable compensation through our annual bonus program.

Growth. We offer an environment where you will have the trust and freedom to try, fail, learn fast, and make a real impact while accelerating your career, and where anyone with a great idea can pitch it directly to our management team.

WFA. Work from anywhere in the world, travel when and where you like, get paid in your currency of choice, and enjoy flexible hours and unlimited paid time off.

Community. Work with an energetic, fast-learning, supportive, and diverse team of Yodies across six continents and 30+ countries who share and support new ideas and get things done.

Ready to change the game for mobile game developers and build your career from anywhere? Apply now!