Junior Software Engineer

• Job Title - Frontend Software Engineer - Data
• Reports Into - Senior Software Engineer - Data
• Location - Hybrid / Bangalore 

A Little Bit about Kwalee…

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 
• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
• On site gym - take care of yourself
• Relocation support - available
• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
• Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As a Frontend Software Engineer in the Data Science Team, you will build tools and develop technology that deliver data products to a team of strategists, marketing experts and game developers. You will design, build, test and deploy products which serve a company fuelled by data.

Your Team Mates

The Data Science team is central in developing the technology behind the growth and monetisation of our games. We are a cross functional team that consists of analysts, engineers and data scientists, and work closely with the larger engineering team to deliver products spanning our modern, cloud first, tech stack.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Develop and maintain user-friendly and visually appealing web applications using Vue.js
• Create interactive and informative data visualisations for general audiences as well as highly specialised teams
• Integrate with large, complex data sources and machine learning models via APIs
• Work within a data focused team to increase access to and the understanding of test and analysis results within game development, marketing and other aspects of the company

Your Hard Skills

• Minimum 2 years browser-based programming experience
• A proven track record of programming high quality and innovative web pages using Javascript, HTML5 & CSS3 and relevant frameworks (ideally VueJS but could also be others e.g. ReactJS, AngularJS, Svelte)
• Knowledge of data visualisation libraries and techniques
• Understanding of REST APIs, asynchronous programming, and data handling
• An excellent working knowledge of various database, scripting, and development tools, for example bash, Python, Postgres, MySQL, CouchBase, git, JIRA
• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

Skills

Type, Location : Mumbai

Desired Experience: 3+ years

Roles and Responsibilities :

What You’ll Do:

• Designing and implementing web applications using JavaScript and its frameworks (i.a. React, Vue, Angular), HTML5 and CSS3
• Working closely with the dispersed development team, client, and project manager in the SCRUM methodology
• Ensuring that programming practices and code quality are respected
• Supporting other engineers with your expertise when needed (knowledge sharing)
• Leading your colleagues’ growth and development

What you bring to the table:

• 3+ years of experience with JavaScript (good knowledge of ES2016; newer versions and TS 3+ are a plus)
• Experience in developing web applications using Angular, React, javascript, node js, MySQL/Postgres SQL/MongoDB
• Being comfortable HTML5 and CSS3
• Experience with version control systems, preferably Git
• Demonstrated tech leadership in a medium-sized team, and the ability to design a complex system
• Eagerness to learn and constantly improve yourself
• Being a team player focused on getting things done

• Participate in the design of the solution based on business requirements gathered
• and analyzed by analysts
• Develop new features for mobile/web applications
• Build reusable code and libraries across platforms
• Optimize applications in terms of scalability and stability
• Use the best coding standards and practices, to assure the quality of the code
• Perform development testing
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

• 4+ years of experience in Frontend Development
• Angular 6 and Above
• REST API
• Typescript , HTML, CSS ,JavaScript
• React Native
• Having experience in both Mobile/Web development

• Bachelors in Engineering, Computer Science or in similar areas
• Minimum of 4+ years work experience in creating front-end (mobile/web)
• applications, using Angular 6+, Typescript, JavaScript and React Native
• Experience with HTML, CSS and Bootstrap.
• Experience with Agile (SCRUM) methodologies
• Experience with Unit Testing and TDD
• Experience with REST based APIs
• Knowledge of iOS or Android development is a plus
• Excellent capacity to work autonomously or integrated in a team
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Proactivity and ability to adapt in a context in which priorities often change
• Developed sense of responsibility, oriented to customer solutions and associated
• improvements
• Fluent in English - written and spoken (mandatory)

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Push the limits of web design and create great user experiences

2. Build smooth, stable, and fun products

3. Develop features from design through implementation and launch

4. Evaluate technical tradeoffs of every decision

5. Work with high available infrastructure practices

6. Perform code reviews that guarantee code quality

Other requirements

1. Knowledge in NextJS, React, NodeJS, HTML, JavaScript, CSS,ES6/TypeScript, Redux, React Hooks

2. Basic knowledge on version control and continuous integration systems (e.g., Git)

3. Good to have knowledge of Python, AWS, or Google Cloud

4. Good problem-solving skills, logical thinking ability, strong coding fundamentals

5. Willing to work in the startup environment, challenge yourself and grow

6. Based in Bangalore and willing to work from our office

We're looking for developers who are interested in solving problems. We like people who are willing to work across the technology spectrum. 

An example of a typical problem would be a product feature that requires UI/UX (Typescript/React/HTML/SCSS), server changes (Java/Scala/R), and database changes (MySQL).

You will own some or all of a product/feature. You will also mentor others, read and review code, maintain code, deploy code, tune the performance of systems, as required.

Requirements :

- We're looking for 4 years or more of relevant work experience. That being said, if you think you have the necessary skills to make the number irrelevant then do talk to us

- Proficiency in Java, JavaScript, and sufficient knowledge of database concepts to write efficient queries

- Working experience in one or more of React, Redux, Typescript, and associated tools such as Webpack, Grunt, Gulp etc.

- Working experience in HTML, (S)CSS

- Working experience writing unit/functional/integration tests

- Knowledge of Java 8 features such as streams and lambdas is a plus

- Knowledge of REST concepts and design is a plus

- Knowledge of ES6 features/syntax is a plus

- Knowledge of functional programming concepts is a plus

- Knowledge of build/deploy tools such as Ant, Maven, Gradle, Ansible, Chef, Puppet etc. is a plus

- Knowledge of one or more scripting languages such as Awk, Bash, Perl, Python, Rubyetc. is a plus

- Ability to use modern IDEs such as VSCode, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse etc. is a plus

- Knowledge of container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc. is a plus

Bonus Points :

- For product experience. We're a product company. Talk to us if you have worked on software products

- For startup experience. Have you worked in a any startups? We're always looking for people who have startup experience

- If you've developed and deployed any software for your own, or others- use

- If you've contributed to open source projects

- If you've spoken at developer conferences, published articles in tech websites, published podcasts

- If you communicate well. Do you blog? Can you explain ideas clearly and succinctly? Can you answer questions in short, clear sentences?

- If you have technical certifications such as AWS, Docker, Redhat etc.

- If you're self taught. Have you learned other programming languages, technologies etc. on your own? Share the details of the courses you took online, for instance.

- For deep knowledge in one or more areas. We like people who dig down, understand concepts in detail

- If your code/work is out there in public. We'd love to see what you've developed and deployed to the external world

Tech Stack :

PHP, HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, AJAX, REST API, JQUERY, POSTGRESQL/MYSQL, MVC FRAMEWORK.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build advanced applications
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Able to understand and create Documentation according to Client requirement.

Requirements:

• Ability to write clean, commented and maintainable code.
• Basic understanding of MVC frameworks.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Proper understanding of OOPS concepts.
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Proficient knowledge of a back-end programming.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Proven software development experience and Web application development skills.
• Understanding of startup culture.
• Good team player, Quick learner.