Overall Purpose of the Role:
We are looking for a self-motivated Unreal Engine developer who understands the value of working on unique applications and is extremely passionate about innovating and inventing/discovering new things. The candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining our platform lineup. The key responsibilities of the job are:
- Perform full life-cycle software development
- (Requirements: analysis, Tech design, implementation, integration, testing, debugging, and support).
- Work directly with researchers and project stakeholders to ensure proper software design and delivery.
- Design and develop modular platforms.
- Stay updated on current trends in AR/VR/MR/XR.
- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code in rapid timing.
- Writing unit tests for important logic and services.
- Implementation of security and data protection.
Credentials we are looking for:
- (Senior UE Developer) 5 years+ of experience with game development and at least 3 years of experience with Unreal Engine
- An entrepreneurial spirit that drives innovation within a target industry.
Skills essential to the role:
- High proficiency with Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints
- High-Level C++ skills within Unreal Engine 4 and outside.
- Extremely good problem-solving skills
- Networking, replication, and multiplayer integrations with VOIP services and video.
- Knowledge of the Google and Apple app store functionality and build processes.
- Core knowledge of how Unreal Engine 4 works internally
- Ability to modify API’s to get the desired result within Unreal Engine 4
- Ability to create and modify plugins within the Unreal Engine framework
- Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable and modular application.
- Skills that will add value:
- AWS and Gamelift
- PHP, databases and Web Integrations
- Understanding of live streaming formats such RTMP.
- Basic design skills and minimalist sensibilities. No major design skills required, but an understanding of what makes something look good.
- Basic cross-platform CG asset implementation skill
- Collaborative working using version control tools such as Git and project management applications.
- Low-level project planning and estimation skills.
- Strong leadership skills.
- A wicked sense of humor (you’ll need it).
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• Design, develop, code and test the solution
• Experience working with large datasets and NoSQL database technologies (e.g. Cassandra, ES)
• 5-10 yrs of industry experience
• Energetic self-starter, with a desire to work in a startup environment
• Proficient in advanced Java programming skills
• Expert in Application development cloud/on premise end to end. Middle layer, DB layer.
• Nice to have understanding on MQ (e.g. Kafka)
• Good hands on in Complex Event Processing systems
• Solved scale and performance issues while dealing with huge sets of data. Pre compute or data aggregation frameworks to achieve good response time
• Experience working with large datasets and NoSQL database technologies (e.g. Cassandra, ES)
• Experience of debugging applications running on Unix like systems (e.g. Ubuntu, CentOS)
• Experience developing RESTful APIs for complex data sets
• Knowledge of container based development & deployment (e.g. Dockers, K8s)
• Expertise in software security domain, a plus
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3+ years of Experience in software Design and development and familiar with technologies - Java, Java-J2EE, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Ajax, REST API, Micro services etc.
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Working knowledge of JVM internals
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Working knowledge of any database (MySQL or HSQLDB)
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Working knowledge of No-SQL database (Mongo or Dynamo DB)
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Working experience with messaging (JMS/RabbitMQ)
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R & D on new advanced cloud-based technologies in a test-driven agile development.
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Knowledge in designing and architecting systems with high scalability and performance requirements.
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Ability to understand infrastructure for performance evaluation and reporting of cloud-based services, namely AWS
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knowledge of key AWS services like EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch etc.
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Certification on AWS Fundamendals
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Excellent communication skills
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ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
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skilled in interfacing with internal and external technical resources
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Good in debugging problems and mentoring teams on technical front
- Proficient experience of minimum 3 years into C++ & experience using MFC library.
- Good experience into C# programming.
- Working experience into COM.
- Good Communication skills.
Development Skills:
● Experience in developing real time software using C++ on Linux platform Design and
develop C++ Microservices for use in distributed systems.
● Experience with RESTful API development
● Experience installing, configuring, administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting
message brokers, ESB such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, MuleSoft etc
● Experience working with cloud and containerization technologies including AWS,
Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes etc.
● Improve quality of existing code base through debugging, re-factoring, and improving
unit and system tests
● Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with Agile mindset.
● Experience working with Scrum APM practices and tools including Jira, Confluence,
Git etc.
Networking Skills
● Understanding of Core Network protocols
● Experience in developing or integrating with real-time systems for networking
products
● Experience in developing with Software Defined Network Elements is an asset
● Understanding of Network protocols and access (MPLS, OpenBGP, OpenFlow) is an
asset
● Understanding of networking principles and concepts (SDN-WAN, SDN, labelling,
routing etc.) is an asset
● Understanding of 3GPP/5G network management, including Radio configuration,
QoS management, SLA management, Netconf, SNMP, directives is an asset
Infrastructure
Pocket Gems wants to build the greatest games and interactive entertainment in the world.
That’s the mission our founders began within an apartment above a pizza shop back in 2009
and we continue it today.
Pocket Gems has grown to over 250 people in San Francisco. With $155 million in backing from
Sequoia Capital and Tencent, we’re constantly breaking new ground with graphically rich mobile
games, fun new genres of mobile entertainment, and innovative technologies like our mobilefirst Mantis Engine.
Our products have been downloaded over 325 million times by players around the world. We
have several flagship products including the most recent - Adventure Chef Merge Explorer, a
casual merge and explore game. Some of our other ongoing hits include Episode, a mobile
storytelling network and platform, and War Dragons, a visually stunning 3D real-time strategy
game.
Pocket Gems is home to some of the most massive and delightful mobile-first games, like War
Dragons and Episode. Those games need a solid backend platform, to function critical tasks to
delight our players, and is supported and optimized by our Central Engineering team. As a Sr.
Software Engineer on the Central Infrastructure Team, you will build microservices that acts as
the core of all our games, facilitate the processing and recording of billions of events per day,
support critical systems for marketing, finance. You will be responsible for some of our biggest
projects as you build APIs and infrastructure that scales to millions of players in real-time
games.
What You’ll Do:
• Implement flexible, reusable, and scalable solutions to improve our data pipeline
• Develop microservices for critical infrastructure like A/B tests, Offer recommendation, etc
that is mission-critical to the business
• Develop microservices for our games such as real-time communication platforms,
leaderboard, etc
• Build and maintain integrations with third-party APIs that you suggest or write yourself
• Build scalable web tools (including open source tools) to support data analysis and
visualization for the company and influence what we build for our games’ players
What You Bring to the Central Infrastructure Engineering team:
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience (including 3+ years backend experience)
• A degree in computer science, engineering, or relevant field
• Experience leading complex projects, preferably involving distributed systems
• Deep experience with AWS, GCP, or Hadoop, and related backend technologies is a
plus
• Strong skills in data structures, algorithms, software design, and OOP
• A love for delighting users, both internal and external, with reliable tools, data, and
creative and highly technical solutions to their problems
Extra Gems for:
• Experience in working with microservices
Collaborate with clients and internal teams to develop appropriate solutions
• Brainstorm with team members and prove the ability to think on the fly.
Requirements
• Core Java
• Spring Boot, Spring Rest, Spring Data
• Testing framework - Junit, Mockito
• Experience in deploying applications on one of public cloud preferably Microsoft Azure. (Other
- AWS or Google Cloud)
• Experience in one of messaging platform preferably Kafka (Other - Rabbitmq or Active MQ)
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Others – Linux, Git, Maven, CI/CD pipeline
• Experience in working with Agile teams
Good To Have
• Git (6+ years of experience)
• Develop test cases, conduct SIT, load test, and tune the performance of systems to meet
acceptance criteria.
• Perform and manage stages of the SCRUM and participate in the systems review with Project
Lead/Manager.
• Experience in the development of cloud-native applications is an added advantage.
• Experience working in Agile teams
What We Offer
• National and International Business Trips (if there is an opportunity)
• Culture of Knowledge Sharing and Training
• Modern & lively working environment
• Opportunity to write books, participate in conferences
• International assignment
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full
software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source
control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to
collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in developing web application using .Net
framework/MVC
• Minimum 1 year of experience in cloud native application development using AWS or
Azure or google cloud.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in modern front-end JavaScript framework (Vue, React or
Angular).
• Expertise in - Creating APIs using JavaScript on NodeJS or in C# on .NET core.
• Expertise in working with relational and non-relational databases.
• Working experience in Test driven development (TDD).
• Working experience in SOLID principles.
• Experience and understanding of Agile Development methodologies, especially Scrum.
• Fast learner, open to learning new technologies when needed.
• Sound understanding of how modern web apps are architecture with JavaScript driving
the application flow and APIs as the backend.
• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to
customers.
• Self-directed and detail oriented.
Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.