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Senior Backend Engineer, TypeScript/Node.js
Tactile Games
Job Summary
It’s an exciting time to join Tactile. We’re a diverse team of storytellers, puzzle enthusiasts and casual mobile game creators. Our story began in 2008 in the heart of beautiful Copenhagen, and since then we have experienced continuous growth, establishing ourselves as one of the largest gaming companies in Denmark.
In more recent years, we have been scaling fast, in big part thanks to the success of a little game called Lily’s Garden. Now we’re on a mission to solidify our position as one of the leaders in creating out-of-the-ordinary casual puzzle games.
With more than 350 talented individuals, we are a mix of over 55 nationalities and 43% women. We truly appreciate the richness of different experiences and perspectives that Tactilers bring to the game. This is why we foster a lean organisational culture, in which each individual is encouraged to take responsibility, be open and grow in their own way.
We pride ourselves in cultivating a studio environment that stays away from crunch, that fosters your skills no matter what your discipline is, and one that gives you a place to be creative alongside other passionate and invested storytellers.
Location: This role is based in our Copenhagen office. Please note that we cannot offer relocation support or visa sponsorship for this role.
Key Responsibilities
As a Backend Engineer within our Core LiveOps team, you will be working on the business critical LiveOps dashboard, which is used by different teams within the business to evaluate and improve their day-to-day operations. You will also be creating new features and functionalities on our Game Web Services, which are important for improving players’ in-game experiences, as well as working on our Build Server, the internal CI/CD solution for deploying our games.
Day-to-day tasks include:
- Building new features and functionalities for the tools and systems supporting our game development processes
- Building and automating new games related systems
- Improving, extending and monitoring back and front-end tools
- Gaining a thorough understanding of the different shared backend technologies, and how they interact
- Contributing to our data warehouse and analytics systems
Technologies you will work with include:
- TypeScript, Node.js & Express.js (main language and frameworks)
- REST APIs
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Docker, Kubernetes, CircleCI
- MongoDB & Redis
- BigQuery (for big data pipelines)
- DataDog (monitoring system)
- Airflow
- React.js
We do not expect you to know everything about this stack; what matters most is that you enjoy working with and learning new technologies.
Practices & principles we cannot live without:
- Clean coding practices
- Code reviews
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and SOLID principles
- Test driven development (TDD) & unit testing
- Dependency Injection
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Extensive experience (5+ years) in backend development with TypeScript and Node.js
- Experience working with high-load traffic systems
- Experience working within a bigger development team (4+ developers)
- It is a plus if you have experience with or an interest in working with front-end technologies
Benefits & Compensation
- Beautiful office space with probably the best view in Copenhagen
- Pension and private health insurance
- A chance to work with the latest tools and technology
- Opportunities for individual growth with development talks as well as workshops, books and courses
- Daily, healthy organic breakfast and lunch prepared by professional chefs in-house
- Social activities including game nights, book club, Friday bar and more
- Free Danish lessons with an in-house Danish teacher
Application Process
Submit your application via the fill-in form at the top of the job page. This is the easiest and fastest way to get in touch with our recruiters.
We foster an inclusive culture and accessible workplace and want to make sure we provide everyone with the same opportunities for success. We encourage you to apply regardless of your gender, sexuality, age, nationality, neurodiversity or disability.
After reviewing your application, you can expect the following steps:
- Introductory coffee chat with one of our Recruiters to align on the scope of the role and answer your questions
- A take-home coding test to see your skills in action
- Technical interview with Gabriel, our Core team lead, and Juan, our LiveOps Backend Lead, discussing your test solutions and technical aspects of the role
- Final interview with your potential future team members to ensure alignment on collaboration and ways of working
We are thorough with our hiring process to ensure the best fit for both you and Tactile. If you need assistance or accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.
We look forward to receiving your application!
