Studio: Gamefam
Job Opening: Backend Developer
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Maintain strategy & audience understanding for the game and help to operationalize that strategy by ensuring the development team’s efforts are aligned with the critical path of creating a successful product & business and are executed effectively and efficiently
- Identify and advise towards product choices that create competitive advantages and adapt to changing market dynamics (eg: competitive, legal, etc.)
- Help to connect product strategy with broader organizational and company strategy
- Support the strategic planning and forecasting (SPF) process for the Business Unit; set targets for and monitor performance against development plans, goals, finances, & product KPIs
- Oversee issues relating to data, research, analytics, and other Insights areas of expertise including playtesting, market research, financial & other forecasting, and telemetry & reporting
- Help to ensure efficient and effective resource allocation (workforce planning, spend)
- Formally manage, lead, mentor, elevate performance of, and support career growth for Insights Rioters within the BU (Revenue Strategy, Insights, and Finance)
- Workforce planning, staffing, and hiring for Insights positions on the BU
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline plus 5+ years of relevant experience (an advanced degree can account for up to 2 years of experience)
- Familiarity with both analytics and research and 5+ years of experience in the gaming industry
- 3+ years of experience working directly in game development
- 4+ years of experience with MySQL-based databases
- High proficiency in SQL, Laravel, Vue.js
- Knowledge of the MVC design pattern, Code Versioning tools (Git & GitHub)
- Excellent teamwork, team leadership, communication, collaboration and stakeholder management
- Experience working in cross-functional teams
Pluses:
- Good knowledge of the Amazon Web Services cloud platform
- Knowledge of Docker
- Experience with Continuous Deployment tools
- Experience leading complex efforts with multiple collaborators from product\design teams
- Familiarity with Roblox Studios
