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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (On-site)

Senior Engineer

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Backend Development

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Job Description

As a Senior Engineer, you will focus on developing the back end of a new platform system that will host millions of players. This role centres on building the customer segmentation system, offering you the opportunity to tackle unique, large-scale challenges in a dynamic environment. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the back-end systems of our new platform, working closely with other engineers to ensure the system is scalable and performant. You will also be involved in the deployment and maintenance of our systems, ensuring they are secure and reliable.

Must have:

Proven experience with AWS or other cloud-based architectures.
Strong knowledge of Kotlin, JVM or similar programming languages.
Experience with DynamoDB, Flink, Kafka, or related databases and streaming services.
Ability to design and optimise systems for scalability and performance.
Able to lead the delivery of technical projects.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach.

Perks:

You own your projects: you build it, you ship it, you run it
We were born in the cloud: practices and principles like CI/CD, IaC, O11y and CyberSec are part of what we do
We have a world-class Engineering Learning and Development program and we are passionate about career development.
Thought Leaders regularly give tailored talks and workshops for our team.
We are proactive in the community attending many local and international conferences.
We have both a technical and management track for career progression and promotions.
We have a library of books and videos with good content and encourage staying on top of new practices.

Senior Engineer

VGW is an interactive entertainment company, harnessing technology and creativity to deliver world-class, free-to-play games.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Engineering team in Poland and are currently looking for a Senior Engineer to join the team.

As a Senior Engineer, you will focus on developing the back end of a new platform system that will host millions of players. This role centres on building the customer segmentation system, offering you the opportunity to tackle unique, large-scale challenges in a dynamic environment.

What you should know about our Engineering team:

We make room to do things the right way
You own your projects: you build it, you ship it, you run it
We were born in the cloud: practices and principles like CI/CD, IaC, O11y and CyberSec are part of what we do

When it comes to Learning and Development:

Learning is part of our fabric. We have a world-class Engineering Learning and Development program and we are passionate about career development.
Thought Leaders regularly give tailored talks and workshops for our team.
We are proactive in the community attending many local and international conferences.
We have both a technical and management track for career progression and promotions.
We have a library of books and videos with good content and encourage staying on top of new practices.

In terms of our tech stack, we host our docker containerised apps on AWS, sometimes in ECS but moving to EKS Kubernetes. In the containers, we run Kotlin on the JVM. TypeScript runs our client side where it’s mostly React. Our databases are PostgreSQL and DynamoDB with Snowflake as our Data warehouse.

What you bring

Proven experience with AWS or other cloud-based architectures.
Strong knowledge of Kotlin, JVM or similar programming languages.
Experience with DynamoDB, Flink, Kafka, or related databases and streaming services.
Ability to design and optimise systems for scalability and performance.
Able to lead the delivery of technical projects.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach.

About VGW

VGW is an interactive entertainment company, harnessing technology and creativity to deliver world-class, free-to-play games.

With high-quality, acclaimed brands including Chumba Casino, Global Poker and LuckyLand Slots, we entertain and delight over one million players in North America.

As pioneers in sweepstakes promotions for online social games, we also offer our players the opportunity to redeem incredible prizes.

At VGW, one of our core values is "our players come first". This means always striving to deliver a safe, responsible and positive player experience.

Find out more at www.vgw.co

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About The Company

VGW

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Pioneering the online social gaming experience.

We are a fast-growing technology company and creator of market-leading online social games.

Our business is innovative and is setting new standards in the online social games market. Our success comes from hiring amazing people who are challenging the status quo by testing, pioneering and pushing the boundaries.

For over a decade, VGW has developed popular games that provide our many players entertainment with a thrill.

We understand the importance of providing games and content that capture our customers’ imagination while building a reputation of trust and security, working alongside the biggest marketing and payment partners across the globe.

VGW exists to provide our players with the ultimate entertainment experience.

To ensure we maintain a safe and respectful online community, we have developed house rules for our LinkedIn page: https://www.vgw.co/social-media-policy/