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Java Games Developer

Technology (Development) · London, UK

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Team Overview:

This role would join the growing global based team where the successful candidate will enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced and exciting environment using the latest technologies. You will be comfortable working within an agile and creative development environment on a wide variety of exciting products and features, reacting to constantly evolving and rapidly expanding market.

Job Purpose:

The successful candidate must have excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and is expected to take ownership of development tasks and provide estimates and documentation for the chosen solution. Support will form part of the responsibilities and will involve liaising with internal personnel to help investigate and resolve issues.


Description of Job Responsibilities:

  • Working with games java lead, project managers, business owners, and external customers to implement new projects and functionality in a fast paced agile environment
  • Work alongside a global cross functional team under the guidance of the Games Java Lead
  • Maintenance of existing code including bug fixes and optimizations
  • Identifying root cause of incidents to improve operational efficiency and deliver suitable solutions
  • Documenting developed solutions
  • Working with games java lead, project managers, business owners, and external customers to implement new projects and functionality in a fast paced agile environment
  • Work alongside a global cross functional team under the guidance of the Games Java Lead
  • Maintenance of existing code including bug fixes and optimisations
  • Identifying root cause of incidents to improve operational efficiency and deliver suitable solutions
  • Documenting developed solutions
  • The ability to contribute ideas and solutions which will make a real difference to this fast growing business in the exciting and evolving US gaming market
  • Experience working in small teams, using agile methods
  • Results driven, assertive and independent
  • Proven experience of working on multiple projects in a fast paced team whilst supporting others and self-managing workload within defined priorities
  • In-depth knowledge of core Java;
  • Java 8 and JavaEE;
  • Strong analytical and reverse engineering skills;
  • Source Control Management (Bitbucket, Crucible);
  • Experience of high and low level design, architecture and modelling;
  • Build & Continuous Integration tools (Maven, Jenkins, Ansible);
  • Application/Web servers (Tomcat, Tomee, Apache);
  • Strong experience with message brokers (Rabbit MQ, Redis)
  • Web Application frameworks (SpringMVC, Spring Boot, Spring Security);
  • Other Enterprise level technologies (CDI, JAXB, JAX-RS, Taglibs, Servlets, JSP, AMQP, JMS);
  • Webservices, REST and Enterprise Integration (Spring Boot, JAX-RS, CXF, Camel);
  • DB (Cassandra, Mongo, SQL Server);
  • Experience with Containers, Docker;
  • Microservice Paradigm;
  • Other Duties as assigned

 

Requirements:

  • 3 - 5 years’ experience in Java games development
  • Strong emotional IQ (EQ) and demonstrated ability to create relationships with new people quickly and easily and manage those relationships effectively over time
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Self-motivated and solution-oriented
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through
  • Confident, strategic thinker
  • Strong presentations skills
  • Demonstrates ability to adapt to various Client corporate cultures
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to plan strategically, but stay on top of tactical execution

 

Travel Requirements:

This role may require travel, as mutually agreed from time to time. International travel to GAN’s European offices may be required to facilitate training with other GAN team members.

GAN operates in a highly regulated environment, and candidate may be required to obtain an occupational gaming license in one or more U.S. states, which includes an application of personal data, a criminal and credit check, and fingerprints.  GAN will cover all costs and provide access to an Identify Protection program.    

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Why work with GAN?

An opportunity to work and build a career in an established multinational company with a start-up feel and community.

  • GANtastic Culture

    We are a group of hard-working, smart individuals from all around the world. We value a healthy work/life balance, providing flexible work hours while offering a fun, lively, and supportive work environment - including activities like zoom happy hours and employee-friendly competitions (just wait until you submit your pet photos, talent videos, and written stories for prizes). We believe in helping the company flourish by championing each other's personal and professional growth.

    At GAN, you're more than just an employee - you're family.

  • Compensation and Benefits

    Competitive total compensation package - including generous Holiday (EU) / PTO (US) programs and company paid Bank Holidays (EU) / Holidays (US).

    Benefit packages are dependent on the country, as some countries have healthcare through the government. In addition, GAN offers pension plans (EU) / 401(k) matching (US), paid maternity and paternity leave, and health and wellness coverage in the US (including medical, dental and vision, HSA, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance).

  • GAN Perks

    Fitness, gym, and sports reimbursement programs or vouchers, payday drinks, social events and competitions, employee referral bonuses, and much more are perks.

  • Equal Opportunity Employer

    GAN is committed to attracting and retaining the best-qualified people available, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or status as a veteran of the military and armed forces, or any other basis protected by country, federal, state, or local law. We are fully committed to employing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive work environment that embraces everyone’s unique contributions, experiences, and values.

GAN Workplace & Culture

GAN offers an empowered work environment that encourages creativity, initiative, and professional growth. We provide a competitive salary and benefits package. 

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