Node.JS Developer

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We are looking for a Node.JS Developer to join the team developing "Dovetail Live" - an online hub for our players, providing them with a personalised hobby experience both online and within our simulation games. You will assist in the development of an in-game performance and progression tracking application used in conjunction with a React SPA, reporting into the Technical Product Owner of Dovetail Live.

At Dovetail Games we are passionate about empowering our people to build beautiful worlds, create breath-taking games and do the best work of their career to deliver our vision: "By Enthusiasts, For Enthusiasts".

We are growing fast, developing our games using cutting edge technology and delivering these on multiple platforms: PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

Responsibilities

Champion the development of this NodeJS application with considerations for throughput, scalability and performance in large-scale distributed systems

Coordinate with our Data Scientist on technical requirements, DevOps Engineer on database design, and Frontend Engineer on UI requirements

Understand business needs and interpret programme vision to be able to advise on "best fit" solutions that work for all parties

What we look for in you

A demonstrable history of building successful REST APIs used with single-page-applications

Experience working with internal stakeholders across multi-disciplinary organisation structures

The ability to design and communicate complex systems

Strong organisation skills

Experience or familiarity with:

ExpressJS, SQL (Sequelize or equivalent ORM preferably)

Agile development, using JIRA or an equivalent

Modern ES6 JS (spread, hoisting, event delegation, promises, etc)

Designing & developing REST APIs

Identity & Access Management (OAuth, OIDC)

Modern security & encryption best practices (Revocation support for JWTs, etc)

Continuous Integration / Delivery (Jenkins, Gitlab CI, Travis)

Test-Driven or Behaviour-Driven Development

Working knowledge of profiling and debugging tools

Functional programming

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities and diversity, and all applicants will be considered on their merit, qualifications, competence and talent regardless of any protected characteristics.

You'll experience a fun environment where you will be challenged but supported

We have an industry leading work life balance

We are developing games across multiple platforms using cutting edge technology

Competitive salary and benefits

Pension scheme

Eye-care vouchers

Free parking

Free fruit, tea & coffee and a stocked pantry

Access to funded fitness events and health checks

Regular social and sporting activities, including charity fundraising