Senior Backend Developer (m/w/d)

at  Whow Games GmbH

We are Whow Games - and you can be too!
And we say “we”, we’re talking about over 50 employees from a variety of nations who are passionate gamers, experienced game designers, and marketing pros who work together to plan, develop, publish, and sell entertaining products. We love what we do - and that’s what makes us successful!
As a new member of our team, you can join us on a daily basis in establishing and enhancing our fantastic products and gaming experiences right in downtown Hamburg City. Become part of our wonderful group, work with the latest hardware in the industry, gain a number of cooperative advantages, and be a part of Whow’s pathway to success.

Tasks

• As part of our motivated team, you are responsible for the further development of our gaming portal, implementing new features, and maintaining existing ones based on a microservice architecture using Node.js and PHP.
• Your daily tasks include maintaining, improving, and monitoring our highly scalable AWS infrastructure, which is based on RabbitMQ, Redis, MongoDB, and MySQL.
• Serving as an interface to the Business Intelligence team, you are responsible for maintaining our event-based tracking from our portal.
• When developing new features, you always keep maintainability, performance, and the various requirements of our web and mobile clients in mind.
• You thrive in cooperative collaboration with your colleagues, project managers, graphic designers, and other developers to create shared, creative concepts and continuously improve our product.
• You work independently, conscientiously, and communicate and document the status of your work in English.

Requirements

• You have successfully completed a degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or a comparable qualification.
• At least 5 years of professional experience as a backend developer.
• You are proficient in TypeScript (Node.js) and/or PHP and have a strong understanding of distributed systems and asynchronous programming.
• You are interested in or have experience with setting up ETL processes using DBT and Airflow.
• Experience with MySQL (or another RDBMS) in database design, implementation, and optimization.
• You have experience working with AWS services; familiarity with Terraform is a plus.
• Basic understanding of Linux and shell scripting.
• Knowledge of RabbitMQ and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis) is an Experience with frontend development technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, Angular) is beneficial but not required.
• A strong understanding of quality, reliability, and communicative development skills (e.g., Git, Jira, Confluence, etc.).
• Knowledge and experience with Kubernetes (AWS EKS); familiarity with Redshift is a nice-to-have.
• Ability to develop independently and complete projects.
• You are fluent in German and English.

Benefits

• You’ll profit from a professional circle of colleagues with multi-year experience in the industry
• Dynamic environment with flat hierarchies and quick decision making, leaving plenty of room for one’s own ideas
• Flexible work times and mobile working options (two office days per week are mandatory).
• Regular company events
• Fruit, drinks, and meal perks
• Discounted fitness options
• Subsidized “Deutschland Ticket” for travel with local and national public transportation

Would you like to join Whow Games on our journey?
If so, we’re very much looking forward to your application

• As part of our motivated team, you are responsible for the further development of our gaming portal, implementing new features, and maintaining existing ones based on a microservice architecture using Node.js and PHP.
• Your daily tasks include maintaining, improving, and monitoring our highly scalable AWS infrastructure, which is based on RabbitMQ, Redis, MongoDB, and MySQL.
• Serving as an interface to the Business Intelligence team, you are responsible for maintaining our event-based tracking from our portal.
• When developing new features, you always keep maintainability, performance, and the various requirements of our web and mobile clients in mind.
• You thrive in cooperative collaboration with your colleagues, project managers, graphic designers, and other developers to create shared, creative concepts and continuously improve our product.
• You work independently, conscientiously, and communicate and document the status of your work in English