XLOC System Programmer

at  Keywords Studios

At Keywords, we are using our passion for games, technology and media to create a global services platform for video games and beyond. Our aim is to become the “go to” provider of technical services.
We enable leading content creators and publishers to leverage our expertise and capacity across the lifecycle of interactive content. In so doing we empower our clients to remain lean and agile, and to focus on creating the most engaging experiences.
Keywords is trusted and relied upon by many of the world’s leading video game companies to work alongside them during concept, development and live operations by leveraging the breadth and depth of our industry leading service lines every step of the way. www.keywordsstudios.com
This position will work on the design, development and maintenance of Keyword’s XLOC web application that serves KWS internal users as well as several customers, all tier-1 game developers or publisher.
It will require the ability to work both in front-end, back-end and data base domains.
In addition, this position will require the ability to work in an agile team distributed worldwide and consisting of developers, quality assurance specialists, workflow analysts. It is necessary to cope with technical and nontechnical peersto understand the client requirement and resolve issues within the product.
We are looking for motivated individuals who like to take ownership of their work and, most importantly, love to write code that makes a difference to the workday of the end-users.
The salary for this position is €42,000 per year.

REQUIREMENTS

• Software development: 3 years plus (Required)
• Proven experience on similar projects and web-based applications
• Education: Bachelor’s (Required), Master’s (Preferred)Must be fluent in English language and able to communicate within a team distributed worldwide

• Analyse the specification documents given and, with the help of senior team members, understand the software modifications to be done throughout the system
• Identify autonomously the main programming and testing tasks necessary to implement small system requirements, usually impacting a limited portion of the system
• Contribute proactively to the technical analysis and work breakdown for more complex requirements
• Identify the testing and verification needs for a given functionality
• Timely support the end-usertesting team in system debugging and all along the verification/fix/deploy cycle
• Grow day-by-day a comprehensive understanding of the system structure, accumulating knowledge and cross-discipline understanding
• Proactively reporting the ongoing work status and progress, and systematically updating the project management tools such as Jira or equivalent