Junior Software Engineer

About Us

We were founded in 2017 with the motivation to reach people globally by giving them unique and unforgettable experiences with disruptive products. Our games have reached over 3.5 billion people. This could only be done by gathering exceptional talent and creating a culture to enhance team spirit and creativity. We are looking for passionate teammates to join our team!

What You'll Be Doing

We are looking for a passionate Backend Developer who is excited to architect and implement technology, tools and infrastructure that empower Good Job Games!

In this role, you will conceptualize and build external shared game services which are distributed, highly available, have high throughput and low latency. You will also build internal services and tools that support game operations, state of the art data analysis, business intelligence and automation at scale, empowering various teams at Good Job Games. We collaborate to bring out the best in each other. You will join with the hard working engineers on critical systems and you’ll have an opportunity to both learn, teach and grow yourself.

Minimum Skills And Experiences

B.S. or higher preferably in Computer Science, Math or Physics (or equivalent work experience)

• Understanding distributed, highly scalable, low latency, fault tolerant backend architecture fundamentals
• Knowledge of the Go programming language at an entry-level, including experience with basic Go syntax and concepts such as goroutines and channels
• Strong engineering, design and architecture skills
• Experience with software engineering best practices
  
  

Desired Skills And Experiences

Familiarity with cloud systems such as AWS

• Familiarity with NoSQL and in-memory databases like DynamoDB, Redis
• Familiarity with container orchestration technologies like EKS, ECS, Nomad
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code technologies like CDK, Terraform, Pulumi
  
  

What Makes Our Team So Unique

Feedback and transparency are at the heart of everything we do

• Exceptional and passionate people/team members
• Every idea counts
• Never-ending learning
• We never stop asking the questions “why” and “how”
  
  

Our Perks

Team events and trips

• Great food
• On-site gym
• Full health benefits
• Compensation for paid military service
• Good Job Games Coin Program that lets you have unforgettable experiences (e.g. Going on a cruise trip to Norway or seeing the Northern Lights)
  
  

This is an on-site role in Istanbul, Sarıyer. Unfortunately, we do not offer a fully-remote working option.