Java Game Engine Developer

Reporting to the Head of Platform Development, the Java Game Engine Developer is a pragmatic and self-motivated individual who can both work on their own initiative and function well within a team.

The role will be expected to be able to give design recommendations and improve and maintain the current codebase. A love of mathematics is a distinct advantage for a role that relies heavily on statistics and probability.

Responsibilities

• Building game engines on the current GMR Game Engine Framework

• Extending the Game Engine Framework to accommodate unique game designs • Building improvements into the core Game Engine Framework

• Building tools and systems to improve game simulation and RTP calculation

Essential skills

• Excellent spoken and written English

• At least 2 years experience of Java Development

• Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodologies

• Experience of coding with Java Patterns and OO concepts, working within a framework • A Level grade understanding of mathematical concepts or equivalent

Preferable skills

• Experience of coding algorithms

• Spring Framework including Spring Boot

• SQL and RDBMS methodology

• Git, Maven & Nexus

• Continuous Integration

• Docker

• MySQL

Experience

• Experience of development of stable, scalable Java applications and services.
• Experience of mathematics associated with statistics, standard deviation and probability, ideally to A level or higher.

Remuneration

• £50 – 60k per annum commensurate with ability and experience.

• 30 days holiday per annum

• Private healthcare

• Pension scheme