Experienced/Senior Online Developer - Tech Team in Oxford

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION! For 30 years we have been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.

We are seeking an experienced or more senior back-end Online Developer to join our tech team, helping to build and support internal and external web APIs for our game engine team. The successful candidate will join a growing team and use their JavaScript expertise to contribute across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and system design to implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance. You will be working on building internal tools as well as public-facing APIs. This is primarily a back-end role, and we are looking for a developer with experience building performant, distributed backend APIs and efficiently utilising third-party services. You will be comfortable communicating with other teams to fix bugs and resolve issues. This is an excellent opportunity to build exciting business-critical systems while contributing to a team that is continuing to expand and evolve.

This exciting opportunity can be based out of either of our studios in Oxford or Warwick, offering flexibility, collaboration, and the chance to work with a world-class team! We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment. We believe in the power of face-to-face collaboration and encourage working from our studios. However, we understand that flexibility matters, so we’re open to discussing hybrid options based on individual needs.

• Produce performant and well-documented code
• Successfully develop and deploy new tools to support our game teams
• Respond to bugs and issues as they arise, providing timely resolution

• Design, build and deploy web applications to support our in-house engine team
• Maintain and improve existing tools
• Develop integrations with third-party APIs
• Support application deployments
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with other teams
• Contribute to improving development practices within a growing team

• Proven experience as a back-end developer
• Experience working within the games industry
• Strong experience with Node.js, JavaScript and TypeScript
• Knowledge of front-end frameworks such as Vue and React
• Experience with databases such as MySQL and NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with AWS or equivalent cloud environments
• Experience with software development tools and version control systems (Git; Perforce desirable)
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies
• Comfortable modifying/maintaining applications written in other languages (such as PHP) is desirable
• Experience writing serverless functions (AWS Lambda/Azure Functions) is a bonus

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and vision
• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
• Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces. Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, Reading, and we also offer free parking at the studio. Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms. We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers. Find out more about us here.

This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship.