Senior Engineer

Senior Engineer

VGW is an interactive entertainment company, harnessing technology and creativity to deliver world-class, free-to-play games. 

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Engineering team in Sydney and are currently looking for a Senior Engineer to join the team. 

What you should know about our Engineering team:

• We make room to do things the right way, rather than hacking stuff in
• You own your projects: you build it, you ship it, you run it
• We were born in the cloud: practices and principles like CI/CD, IaC, O11y and CyberSec are part of what we do

When it comes to Learning and Development:

• Learning is part of our fabric. We have a world class Engineering Learning and Development program and we are passionate about career development. 
• Thought Leaders regularly give tailored talks and workshops for our team
• We are proactive in the community attending many local and international conferences; and when covid hit we held our own day-long conference: Techtonic
• We have both a technical and management track for career progression and promotions
• We have a library of books and videos with good content and encourage staying on top of new practices. 

In terms of our tech stack, we're hosted on AWS containerised with Docker. In these containers, we run our servers on Node.js connecting to DynamoDB. Our clients are built with TypeScript, PixiJS and use as few dependencies as possible.

What you will bring to the role:

• You have deep working experience with client-side web development technologies such as TypeScript or JavaScript, webpack/vite/jest/vitest.
• Though the role is clientside focused an understanding of client server communication patterns and standards is expected with some experience working on server side such as NodeJS being advantageous.
• While not mandatory, having prior experience with WebGL technologies such as PixiJS or Three.js along with GSAP or another animation library is an advantage. Experience, especially in the context of interactive visual applications, 2D game development, or animations using any other game engine (gadot, unity, unreal) is highly desirable.
• An ability to work with stakeholders prototyping and collaborating features to meet requirements while maintaining non functional application guidelines.
• Well rounded software engineering practices including, writing clean well-structured code, automated tests, and documentation.
• Strive to improve the codebase with an understanding of the underlying goals of existing strategies.
• Ensuring product features are being delivered effectively as measured by lead time, deployment frequency, change failure percentage, mean time to resolution and number of bugs in production.
• Experience designing a range of architecture patterns to fit the needs of the system. Exposure to game client specific patterns would be an advantage.
• Understanding of cloud development fundamentals (we are hosted on AWS).
• Containerisation (Docker and/or Kubernetes would be great).
• Strong fundamental knowledge of OO vs Functional programming paradigms
• Lead meetings, clearly communicate technical approaches, status, assess and mitigate risk.
• A collaborative approach to software engineering.
• Empathy and the willingness to coach and mentor team members.

Why VGW?

At VGW, we’re more than just a team. We’re a diverse and inclusive group of individuals, each playing a vital role in our success.

Our core values are clear and strong; we win together, do what’s right, put our players first and are powered by passion.

We believe in our people and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, inspired, and supported. We recognise that life is more than just work - that’s why we’re all about flexibility so you can strike a healthy balance between your personal life and career. We’re also here to champion your growth in your current role and future aspirations, providing opportunities for learning and career advancement. And to top it off, we back this all up with competitive compensation, perks and benefits.  

But it’s not all business. We inject fun into the workplace, celebrate together and create lasting memories, from a mix of in-person and online events, to social gatherings and much more.

It’s our combined skills, ideas and visions that drive us forward. Join us on this exciting journey, and together, we’ll achieve remarkable things. 

If you want to join a team that does things differently, apply today - we look forward to seeing what you can bring to our team.

Find out more at www.vgw.co

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