Junior Software Engineer

About usWe 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 doingWe 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 experiencesB.S. or higher preferably in Computer Science, Math or Physics (or equivalent work experience)Understanding distributed, highly scalable, low latency, fault tolerant backend architecture fundamentalsKnowledge of the Go programming language at an entry-level, including experience with basic Go syntax and concepts such as goroutines and channelsStrong engineering, design and architecture skillsExperience with software engineering best practicesDesired skills and experiencesFamiliarity with cloud systems such as AWSFamiliarity with NoSQL and in-memory databases like DynamoDB, RedisFamiliarity with container orchestration technologies like EKS, ECS, NomadFamiliarity with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Github ActionsFamiliarity with infrastructure-as-code technologies like CDK, Terraform, PulumiWhat makes our team so uniqueFeedback and transparency are at the heart of everything we doExceptional and passionate people/team membersEvery idea countsNever-ending learningWe never stop asking the questions “why” and “how”Our PerksTeam events and tripsGreat foodOn-site gymFull health benefitsCompensation for paid military serviceGood 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.