Über diese Game Architect Stelle bei Gram Games
Who We Are:
Gram Games is the studio behind popular titles like 1010!, Six!, Merge Dragons!, and Merge Magic!, with more exciting projects in the pipeline. We are proudly part of the Zynga & Take-Two Interactive family. We do things differently here: we work in small self-managing teams, giving you an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy, and impact.
At Gram, everyone is expected to have a razor-sharp focus on creating a tangible impact on their team, their work environment, and on the overall company strategy. If you are motivated by autonomy, constant improvement, collaboration, and a sense of belonging, this is the place for you.
The Game Architect will be responsible for realizing the creative vision of Merge Dragons within its technical structure. The Architect will ensure synchronization and consistency across highly complex software systems by providing strategic technical direction to the development teams, mentoring senior engineers, and ensuring that software solutions meet business and technical requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
-Define architectural standards and frameworks for software development.
-Spearhead the development of critical systems that require high reliability.
-Contribute technical roadmaps and strategic planning sessions.
-Evaluate and adopt new technologies to solve business needs.
-Facilitate knowledge sharing and skills development across the engineering team.
-Maintain oversight of project timelines and deliverables to ensure quality. -Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software developers.
-Ensure the technical feasibility and resource allocation for new game features.
-Conducts and leads highly complex projects which requires technical harmonization of multiple systems and other disciplines.
-Contributes to corporate level technical programs and represent the studio's technical views.
Required Education, Skills & Experience
-Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
-15+ Years of experience in software development or similar role
-To be an outstanding expert in technical architecture and programming
-Prior experience on system design and backend integration is a must
-Must have strategic understanding of game design and be able to engage in projects encompassing creative and technical art teams
-Must have hands on problem solving approach at debugging to resolve complex technical problems
-Experienced in performance management, talent acquisition, mentoring processes within technology teams
-Experienced in stakeholder management and facilitation
What We Offer You:
- Highly competitive salary
- Private medical care
- Company bonus scheme
- Awesome onsite chef serving breakfast, lunch, and lots of treats (naughty and nice)
- Life insurance and a favorable pension scheme
- Healthcare cash plan including dental and optical coverage
- Amazing tech to work with and consoles to play and relax with everywhere you look!
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We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at jobs@gram.gs to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.
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