Backend Developer - Distributed Services

Company Description

Evolution is a multinational business at the forefront of the online gaming industry. We have an extensive track record of number 1s and are always looking for great people to help us create the next big product hit. Our team of 1,000+ engineers operates out of 8 engineering hubs running code 24/7/365 to serve users around the world. This is run through a modern software stack that supports over 250 fully automated releases per month in our main live environment. We believe in building in-house competence and agile work processes so that we can deliver on our Engineering mission: A flawless player experience.

Job Description

We appreciate all applications and interest in Evolution. This is a hybrid - role based in Stockholm, Sweden.

We're expanding our NetEnt Core Platform team in Stockholm and are on the hunt for passionate Software Engineers. You are either already proficient in Scala and functional programming or enthusiastic about learning. In this role, you'll be responsible for backend applications that manage the logic of our 300+ first person casino games, all developed and operated by us at Evolution Group.
Our team is committed to developing, maintaining, and enhancing multiple backend applications and libraries that together deliver a high-performance, low-latency gaming experience for our players. We take pride in our well-designed, scalable systems that utilize modern functional programming-based design approaches. We firmly believe that Scala's functional programming approach results in high-performing systems that are simpler to construct and maintain. If you're a passionate Software Engineer looking to make a significant impact in the gaming industry, we'd love to hear from you.

You will need to:

• Be proactive, pragmatic and professional, deliver results
• Write code that make our games and related functionality run
• Write unit and other automated tests
• Work and communicate efficiently with the rest of the development team, including PO, front-end developers and design
• Actively participate in code reviews so that code delivered by you and your team is of great quality
• Own your applications, ensure they deploy and run 24/7 on our Kubernetes platform with great performance
• Be ready to invest the effort to become an even better developer

Qualifications

• Have proven experience in delivering production software using Scala, Java or comparable language
• Be familiar with functional/reactive, asynchronous, non-blocking styles of programming
• Passion for our profession and improving yourself technically
• Have a problem solving mindset, including that you are willing to move outside your comfort zone and learn and work with new technologies.
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly proficient in spoken and written English
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

We will appreciate experience with or wiliness to learn about:

• Building high performance clustered systems, modular FP-based architecture, as well as actor systems, where they are necessary
• Cats, Cats Effect, ZIO, Monix, Akka Actors, Akka Persistence, Akka Cluster, http4s, Tagless Final
• Event Sourcing & CQRS
• Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra

Additional Information

Exiting opportunity at our brand new office in the heart of Stockholm with amazing colleagues! Join our dynamic international team and be a part of a vibrate work environment where innovation thrives. Embrace the city´s energy as you contribute to our company´s growth!
Evolution provides a dynamic and creative work environment with a unique opportunity for the right people to enhance their skills and drive their passion. Our culture is rooted in Evolution’s core values ALIVE, do RIGHT and work TOGETHER and we operate guided by our vision to become the leading supplier of online casino in the world. 

Our benefits are

• Competitive pension and health insurance
• 30 paid vacation days 
•  Fitness benefit (Friskvårdsbidrag)
• Professional growth
• Sport activities, parties, team buildings 

Apply now and be a key player in our success story!

We appreciate all applications and interest in Evolution. This is a hybrid - role based in Stockholm, Sweden.