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About Niche
Niche is the leader in school search. Our mission is to make researching and enrolling in schools easy, transparent, and free. With in-depth profiles on every school and college in America, 140 million reviews and ratings, and powerful search tools, we help millions of people find the right school for them. We also help thousands of schools recruit more best-fit students, by highlighting what makes them great and making it easier to visit and apply.

Niche is all about finding where you belong, and that mission inspires how we operate every day. We want Niche to be a place where people truly enjoy working and can thrive professionally.

About the Role
We're looking for a driven, resourceful, and systematic Software Engineer to join our growing team. As a Back End Software Engineer, you will be tasked with building and enhancing services in our distributed systems, with a strong focus on reliability, maintainability, and scalability. Our microservices platform is built on Go, Postgresql, Kafka, Elasticsearch, and more.

What You Will Do

During the 1st Month:

• Attend onboarding sessions to better understand our internal processes and learn about the company
• Join a product team and begin working within an Agile development framework
• Collaborate with product team members to implement and ship new features or functionality
• Meet with various team members to learn how your role fits within the team, the tech department, and Niche
• Shadow Back End team members to learn more about our tech stack, the products we support, and our development standards and processes

Within 3 Months:

• Participate in code reviews and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback to other Back End team members
• Gain exposure to the platform's underlying infrastructure and deployment processes
• Contribute to onboarding documentation for future hires

Within 6 Months:

• Work with members of the tech and product teams to distill user stories or business requirements into technical requirements/design
• Understand the high-level architecture of the website, mobile app, and other consumers of our back-end services

Within 12 months:

• Confidently implement new functionality and fix bugs across a variety of Back End projects
• Begin identifying areas for improvement in our codebase, researching best practices, and making recommendations to the team on strategies to address them
• Solidify understanding of the breadth of our tech stack, including underlying infrastructure, front end applications, and internal tools, and how they interact with our back-end services.

What We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
• 2-3+ years of professional experience
• Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages (Go, C/C++, C#, Java, Python, etc.)
• Experience with one or more SQL databases (Postgresql, SQL Server, etc.)
• Strong understanding of common data structures and algorithms
• Basic understanding of networking protocols
• Working knowledge of Git
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written

Why Niche?

• Full time, salaried position with competitive compensation
• Comprehensive health plan, including vision and dental, provided at no cost to the employee
• 20 PTO days, 10 Paid Holidays, and 3 Volunteer Days Off per year
• Parental leave
• Stock options and 401(k) with employer match
• Your ideas and work will make an immediate impact on our company and millions of users

Niche will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future for this opening.

Candidates only. No recruiters or agencies, please. All of our open positions are located in our Pittsburgh, PA office and we are also open to remote candidates. Sorry, we do not offer relocation assistance.

Niche is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.

About Game Analytics

From indie developers, games studios, to established publishers, GameAnalytics is currently the #1 analytics tool for anyone building a mobile game. Our network includes +100,000 games, which are played by more than 2 billion people each month.

What’s our mission? To help game developers make the right decisions based on data. And by joining our team, you’ll be working on new and innovative products to help tens of thousands of people in the industry do just that.

About the team

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior PHP Developer with experience building SaaS web applications. This is a great position for someone looking to take a leading role in the development of a promising new GameAnalytics product. GameAnalytics is one of the world’s most popular analytics tools, with a network of 140,000 integrated games that are played by more than 1.7 billion people each month (more than ⅓ of mobile gamers).

As part of the wider team, you’ll work closely and collaboratively with key business stakeholders, reporting directly to the business unit commercial and engineering leads. We’re looking for a quick learner with proven experience building large scale PHP systems. Also, a geek at heart who loves to play around with the latest technologies and games.

You’ll work closely with the engineering, product and marketing teams to ensure that our tools are always performing at their very best. You’ll have a good memory and an analytical mind and you’ll apply these smarts to improve the overall development process with automated unit tests and TDD.

Key responsibilities

• Key contributor on the development of a promising new GameAnalytics product
• Working closely with product development, engineering and frontend teams to rapidly develop our product, across several different technologies (PHP & JS focus)
• Participate in feature development and create tasks/tickets in Jira/Trello, as well as fully testing and reviewing all updates in a TDD environment
• Ensure a bug-free experience for our customers via extensive testing; i.e. unit tests to ensure ongoing quality, bug-free code
• High responsiveness to internal queries, prioritisation of issues and escalation to other members of the team where necessary
• Helping to coordinate frequent product releases without jeopardizing system stability
• Ensure that our internal documentation is clear, comprehensive and well-maintained

Requirements

• 7+ years experience in PHP software development at a major company
• Knowledge of MySQL and other database technologies
• Experience processing data asynchronously (distributed and parallel processing)
• Proficient working with classes (encapsulation, abstraction, polymorphism, traits, etc)
• Solid understanding of both TDD and Automated Testing
• Understanding of design patterns and implementation of frameworks
• Knowledgeable about (and motivated to follow) clean code paradigms
• Good understanding of gaming in general and mobile gaming in particular
• Great written communication and interpersonal skills -- able to build rapport with a wide array of people using virtual communication channels
• Excellent oral and verbal skills in English

Desirable

• Previous experience building SaaS applications and working with AWS
• Experience working with non-relational databases (NoSQL, Couchbase, etc)
• Some level of experience with frontend development (Javascript, HTML, CSS, etc)
• A games industry background (or real passion for games) is a big bonus!

Benefits

• Remote working flexbility – or part time remote
• (When in office) Food, snacks and drinks
• Entertainment Area
• 25 Days paid holiday (excluding bank holiday)
• Company sickness leave
• Parental and guardian leave
• Additional compassionate leave
• “Work-from-Anywhere” Scheme
• Learning budgets
• Monthly social nights
• Expense phone bill
• Cycle to work scheme

Please note that for remote roles located outside of the UK and Denmark, you will be hired under a PEO arrangement. This is to ensure that our benefits are not in violation of local employment laws.

Job Benefits:

• Company social nights
• "Work from anywhere" Scheme
• Expense mobile phone bill
• Learning budget
• Company sickness leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Work equipment
• 25 Days paid holiday (Excluding public holidays)
• Parental & Guardian leave

Time zone: (GMT+00:00) London +/- 2 hours

About Us and Why We’re Hiring

We build “You Need a Budget,” the best budgeting software and education resources around. (Those in the know call us YNAB, which is pronounced “why-nab.”) For more than a decade, people have been buying YNAB and then telling their friends what a difference it has made in their lives. Google us, or read some of our reviews on the app store, and you’ll see what we mean. We love building something that has a huge positive impact on people’s lives.

We have big plans for our entire app ecosystem, including our web app and API. All of those plans necessitate changes on our back-end that runs on Rails/Postgres and our front-end Ember app written in TypeScript. That’s where you come in!

We have one overarching requirement when it comes to joining our team: our Cultural Manifesto has to really click with you. If you’re nodding emphatically while reading this, you’ll probably fit right in!

Of course, we have some firm* requirements too, like five years of full-stack professional web application development experience. For us this means you either know the server-side really well and have some client-side experience, or you’re an absolute expert on front-end development and have some server-side know-how.

*Well, firm-ish. If you know you’re a great fit for this role but fall short of the five-year requirement, include a specific pitch with your application on why we should consider you anyway! How you pitch us is up to you, just make sure it’s short and creative.

First, let’s talk about life at YNAB, and then we’ll go into detail about what we’re looking for.

Who You’d Be Working With

Our developer team is about 25 people strong, and we frequently operate in cross-functional teams, so you’ll get to work with awesome people from all different roles in the company.

Regardless of their varied interests, all of our developers have one thing in common: They are a joy to work with. You won’t find heated arguments and raised voices here. We save our competitive spirit for YNAB’s external competitors (or the occasional lively board game session), but internally we build up our teammates and celebrate their successes. We all love to program and solve problems in creative ways, and we regularly take time to geek out and show each other something cool we built or found to make our lives easier.

And of course, as a developer, you’ll work closely with our amazing designers. They have the awards (including at least one actual Emmy®) to prove they’re good at designing stuff. More importantly, they welcome feedback and suggestions during the development process and are happy to tweak an interaction if you tell them it will save you significant development effort.

How You’ll Work at YNAB

We strive hard to make working at YNAB a unique and fantastic experience (we’ve even been named Fortune’s #1 Best Small Company to Work For). We have a team full of truly exceptional people—the kind you’ll be excited to work with. Here’s how we operate:

Responsibility and Empowerment

YNAB appreciates, respects, and trusts the expertise and judgment of our developers. We empower them to do what they think is right.

We also work collaboratively. We continuously seek the right amount of structure and unity necessary to maximize productivity. Where it makes sense, we designate someone to make a call.

Even though our developers are right a lot, it's okay to make mistakes here. Exploration and calculated risks are vital to velocity and growth. We freely admit when we're wrong. If something doesn't go as expected, we learn, bounce back, and make corrections.

You won't be alone; others will be there to help, review, reassure, and back you up. We own our processes and collective outcomes as a team.

Live Where You Want

We’re a distributed team, so you can live and work wherever you want, as long as it’s somewhere between the Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8) and the Central European Time Zone (UTC+1). Proximity doesn’t influence productivity. Just make sure you have a reliable internet connection.

No Crazy Hours

We want everyone to have a full life outside of YNAB. We seldom work more than 40 hours per week. There have been rare occasions where things got a little crazy, and people logged some extra hours. But then they took additional time off to balance it all out. We work hard and smart, but we’re in this for the long haul; there’s no need to go crazy on the hours.

Take Vacation (Seriously)

We want you to take vacation. In fact, we have a minimum vacation policy of three weeks per year. Five weeks feels about right (plus two extra weeks for Holiday break). It’s important to get plenty of downtime and get out and do something. We’ll look forward to seeing pictures of your adventures in our #office_wall Slack channel.

The YNAB Retreat

When the pandemic isn’t keeping us from traveling, we get the teams together once a year to catch up on spreadsheets and powerpoints in a Best Western conference room. Just kidding. So far, we’ve done Costa Rica, a gigantic cabin in the mountains, a beach house in the Outer Banks, a ranch in Montana, and most recently, Laguna Beach. We do really fun things at these retreats, but the highlight is inevitably just being together and having a blast.

Up Your Game

We’re serious about helping you improve your craft. We budget for it (hey-o!). Think conferences, Lynda/Skillshare subscriptions, books, and dedicated time away from work to learn something new. We love to see our people grow.

International is Absolutely Okay

If you are Stateside, we’ll set you up as a W2 employee. If you’re international, you’ll be set up as a contractor. We are already spread across the world: Switzerland, Scotland, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Canada, and all over the United States.

Benefits

We offer excellent health, dental, and vision insurance for our US employees, where we cover 100% of the premium for you and your family. (No need to check your vision, you read that right, 100%. Although if you did need to check your vision, we’ve got you covered!)

We also have a Traditional and Roth 401k option. YNAB matches your contributions, up to six percent of your paycheck. Matches vest immediately. (Are you a personal finance junkie like our founder Jesse? He set up YNAB’s 401k to have the lowest fee structure possible, where all plan costs are paid by YNAB, not your retirement nest egg. The investment funds available are fantastic, passively-managed, ultra low-cost index funds. You’re not a PF junkie? Trust us, it’s awesome.)

Competitive Compensation

We use a leading compensation data provider to set competitive and well-defined pay ranges for all of our positions. Your pay is the same no matter where you live, and our goal is to pay at or above the market rate in the United States. We consider raises every year and have a bonus plan based on profitability, which you’re in on from day one. YNAB wins, you win. That kind of thing.

Other Tidbits

• Once you start, we DEMAND (in a friendly, ALL CAPS IS YELLING way) that you fill out your “Bucket List” spreadsheet with 50 items. (That’s harder than it sounds!)
• The bucket list really helps in deciding what we should give you for your birthday and the holidays.
• We’re all adults. There’s no need to punch a clock or ask for permission to take off early one afternoon to go see the doctor. We look at what you accomplish, not how long you sit (have you tried standing?) in front of a computer.
• We want you firing on all cylinders so we’ll set you up with a top-of-the-line computer and phone and will replace them regularly.
• Did we mention we make a huge, positive difference in people’s lives?

If this sounds like your ideal environment, read on because now we want to talk about you. You will play a big, big part in building something easy and joyful to use that helps millions of people discover budgeting as an essential financial and life-planning tool. You will change lives.

You, Our New Senior Full Stack Developer

You’re a Full Stack developer with at least five years of experience building, shipping, monitoring, and maintaining SaaS apps at scale (not just websites).

You’re an expert in at least one modern server-side framework (Rails, ASP.NET, Express, Django, etc).

Some client-side experience is required as a minimum, meaning you know enough HTML/CSS/some-client-side-framework to get stuff on the screen matching a designer’s spec. We work in small, cross-functional teams where you will likely find yourself responsible for implementation on both the back-end (Rails and Postgres), as well as the front-end (using Ember or Vue and written in TypeScript).

If your focus has been more on front-end development, then you're among the best of the best with a client-side framework such as Ember and also have some server-side depth.

You’re not necessarily the “Ops” person where you work, but you certainly understand the infrastructure well enough to aid in architecting and maintaining scalable solutions. We host on Heroku, so experience there is a bonus, but experience with AWS or other popular IAAS/PAAS is just fine.

You’ll do things like help vet and improve our server-side layer, implement new features, integrate with third-party APIs, and shepherd our application. We might have conversations that start like this:

• “How can we be certain that our application is going to scale as we grow? How did the other apps you worked on handle similar load conditions?”
• “We want to expose these parts of the API to 3rd party developers. Will that API need to differ from our internal API, and if so, how?”
• “We want to make it possible for users to sort their transactions in a new way, and we are thinking of using drag-and-drop to make that possible. What changes on our client and server will be necessary to accomplish this?”
• “We need to integrate a new data aggregation partner to connect bank accounts and import transactions. How do we set it up so that we can reuse most of that work if we bring on another partner later?”

You’re our person if:

• You are an excellent developer that can adapt to new languages quickly.
• You write code that is easy for other programmers and your future self to understand and use.
• You have plenty of war stories to tell about the last time you launched a big SaaS application, or weathered a massive spike in load, or recovered from an outage.
• You are comfortable with JavaScript and have developed a user facing front-end with a web framework such as Ember, Vue, React, or Angular.
• You know your way around SQL and relational databases. If the database layer turns out to be the culprit behind an issue, it’s not a black box to you. (Experience with Postgres is a bonus.)
• You have an understanding of algorithms and data structures beyond arrays and “for loops.” That doesn’t mean you have to be a computer science PhD or even that you have to know “Big O” notation, but you should know when to use a Dictionary/Map, and why finding an element in a sorted array is faster than finding an element in an unsorted array.
• While perhaps not a security specialist, you are aware of how websites and services can be exploited, are security conscious while you code, and protective of customer data and privacy.
• You have excellent debugging skills. You know how to find problems and how to architect apps so that problems are discoverable in the first place.
• You already use and love YNAB. (Not a requirement, but we’ll give you bonus points for this one.)

Examples of things you might be working on at YNAB:

• Integrating with 3rd party APIs like Aggregation Providers, Payment Gateways, and Analytics Services
• Profiling our most common API calls using tools like pganalyze or Sumo Logic and acting on the information to reduce response times
• Helping improve our public and private APIs to make them easier for external and internal developers to use
• Working with our external database and security consultants to make sure we haven’t missed anything
• Installing monitoring tools like Rollbar to help us detect client-side and server-side issues
• Updating behavior or adding a new UI component to our web app
• Writing automated tests for new features or improving our existing test suites
• Submitting and reviewing PRs in GitHub, collaborating in Basecamp, and jumping on a Slack call to get an extra pair of eyes on a gnarly bug

Diversity

YNAB is an equal opportunity employer. We believe a diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, abilities, and experiences is critical to our success. We are passionate about creating a welcoming, supportive, and collaborative environment for all employees. All are encouraged to apply as we continue to grow a smart, experienced, and diverse team that loves working together to build something that matters.

How to Apply

• Apply below by 11:59pm on April 25th, 2021. Firm. It’s a real deadline.
• Write a cover letter and attach it as a PDF. In your cover letter:
• Introduce yourself, tell us why this position is of interest to you, and why you would be a great fit. This portion of the cover letter should be less than a page and a half.
• On a separate page of your cover letter, please answer the following questions. Each response should be about a paragraph in length:
• 1. What criteria do you look for when searching for your next company or position?
• 2. What are your favorite and least favorite parts of your current job?
• 3. Tell us about a time when you had to learn something new to excel at your job.
• 4. Please tell us about apps or anything you’ve built that makes you look good, and describe your role in those projects. (Include links if applicable.)
• 5. Briefly (no more than a few sentences) describe a proud “debugging” moment you had, where you found and fixed a bug.
• 6. If you were interviewing a prospective developer for this position, what would be a good interview question to ask to find out if a candidate really knew their stuff?
• Complete this short coding test in your language of choice and include a link to your results in your cover letter. This shouldn’t take more than 30 minutes or so: https://www.interviewzen.com/apply/PVNGB2
• If you have a prepared resume, attach it in PDF form. If you don’t have a resume because you aren’t even sure you’re looking to change jobs, that’s fine! In that case, please just include an informal list of your work and education history or a link to your LinkedIn profile.
• Please send all attachments as PDFs.

P.S. If this position isn’t right for you at this time, but you know someone else who might be interested, we’d really appreciate it if you passed this along!

Time zone: (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time - Halifax +/- 4 hours

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Director to join our rapidly growing team. We’re trusted with some of the biggest IPs in the world by partners who come to us with the toughest technical challenges.

We’re evolving the games industry by being different and we look after our team well. We avoid crunch and overtime is always optional, and always paid, to allow you and your team to have a genuine work life balance and still work on some great projects.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and walks of life.

WOULD YOU ENJOY

• Working closely with our technical, leadership and management teams to shape the future of development at Double Eleven
• Mentoring a team of brilliant engineers so they can do their best work
• Sharing the best approaches from inside and outside the studio with teams in our UK and Malaysia studios
• Ensuring that we only ship the best possible experience on a platform
• Keeping an eye on the future to ensure our tools are always ready for what’s next

We are fundamentally different in the way we work and what you may be used to. Our company was created on the premise that people could have normal lives and do what they love doing. On the rare occasions we work overtime it’s always paid and from time to time we also offer voluntary out of hours paid projects. Think of us as a crew instead of a studio, heading in the same direction and dependent on one another to succeed.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS

• A leader in your field
• As comfortable in code as you are working with your team setting a direction and ensuring that it’s followed
• Hands on, you work best when you’re collaborating with others
• A capable facilitator, bringing the right people together to solve a problem

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Technical roadmap development and review on all projects
• Definition and execution of tool development planning
• Support for the wider technical team on projects
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Opportunities for development and training
• Review of opportunities and future projects
• Reporting on progress to senior stakeholders and setting targets for the team

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED

• 5+ years at technical director level
• 2 games shipped in this role on multiple console platforms
• A full understanding of modern software development practices.
• Exceptional coding skills in C++ / C#
• Experience with performing code reviews and setting coding standards.
• Advanced knowledge of modern rendering techniques and API’s.
• Advanced knowledge of optimisation and multi-threading, particularly on console

SKILLS OR INTERESTS CONSIDERED A BONUS (NOT REQUIRED TO APPLY)

• Advanced knowledge of Unity / UE4, especially at engine code level.
• Advanced knowledge of networking, P2P hosting and client - server architecture.
• Advanced knowledge of build pipelines, CI software (Team City / Jenkins).
• Advanced knowledge of asset creation pipelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

All relevant qualifications considered.

WORKING AT DOUBLE ELEVEN

We’re pretty sure we’re the best place to work, period. Some of our benefits include:

• Flexible working hours (start anytime between 8:00am and 10:00am)
• Flexible lunch hours.
• Personal development plan and potential annual performance bonuses.
• Vitality Private Healthcare (for you and your family).
• Christmas bonuses.
• State of the art office facilities
• Regular team lunches and title launch parties.
• Additional leave for moving house and your birthday.
• Cycle scheme.
  
  
  

WHAT WE DO

Double Eleven Limited is a full-service publisher and developer, with our head office located in Middlesbrough and a second office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since becoming an independent publisher, Double Eleven has focused on bringing great games to new platforms and audiences including titles from the PixelJunk series, Prison Architect, and Goat Simulator. Double Eleven has also developed a strong reputation for technical skill, working on external titles such as the Lego Harry Potter series (PS4/XB1/Switch), Limbo (Vita) Crackdown 3 (Windows 10) and most recently brought Minecraft Dungeons (Switch, PS4 & Xbox One) to players around the world in partnership with Mojang and Microsoft.

OUR ETHOS

In 2017 and 2018, we were voted one of the best places to work in the UK Games Industry by gamesindustry.biz.

From development and business development, marketing to distribution, there’s a huge amount of talent and experience here from all levels of the games industry. Through hard work, ambition and humanity, we are able to use that experience to create and bring to market great games that people love.

Job Benefits:

• Flexible working hours (start anytime between 8:00am and 10:00am)
• Flexible lunch hours
• Personal development plan and potential annual performance bonuses
• Vitality Private Healthcare (for you and your family)
• Christmas bonuses
• State of the art office facilities
• Regular team lunches and title launch parties
• Additional leave for moving house and birthdays
• Cycle scheme
• Annual appraisal and pay review

Please note: this is not a “Level Designer” role, but please stay tuned for future vacancies on our website

We’re a new breed of games company.

We’re evolving the games industry by being different and we look after our team well. We never crunch and overtime is always optional, and always paid.

As we expand our product portfolio with AAA games (including recent announcements and more to come), we’re looking for a Lead Games Designer who can make a big impact at our fast growing studio.

We’re on the hunt for a creative leader who is excited by transforming their and their teams’ vision, into coherent designs and direction. We seek individuals with experience overseeing a full game or large areas therein, that can also bring their experience working with and coaching other Designers. You’ll collaborate closely with other designers, artists, UI and gameplay code teams to shape and integrate your vision/s. You may also work with and assist production, to help task and track the project’s development, as well as oversee the work of Designers on the team.

Initially you’ll work remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic and when our team returns to the studio, you’ll have the option to set up camp at our HQ in Middlesbrough, UK. We're willing to offer 100% remote working (UK only) for this role. Currently Double Eleven is working effectively remotely and we continue to assess the Covid-19 situation, with the safety of our staff as our top priority. We’re still actively recruiting and onboarding new staff and will provide you with everything you need to join remotely.

Strictly no agencies (sorry guys!) and we're unable to sponsor a visa at this time.

WOULD YOU ENJOY

• Playing a key role in the creation of beautiful games and memorable player experiences
• Joining a company in a very senior, decision making capacity
• Working with structure but having the creative freedom to work in white space
• Working with a team that has a great reputation in the industry, and only works on projects where it can do a great job and continues to grow

Think of us as a crew instead of a studio, heading in the same direction and dependent on one another to succeed.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Establish or support the creative direction of a project or aspects of it
• Support, empower and monitor the work of other designers in their team, in a lead role
• Work closely with all department leads (Art, Code, Production, QA) as the game takes shape, convey your ideas concisely and champion a high level of quality and player experience throughout
• Undertake and approach design tasks that are fit for purpose - Whether it be designing brand new content, creating suitable additional content for our current catalogue, or analysing and improving existing features for a game we may be bringing across to a new platform
• Create clear annotated mockups and/or diagrams for UI(s) and HUDs, for artists and coders to follow and implement efficiently
• Visualise and consider the entire game and its components when designing or improving content
• A great designer can not only come up with innovative new mechanics but also fully understand the implications on the rest of the game and its ecosystems; Controls, UI, player messaging and feedback, consistency, pacing, difficulty curve, etc. Take a proactive approach to foresee problems and provide design solutions that are mindful of a project’s scope and timescales

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• 4 or more years working as a Senior or Lead Games Designer on at least 3 shipped products
• We are flexible in this regard and would consider the right candidate with a lot of experience at a lower level
• Project leadership skills - Experience leading a game design and/or the key features therein, ensuring your own (and/or your team’s) designs are clear, concise, produced in a timely manner, properly implemented and balanced
• Experience working independently and/or leading other designers, and working closely with other departments to communicate and deliver your (and your teams’) designs to a high standard
• Experience in participating in many forms of game design, including; UI/UX, game modes, key features and mechanics, balancing and progression, accessibility, reward systems, etc
• We also hope that you could bring your own unique experiences and skill-sets to our business
• A high level of general language skills and an ability to create an exceptional standard of documentation, diagrams, spreadsheets or flow charts to communicate your design visions

SKILLS OR INTERESTS CONSIDERED A BONUS

• Creating and presenting game pitches
• Experience working on Live Service products and/or managing and designing for a game’s long tail of post-launch content
• Community coordinator or management experience
• Press demos and presentations
• Experience working on both PC and current-gen console platforms
• Experience working in a production or producer role and everything schedule-orientated that keeps a project and its feature implementation on track - from design through to tasking, milestones, implementation, testing and tuning of features and mechanics
• Knowledge and experience of game engines (Unity/Unreal), scripting (Java/Lua), database creation/management
• Public speaking and presenting
• Someone who is confident in a public forum and available to help represent the company and our games at shows, press events and expos at home and abroad is invaluable
• Creative or narrative writing skills and experience, perhaps classically trained
• Experience working on titles or projects with live operations

QUALIFICATIONS

• All relevant qualifications considered

WORKING AT DOUBLE ELEVEN

We’re pretty sure we’re the best place to work, period.

Some of our benefits include:

• Flexible working hours (start anytime between 8:00am and 10:00am)
• Flexible lunch hours
• Personal development plan and potential annual performance bonuses
• Vitality Private Healthcare (for you and your family)
• Christmas bonuses
• State of the art office facilities
• Regular team lunches and title launch parties
• Additional leave for moving house and birthdays
• Cycle scheme

WHAT WE DO

Double Eleven Limited is a full-service publisher and developer, with our head office located in Middlesbrough and a second office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since becoming an independent publisher, Double Eleven has focused on bringing great games to new platforms and audiences including titles from the PixelJunk series, Prison Architect, and Goat Simulator. Double Eleven has also developed a strong reputation for technical skill, working on external titles such as the Lego Harry Potter series (PS4/XB1/Switch), Limbo (Vita) Crackdown 3 (Windows 10) and most recently brought Minecraft Dungeons (Switch, PS4 & Xbox One) to players around the world in partnership with Mojang and Microsoft.

OUR ETHOS

In 2017 and 2018, we were voted one of the best places to work in the UK Games Industry by gamesindustry.biz. From development and business development, marketing to distribution, there’s a huge amount of talent and experience here from all levels of the games industry.

Through hard work, ambition and humanity, we are able to use that experience to create and bring to market great games that people love.

Contact email for all queries: jobs@double11.com

Job Benefits:

• Flexible working hours (start anytime between 8:00am and 10:00am)
• Flexible lunch hours
• Personal development plan and potential annual performance bonuses
• Vitality Private Healthcare (for you and your family)
• Christmas bonuses
• State of the art office facilities
• Regular team lunches and title launch parties
• Additional leave for moving house and birthdays
• Cycle scheme
• Annual appraisal and pay review

Responsibilities:

• Data product engineer: Build and deploy machine learning models into production designed for operational excellence and rapid iteration/optimization.
• Data storyteller: Effectively deliver analysis, insights, and recommendations to answer cross-functional business questions with clearly communicated artifacts using statistical analysis, ad-hoc reporting, etc.
• Applied behavioral scientist: Advance the understanding of behavior change and interventions by measuring quantitative and qualitative signals across a breadth of psychographic signals.
• Act as an owner: It’s not done until it’s in production. Adept at moving projects forward and able to unblock projects regardless of the role on the project.
• Do less, deliver more: Familiar with the terms YAGNI and yak shaving? Focus your efforts on high impact initiatives that really move the needle.
• Impress yourself: We hold ourselves to quality above and beyond something that “just gets it done”. Each line of code is an opportunity to blend craftsmanship with playfulness.
• Collaborate without ego: Willing to take on roles small or large in order to further the mission at hand.
• Stay on your edge: Continuously learning and applying emerging technologies. Pushing yourself and your team to new heights.
• Practice imagination: Hypothesize meaningful questions and dive into data to uncover insights.

If you have some or all of the following please apply:

• 5+ years of relevant experience, at least part of which in a startup environment.
• Alignment with BetterUp mission of enabling behavior change.
• Succeeded in a remote work environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Impressive portfolio (patents, publications, Kaggle profile, etc).
• Advanced Python expertise with data analysis and machine learning libraries (e.g. Numpy, tensorflow, etc).
• Experience with advanced machine learning architectures and models (e.g. NLP, Deep learning, etc).
• Effective analytical presentation skills using Jupyter notebooks and static presentation formats.
• Efficient database modeling and cleaning techniques (SQL).
• Experience with cloud computing techniques (AWS, GCP or Azure).

Benefits:

At BetterUp, we are committed to living out our mission every day and that starts with providing benefits that allow our employees to care for themselves, support their families, and give back to their community.

• Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member
• A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement
• Full coverage for medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employer Paid Life, AD&D, STD and LTD insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• Per year:
• 13 paid holidays
• 4 BetterUp Inner Work days (https://www.betterup.co/inner-work)
• 5 Volunteer Days to give back
• Learning and Development stipend
• Holiday charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp
• 401(k) self contribution

BetterUp Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, BetterUp Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We’re looking for a driven iOS engineer who cares deeply about their craft, and who wants to use their skills to bring about positive change in the world while working in a high performing organization using modern software development approaches. Someone who is comfortable in the rapidly changing nature of a startup environment but also adept at moving relentlessly forward: doing what needs to be done to unblock projects that truly deliver value to our users. At BetterUp we delight in supporting and pushing each other to bring out the best in our colleagues, and would love someone to join the team who shares our passions for empathy, excellence, and continuous improvement. We also deeply understand that a key to peak performance is balance, and our culture is focused on providing the support our people need to be able to bring their whole selves to bear in service of our mission.

Responsibilities:

• Product Engineer - Collaborate with designers and stakeholders to craft top-notch experiences in our fully-Swift iOS application and also seize opportunities to stay on your edge and stretch beyond mobile engineering to get the job done.
• Lean and Agile Owner - Collaborate with cross functional teams to distill and synthesize requirements into discreet and meaningful iterations that can be implemented quickly to facilitate tight feedback loops and learning via data and metrics. Leverage Lean Startup and Agile methodologies along with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment infrastructure to rapidly prototype and validate ideas.
• Quality Maintainer - Build a scalable and stable application architecture using MVVM and Functional Reactive patterns to deliver a first-class mobile product. Follow automated testing best practices to enable us to move quickly without breaking things.

If you have some or all of the following please apply:

• 5+ years of experience building native iOS applications, including time spent at a startup
• Strong and up-to-date grasp of Swift and the iOS SDK
• Strong grasp of UI design patterns and passion for delightful user experiences
• Familiarity with functional reactive programming concepts (ReactiveCocoa/ReactiveSwift) or a strong desire to learn them
• Experience with automated testing (unit tests/integration tests/etc)
• Successful history of working as part of a remote team
• Strong verbal and written communication, a high level of integrity and a passion for collaboration

Benefits:

At BetterUp, we are committed to living out our mission every day and that starts with providing benefits that allow our employees to care for themselves, support their families, and give back to their community.

• Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member
• A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement
• Full coverage for medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employer Paid Life, AD&D, STD and LTD insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• Per year:
• 13 paid holidays
• 4 BetterUp Inner Work days (https://www.betterup.co/inner-work)
• 5 Volunteer Days to give back
• Learning and Development stipend
• Holiday charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp
• 401(k) self contribution

BetterUp Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, BetterUp Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We’re looking for a driven software engineer who cares deeply about their craft, and who wants to use their skills to bring about positive change in the world while working in a high performing organization using modern software development approaches. Someone who is comfortable in the rapidly changing nature of a startup environment but also adept at moving relentlessly forward: doing what needs to be done to unblock projects that truly deliver value to our users. At BetterUp we delight in supporting and pushing each other to bring out the best in our colleagues, and would love someone to join the team who shares our passions for empathy, excellence, and continuous improvement. We also deeply understand that a key to peak performance is balance, and our culture is focused on providing the support our people need to be able to bring their whole selves to bear in service of our mission.

Responsibilities:

• Product Engineer: Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to craft consumer grade experiences with an SPA frontend (Ember) and RESTful backend (Ruby on Rails).
• Lean and Agile Owner: Collaborate with cross functional teams to distill and synthesize requirements into discreet and meaningful iterations that can be implemented quickly to facilitate tight feedback loops and learning via data and metrics. Leverage Lean Startup and Agile methodologies along with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment infrastructure to rapidly prototype and validate ideas.
• Operational Maintainer: Build scalable and tolerant systems using container technologies (Docker) and cloud infrastructure (Heroku, AWS) as well as internal tooling to accelerate product development cycles.
• Data Spelunker: Answer business questions and influence product roadmap decisions using statistical analysis, ad-hoc reporting, or machine learning algorithms for offline modeling. Enable team members to answer questions with data systems and processes that leverage quantitative and qualitative inputs.

If you have some or all of the following please apply:

• 5+ years relevant experience, at least part of which in a startup environment.
• Alignment with BetterUp mission of enabling self-driven behavior change.
• Succeeded in a remote work environment.
• Frontline maintainer of "production" consumer application (volume, support, debugging).
• Strong experience with automated testing patterns.
• Ruby on Rails, Ember.js, Gitflow, Docker.
• Experienced in Agile product development processes (SCRUM, Kanban, Lean Startup, etc).
• Expert in current web technologies (HTTP, REST, Web Sockets, etc).
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Impressive Portfolio.

Benefits:

At BetterUp, we are committed to living out our mission every day and that starts with providing benefits that allow our employees to care for themselves, support their families, and give back to their community.

• Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member
• A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement
• Full coverage for medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employer Paid Life, AD&D, STD and LTD insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• Per year:
• 13 paid holidays
• 4 BetterUp Inner Work days (https://www.betterup.co/inner-work)
• 5 Volunteer Days to give back
• Learning and Development stipend
• Holiday charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp
• 401(k) self contribution

BetterUp Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, BetterUp Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We are looking for an experienced Front End Engineer to build engaging experiences that help individuals unlock their inner potential. You’ll be joining talented and passionate individuals doing the best work of their careers and together you’ll make an impact on the company and the lives of our customers.

This is a remote role, anywhere in the US!

Responsibilities:

• SPA Architect - Help guide the future of our Ember app, using your deep knowledge of modern Javascript, to ensure quality and maintainability.
• Product Engineer - Bring your technical perspective, as well as a curious, empathic mind to shape team decisions about design, scope, and priority; ensuring maximum value for our customers at each stage of the product's development.
• Champion of the Web - Be the expert resource for other engineers on issues such as motion and animation, cross-browser compatibility, accessibility, and CSS and Javascript best practices.
• Driver of Frontend Enablement - Build, enhance, and own processes and tools (for example, a component library, automated visual regression testing, code linting, or lunch and learn presentations) that allow your team members to execute with the force of your expertise.

If you have some or all of the following please apply:

• 3+ years experience.
• Expert verbal and written communication.
• Experts in current web technologies (HTML, CSS3, Javascript).
• Strong experience managing mobile responsive, complex Single Page Applications (SPA) and Progressive Web Applications (PWA) using current technologies such as Ember/React/etc (Ember preferred).
• Captivating portfolio of consumer grade applications with engaging interactions.

Benefits:

At BetterUp, we are committed to living out our mission every day and that starts with providing benefits that allow our employees to care for themselves, support their families, and give back to their community.

• Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member
• A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement
• Full coverage for medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employer Paid Life, AD&D, STD and LTD insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• Per year:
• 13 paid holidays
• 4 BetterUp Inner Work days (https://www.betterup.co/inner-work)
• 5 Volunteer Days to give back
• Learning and Development stipend
• Holiday charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp
• 401(k) self contribution

BetterUp Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, BetterUp Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We’re looking for an engineering leader who thrives on building world class teams to affect positive change in the world. At BetterUp we understand that true innovation comes from empowering groups of talented people to move fast and think creatively. Our managers exist to serve this end by supporting, unblocking, and pushing their teams to produce their best possible work. This could mean many different things from day to day but it does not involve simply handing out tasks to engineers for them to build. We’re seeking a leader who finds fulfillment in truly unlocking the potential of others.

Responsibilities:

• Team Leader - Lead agile software processes and help refine the product and engineering roadmap to drive user value and business impact. Contextualize new information for the team and provide updates to organizational leaders. Exercise sound judgement in helping guide team direction.
• Player + Coach - Get to know your team to understand their strengths, passions, and challenges. Know when to push people to help them realize their potential and how to support them when they struggle. Foster alignment between the goals of the individual and the needs of the business wherever possible. Learn the technical architecture and contribute by building features and reviewing code.
• Talent Seeker - Recruit, hire, and maintain a diverse team of exceptional remote first engineers. Hold a high bar of excellence for your team and encourage them to hold each other accountable.
• Agent of Change - Optimize and evolve engineering culture, processes, and best practices to create an environment where engineers are elevated by the ecosystem rather than hindered by it.

If you have some or all of the following please apply:

• Passion for coaching, education, behavioral sciences or other fields that lead to human well-being
• 10 years minimum software development experience (some of which involves leading teams)
• Proven leadership skills and strong oral and written communication
• Experience with startups and remote-first teams
• Expertise in agile software development processes (Kanban/SCRUM/Lean principles)
• Intentional prioritization and ability to deliver maximum impact with minimal effort
• Familiar with Continuous Deployment operations (Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and Feature Toggles)
• Deep understanding of SaaS/PaaS cloud architectures (AWS)
• Experience with multiple programming languages, standards, and best practices (Ruby/Javascript/Swift/Kotlin)
• Self-directed and comfortable working in ambiguous environments

Benefits:

At BetterUp, we are committed to living out our mission every day and that starts with providing benefits that allow our employees to care for themselves, support their families, and give back to their community.

• Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member
• A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement
• Full coverage for medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employer Paid Life, AD&D, STD and LTD insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• Per year:
• 13 paid holidays
• 4 BetterUp Inner Work days (https://www.betterup.co/inner-work)
• 5 Volunteer Days to give back
• Learning and Development stipend
• Holiday charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp
• 401(k) self contribution

BetterUp Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, BetterUp Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.