Senior Backend Developer

About Sumo Digital, Leamington

Sumo Leamington was established in March 2019, and is managed and operated by a team of industry veterans with deep experience of service-based games. Our vision statement is quite simply 'we make you look forward to tomorrow'; a vision to make games which players will keep coming back to - day after day, year after year.

We also believe that by putting people and purpose first, our studio culture is one that drives performance, boasts enthusiasm, and is something that the team are proud to say they are part of.

Day in the Life of a Senior Backend Developer at Sumo Digital:

In this role, you will be responsible for deploying servers to the cloud, configuring environments, and conducting load testing to ensure optimal performance. Your problem-solving skills will be crucial in triaging and investigating bugs, as well as fixing them to maintain the smooth operation of our systems.

Additionally, you will be playing a key role in the development process by writing code systems for Stampede and providing insightful suggestions for improvement in the code, technology and development process. If you are passionate about game development and have a knack for problem-solving, we would love to hear from you!

What you need to do this job:

• Experience using Cloud Services, any one or more of: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform

• Experience with production-level cloud infrastructure at scale.

• Any one or more of the programming languages: C#, Go, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript

• Experience in running and launching a realtime-multiplayer game, at scale (>10,000 CCU)

The Interview Process:

The interview process for this role will consist of approximately three stages:

1st Stage: The first stage in the interview process will be meeting with the studio technical director and the associate technical director, in this interview we will talk through the project you'll be joining and your technical skills and experience for this role.

2nd Stage: The second stage in the interview process will be with members from the programming team outside of the backend developers, this interview will give you the opportunity to meet more members of the team and get to know about the culture at Sumo Digital, Leamington.

3rd Stage: This will be the final stage in the process where you will meet with the studio director and project development director, this interview will entail a combination of technical and cultural aspects.

*This is a rough outline of the interview process and could change in certain circumstances.

What’s in it for you?

Sumo also offers a highly personable benefits package which has something for everyone, no matter where you are in your career.

Financial: Annual bonus, flexible benefits allowance (to purchase add-on benefits marked*), salary sacrifice pension, employee referral scheme (up to £3,000), financial/home buying consultations, workplace ISA and other schemes for tech loans, cars, bicycles and much more!

Work-life balance: Flexible working, 21 free choice days holiday, bank holidays, birthday off, a duvet day raising to 4 with service, Christmas shutdown (Christmas Eve to New Year), options to buy or sell +5/-5 days annual leave*.

Health and Wellbeing: Dental insurance, income protection, life assurance, BUPA private healthcare*, leading EAP programs (Remote GP, Mental Health and Physio appointments), critical illness cover*, health cash plan* and funded flu vaccines/eye tests.

Personal Development: Structured Personal Development tool, regular appraisals, annual salary reviews, access to Udemy learning platform, 5 learning days per annum (1 can be used as a volunteer day), award-winning L&D team and yearly attendance to the Sumo Developers Conference (link to video).

Extra Perks: A variety of in-studio perks, regular care packages, regular studio days out (family welcome), studio-led social activities (game jams, yoga, life drawing and more), sabbaticals (at 10 years service) and an annual gaming subscription.

*These benefits are part of our flexible benefits options and are opt-in selections.

Inclusion and Belonging at Sumo Digital:

We are dedicated to growing a sustainable business that provides security to our people while delivering a first-class experience to our partners and players.

As a people business, the success of our people is the success of our company. We prioritise taking care of them with a focus on supporting them, nurturing their talent and providing a healthy, friendly, enriching, creative and safe environment in which to work.

Sumo's employee diversity group, PRISM, exists to promote diversity, inclusion, equity, equality & wellbeing across the company and plays a key role in Sumo's ongoing goal of fostering environments where all employees feel safe, welcome & represented.

Our charitable and community initiatives provide support for meaningful causes that matter to our employees, clients and partners.

We continue to work to improve diversity in our recruitment and promotion processes, and to actively encourage people from marginalised groups to consider a career in the games industry.