Description:
mod.io is a fast-growing, early-stage startup backed by leading gaming venture capital firms, working to bring user-generated content (UGC) to games and their players by offering a ready-to-go digital logistics solution that includes community tools, a web UI, and a REST API for any developer to integrate into their game.
The mod.io platform supports over 400,000 daily active users, and we are seeking software engineers with game development experience to help us build the industry's best interface for exploring and installing UGC that will be embedded in some of the largest games in the world.
The mod.io service is centred around the REST API which allows developers to bring the modding and UGC experience into a game's UI rather than requiring players to run an external tool or integrate mods manually.
Why mod.io
The popularity of in-game content is exploding, it's in more games and on more platforms than ever before. Despite that the end-user experience generally sucks, because game engines are built for playing, not scrolling content like a web browser. We aim to change that, by building a highly modular lightweight web app, that can be customized and embedded into games of all shapes and sizes.
So if you enjoy solving for an interface that will be used by thousands of concurrent players, to share incredible creations from the community, and want to work at a company and in an industry where design matters, then mod.io is the place for you.
Your Responsibilities
You will be responsible for the development and support of our monetisation solution:
- Contribute to defining the architecture for the solution
- Understand the technical requirements of game developers, payment providers and stores
- Work alongside our backend, frontend, API and integration development teams to understand, define and build the required integrations
- Develop responsive, lively, smooth-as-butter frontend UIs, working closely with our other frontend developers.
- Deliver and support the solution - develop the Web, API and Integration code bases as required.
- Test and implement your code.
- Scalability and security is a must, your solution will be used by thousands of concurrent players all around the world.
- Keep your house clean, your code may be open-sourced on Github and must be well documented for our community to fork and adapt as they need.
- Work on other tech projects as required in a busy startup environment.
Your Experience
You’ll be joining a team co-founded by engineers, who value great code. You are expected to have:
- 1+ years PHP experience working with Laravel/Lumen.
- 1+ years Vue.js experience (or ability to migrate from another framework to Vue.js)
- Experience transforming wireframes from our designer to functional code, with a strong attention to detail.
- Experience with NoSQL key-stores such as memcached/redis & relational databases (MariaDB).
- An ability to write clean, robust and reusable code.
- Good understanding of RESTful API’s.
- Familiarity with Docker and the deployment and managing of containerized applications
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services’ such as S3, Lambda, SNS, SES, SQS, EC2, RDS, ECS
- The ability to take a concept from design to a functional, usable release.
- Confident in your ability to deliver code from start to finish with little oversight from senior team members.
- An excitement to dig in and experiment, with real attention to detail.
- A hunger to own your code, improve your craft, and create a kickass experience for millions of gamers along the way.
It would be awesome if you also have:
- A passion for video games and an understanding of the unique challenges UGC presents us and similar businesses like Youtube and Steam.
- Experience with Swagger/OpenAPI.
- A good understanding of GraphQL.
Benefits
- Competitive salary plus equity.
- Remote working is actively supported.
- Flexible working hours and family-friendly considerations.
- Sit-stand desks, 27” monitor, ergonomic chairs.
- Thursday lunch and fortnightly social events.
- Experience new games, digital and tabletop.
- Attend international gaming conferences.
- Contributing to open-source on Github.
- Pet-friendly office.
- Remote, or located in Melbourne, Australia. World's most liveable city seven years in a row.