Senior Full Stack Developer

The Role

Help us build groundbreaking real-time experiences at scale. We're looking for a senior full-stack developer to play a key role in shaping our future platform.

About Us

Piing makes games for crowds. From 30 players racing in a fanzone, to 50,000 fans taking penalty kicks in a stadium, our web-based games engage audiences worldwide. We’re at the heart of major events, from Charlotte FC in Major League Soccer (MLS) to the Germany vs. Netherlands match at Allianz Arena and as the Official Crowd Games Supplier for Manchester City. Beyond sports, we've been at Glastonbury this year and delighted crowds at Printworks Manchester, home to Europe’s largest ceiling screen. 

About You

• Extensive Experience: 5+ years of experience.

• Solid Foundation and Versatility: Exceptional with web and networking fundamentals, security best practices, adept at shifting between frontend, backend and infrastructure tasks.

• Technical Architecture: Proficient in designing and implementing robust technical architectures on AWS with IaC (Infrastructure as Code).

• Real-Time Application Development: Possess the drive and expertise to tackle the challenges of delivering scalable, high-throughput real-time experiences using AWS, WebSockets, and other technologies.

• Collaborative Team Player: Thrive in team environments, embrace paired programming to tackle complex challenges, value knowledge sharing, and are prepared to face any obstacle head-on.

• Articulate and Analytical: Excellent communicator with exceptional analytical skills, able to share perspectives constructively and advocate for ideas while keeping the team vibe positive.

• Calm Under Pressure: You approach challenges with a steady, thoughtful mindset, strategically resolving issues to ensure the best possible outcomes.

Tech Stack

We’re looking for a senior developer with these types of skills, the shape of the technologies and processes we use may evolve depending on the expertise you bring to the table.

• Frontend: React, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS

• Backend: Node.js, Redis, DynamoDB, MySQL, WebSockets, AWS services like CloudFront, ECS, Lambda, S3, ElastiCache and EC2.

• Tools & Skills: Git, IaC, Vite, Webpack, Docker, CI/CD, Unit testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CTO: Work closely with Jamie, our CTO,  an experienced full-stack developer, to design and implement solutions.  

• Enhancing our Products: Continuously enhance the performance, reliability and scalability of our existing products to improve user experience, while also implementing new features.

• Making New Stuff: Develop web applications, workflows and infrastructure to support our future real-time experiences and services which need to scale upwards of tens of thousands of concurrent users, delivering low-latency interactions and live updates while maintaining high performance.

• Testing: Implement unit tests to ensure quality and reliability; conduct load testing on our applications at scale to ensure optimal performance, reliability and responsiveness under load.

• Enhance Developer Experience: Enhance overall developer experience across projects. streamlining the onboarding of new team members.

• Establish CI/CD Pipelines: Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient deployment and testing of applications.

What We Value

• Your Input and Ideas: We want to learn from you and value your input, suggestions and ideas. You'll have the freedom to make significant improvements to our processes and products. We listen and take on board everyone’s input, regardless of their job description.

• Fun and Passion: We love what we do and we want to have fun while doing it. We believe that enjoying the process leads to better outcomes. 

Next Steps

Thanks for your interest, you can apply below. If we decide to move forward with your application, we will reach out to arrange a call with Jamie and a member of our team.