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Who we are

An ambitious team turning big dreams into reality

The $100 billion gaming industry is on the verge of revolution. For decades, gamers have suffered under the pretense of ownership: purchasing digital assets to which they hold but negligible rights. Now, with the advent of blockchain technology, comes the opportunity to empower gamers with true ownership. At Fuel, our mission is to lead this revolution and transform the space as social and mobile platforms did years ago.

With a small but exceptional team of artists, designers and engineers we are building Gods Unchained: a AAA trading card game where players have complete control over their assets. As we approach launch, we need the help of other talented professionals to help bring our game to the world.

That's where you come in...

Job description

This role is for a game developer, passionate about connecting players. You will be responsible for scaling the server infrastructure backend of Gods Unchained, a turn-based multiplayer game, to 50K simultaneous users worldwide.

Passion for connecting players

Love automatic server instance scaling? Obsessed with developing, maintaining and monitoring server status dashboards? Are you constantly thinking of ways to improve performance, stability and error-rate? Fantastic - you will get to do all this and more as our player base grows.

Help us create a player-first future

With Gods Unchained we want to show the Blizzard and Epics of the world that players should own the items they buy (including being free to sell or trade them to others). You will be contributing directly to this mission by ensuring the primary game mode of Gods Unchained, multiplayer, is ready for the world.

Collaborate and grow with a talented team

You will join join our engineering department within the game team - the brilliant individuals behind Gods Unchained. We are a small team so there will be plenty of opportunities to contribute in different areas and expand your capabilities.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

  • Understanding and maintaining existing game server infrastructure
  • Identifying areas of most effective improvement, proposing and building solutions
  • Implementing scaling improvements, improving server capacity
  • Fixing networking issues, identifying bottlenecks

Desired Experience

  • Unity game engine (2+ years)
  • C# programming (2+ years)
  • Shipped at least 2 games
  • Server/back-end development experience
  • Utilizing AWS / similar cloud server infrastructure
  • Distributed Version Control
  • Automated Build Servers (e.g. Jenkins)
  • Great communication skills

No remote working: Whilst we want to support remote working in the medium-term, we are only hiring for onsite roles to promote collaboration and grow our culture.

Who you are

Satisfied with the status-quo? Pass. Want somebody telling you what to do? Look elsewhere. Curious and driven? Let’s talk.

Our vision is reflected in a set of common values. If these values reflect both you and the people you want to work with, you will thrive at Fuel Games.

Willing to learn

  • You learn rapidly and eagerly
  • You have a growth mindset; you believe you can improve your intelligence, ability and performance
  • You admit mistakes freely and absorb feedback
  • You are continually seeking ways to improve and understand the power of compounding
  • You are a scientist; using data and experiments to learn more about the world
  • You are not afraid to ask for help
  • You can identify when to course correct through self-examination

Free-thinker

  • You say what you think and suggest alternatives, even if it is uncomfortable
  • You listen with an open mind and judge based on reasons, not bias
  • You have “strong views, loosely held”
  • You seek alternative perspectives
  • You challenge the status quo and prevailing assumptions
  • You can think from first-principles

Driven

  • You have intense self-belief and are willing to back yourself
  • You strive for excellence
  • You find joy and satisfaction in doing your best
  • You believe that hard work is a necessary ingredient to success
  • You are ruthlessly output focused
  • You take ownership and pride in what you deliver
  • You are a definite optimist

Team player

  • You seek what is best for the team, not your ego
  • You share your experience and knowledge with the team
  • You help others achieve their best
  • You collaborate effectively
  • You can contribute outside of your speciality
  • You communicate clearly and concisely
  • You are inclusive and thoughtful when interacting with others
  • You invest in improving our processes, values and culture

Things we don't consider important in your application

A prior interest in gaming or blockchain: so long as you’re curious to learn what the fuss is about

Your background, age, ethnicity, gender or sexuality: we see the value in a wide breadth of personal experiences, and understand that a diverse team makes better games and a more fulfilling place to work.

What it's like to work here

A fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment where you will do things you never thought possible

Our passion for decentralisation goes beyond the blockchain - it is a necessary part of our work culture. If you are used to top-down control it can take some getting used to, but you will soon realise the only thing holding you back is yourself.

How we work

  • Collaborative quarterly goal setting: see how you work ties into the company's goals and help define what success looks like
  • Sponsored learning: if you want to learn from the best educator in your field, we’ll find a way to make it happen. People in our team have had masterclasses from NYT bestsellers, Lead Designers of the largest games in the world, and more.
  • Regular feedback: at the team and individual level. How can you improve without feedback?
  • Small, agile scrum teams: running on 1 to 2 week cycles
  • Transparency around strategy: with a clear process for raising ideas and issues: Everyone’s thoughts and opinions are valued, and anyone, from intern to executive, can tell us how to do things better

Benefits

  • As a small startup we can offer you a unique benefit: growth. You will be joining on the ground floor which means you can grow with us - leadership positions, roles many levels above your current experience and the opportunity to make a significant contribution. It's yours for the taking.
  • We know your best work is done when you can trust your colleagues and have fun at work. We do this by:
  • Hosting weekly social events
  • Providing coffee and snacks to all on-site employees
  • Decorating the office with artwork from our awesome AAA fantasy game
  • Supporting flexible working

We are still in the early days of forming our company culture. We want YOU to bring fresh ideas and help us make Fuel Games a fantastic place to work.