Senior Software Engineer, Java

Overview

In this role you will design and implement production software tools to support fast-paced game development. You will collaborate with global Rockstar technology teams and contribute to reusable design guidelines. You’ll learn new technologies to advance Rockstar’s tooling and applications. This is a hands-on, in-office position in Dundee, offering an opportunity to impact game creation at scale while working in an inclusive, motivated environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions to meet fast-paced game development challenges
• Contribute to the team’s software design guidelines
• Collaborate with Rockstar technology teams across worldwide studios
• Develop a strong understanding of current systems and learn new technologies to advance applications

Key requirements

• 3+ years of professional Java backend development
• Strong Java proficiency from low-level optimization to high-level architecture
• Deep expertise in Spring Boot and JPA/Hibernate
• Proven experience designing and scaling RESTful APIs
• Solid MySQL (or other major RDBMS) with query-tuning
• Hands-on Apache Kafka and CDC pipelines
• Proficient in Java performance profiling and debugging
• Comfortable in Linux environments with solid production-support skills
• Strong communication

• strong communication
• collaboration
• problem-solving
• Java
• Spring Boot
• JPA/Hibernate

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