Demonware is looking for a Lead Software Engineer in Dublin, Ireland. If you meet the requirements below, you will be eligible to apply via Digital Marketing Community.

Job Responsibilities:

• Cooperate as a partner to Demonware service teams to design reliable, scalable online services and multiplayer experiences that meet the studios’ requirements and expectations.
• Collaborate with service team engineers to troubleshoot problems with our database layer.
• Handle critical escalations, helping to resolve problems and remove roadblocks.
• When necessary, travel to other offices to provide on-site design and integration support.
• Manage and facilitate design and decision making around Demonware’s database tech stack.
• Assure the team’s engineering process works effectively and supports the pace and needs of the project.
• Secure the software produced by the team achieves the quality bar expected for our services by both Demonware and game studios.
• Plan and coordinate team members to effectively work on features together and with other teams in Demonware.
• Own, operate and support the services and features the team develops.
• Produce technical mentorship to team members through engineering best practices.
• Perform 1-1 meetings, be involved with goals and development objectives for team members.
• Collaborate with the team project manager to map out and deliver team objectives and priorities for the year based on company goals and game release timelines.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar technical leadership role (other combinations of technical skills and experience may be considered).
• Effective experience building and leading high-performing software development teams.
• Proficient experience working at scale – hundreds or thousands of servers.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle including, but not limited to, agile software development methodology (Scrum or Kanban).
• Familiarity with and deep understanding of at least one major database: MySQL, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Expert knowledge of SQL (or other) database design.
• Strong programming skills.
• Sound understanding of fundamental technologies, e.g. TCP/IP, Linux/Unix internals.
• Proven track record in Software Engineering is advantageous.
• Wide knowledge of configuration management systems, e.g. Puppet, Chef, Ansible.
• Deep knowledge of in monitoring and metrics systems, e.g. Nagios, Zabbix, Graphite, Cacti.
• Proven experience working with public cloud providers and cloud technologies.
• Demonstrable capacity for an investigative approach and keen to learn new technologies.
• Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills.
• Great communication skills.
• Initiative and ability to complete complex tasks with minimal supervision.