🎮 Backend Developer at Larian Studios 🎮
With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for a Backend Developer to join the Digital team and help us in crafting and maintaining our website, internal web-based applications and public-facing platforms.
✨ Responsibilities ✨
- Architect and develop scalable backend applications using PHP / Node.js following best practices and design patterns.
- Be fully integrated into the entire project lifecycle, ensuring backend expertise is utilized from the earliest stages right through to long-term maintenance.
- Collaborate closely with graphics designers, frontend developers, and other teams to ensure alignment on requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Integrate with the Larian ecosystem, working with RESTful APIs, third-party services, and ensuring smooth data flow across systems.
- Actively contribute to the evolution of the technology stack, driving decisions around new tools, frameworks, and best practices for backend development and infrastructure.
🚀 Requirements 🚀
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work well in a distributed team.
- Proactive, with the ability to work autonomously.
- 3+ years of experience with the PHP Symfony framework and Node.js/TypeScript applications in production environments.
- Strong knowledge of PHP and JavaScript/TypeScript - solid understanding of design patterns (SOLID, DDD, etc.).
- Experience with database management and optimization, particularly using ORMs (e.g. Doctrine).
- Proficiency in building and optimizing RESTful APIs.
- Hands-on experience with Docker.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Sentry.
💡 Nice to haves 💡
- Experience with PHP Sylius ecommerce framework.
- Experience with Cloudflare platform.
- Experience with Redis, RabbitMQ, or other message brokers is a plus.
- Experience with headless CMS and API-first development.
- CI/CD experience.
🎁 What we offer 🎁
- An international team of over 500 employees spread across 7 studios around the world, each of which have their own unique qualities, and maintain a small-studio feel.
- An open, collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged.
- A managerial team consisting of highly experienced game developers at the top of their fields.
- Sharing hobbies and passions with like-minded colleagues.
- Inclusive environment with many activities organized by the studios or the employees.
- Commitment to making the best game possible for the fans, including listening to community feedback.