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 Formula 1 fanzone, to 50,000 fans taking penalty kicks in a stadium at the World Cup, our games engage audiences worldwide. We’re at the heart of major events including four Premier League teams, FIFA, F1, Formula E, Wimbledon, Glastonbury and outdoor cinemas.
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. We're not expecting you to know them all.
Frontend: React, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS
Backend: Node.js, Redis, DynamoDB, MySQL. AWS services like CloudFront, ECS, Lambda, S3 and EC2.
Tools & Skills: Git, IaC, Vite, Webpack, Docker, CI/CD, Unit testing.
Bonus Points: Terraform
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with CTO: Work closely 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.
Team Culture
Small team, big impact: Bringing people together is what we do, and that starts with our close-knit team, supporting each other to make the world more fun.
Everyone's voice counts: We make decisions together and value input from the whole team, regardless of role or seniority.
We hire for fit: We look for people who share our enthusiasm for what we build and who'll thrive in a small team where everyone's contribution matters.
Happy on a Mac: We'll supply one! We're Mac-only - we like things that just work. Not used to it? We'll soon get you up to speed.
What we offer
Modern kit: MacBook Pro and other equipment you need to work effectively.
Remote-first: Work from anywhere in the UK with the equipment we provide.
Holiday: 25 + bank holidays.
Flexibility: Core hours are 9am-5:30pm with an hour for lunch typically around 1pm. We're flexible about appointments, kids, school run and life admin - just give us a heads up. We trust you to manage your time and keep things balanced.
Next Steps
*Your application will be read by actual humans who care about finding the right person for our team.*
Send us: Your CV and a brief covering letter (both as PDFs)
Tell us about yourself: Please include a few lines about who you are, what interests you about this role, and why you'd be a good fit. As a small team, understanding a bit about you as a person is really important to us.
Next steps: We’ll be in touch. If we'd like to move forward, we'll arrange a call with our CTO Jamie and another team member.