Erlang Developer Job in Hilversum, Netherlands

Erlang Developer Job Description

Tasks & Responsibilities

Our high-availability fault-tolerant back-end systems for our 50 global gaming sites serve data for millions of daily visitors  – more than 2 Petabytes of data is served to the world each day! We’re a company with a mission. With over 200 million unique visitors every month we’re finding the need to refactor our entire range of web systems. We’re relying on Erlang and its properties of concurrency fault tolerance and easy distribution to realize the full potential of our new architecture. In addition to scaling for traffic purposes we want to extend our range: if you can play games on it we want to connect to it! We will be exposing our platform to a variety of gaming platforms each of which will present its own specific needs. In addition we’re working on a range of interesting projects including a multiplayer server a brand new web backend a globally distributed storage system and much more! To turn these goals into realities we believe in building highly focused teams where we bring together people from every department in the company to bind our technology and business needs into results. We’re looking for an awesome Erlang/OTP developer and an all-round fun person to join us in realizing our vision of a high-performance scalable and reliable gaming platform. 


The core tasks of this role include:

• You will be the owner of the backend system which provides API and Application Model which will be used by Game Developers to connect to Spil Games Platform (with 200 million unique monthly visitors and over 11 billion game plays).
• You will be the co-owner of the Storage Platform again build in Erlang. The main goals of the Spilgames Storage Platform are to provide scalability fast data access and massive concurrent writes. Additionally Spilgames want to stay as close as possible to the current data model and storage technology based on MySQL ( InnoDB ). The system will need development to make it completely stable for the huge traffic we handle and be ready for multiple data center.
• You'll work closely with the other Developers in the team to make a robust and gamer friendly Developer Platform for Spil Games. In additional you would be the main backend developer in the team and would need to coach and mentor other web developers in the team to learn Erlang and assist them to work on backend components.
• You will work closely with the Partnership Managers and other technical members of the team to come up with smart solution to increase the Gamer’s engagement on our portals. The final goal is higher revenues via End User Monetization.
• You'll work closely with Architects in the company to safeguard the integrity of the Technical Architecture.

Erlang Developer Job Requirements

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering or similar field
• Minimum of 2-6 years of experience in using a low/intermediate-level language in highly concurrent highly scalable systems
• Experience with writing production-quality software in Erlang/OTP as well as eUnit for unit testing
• Experience with other relevant languages and platforms such as C C++ or Bash is a plus
• Experienced in the implementation and design of maintainable performance-critical software
• A strong analytical thinker who is intellectually curious
• Holds a valid European work permit

• A competitive salary and bonus system
• Flexible hours (from 7 AM till 7 PM)
• A pension and collective health insurance plan
• Reimbursement for your daily commute
• Extras such as a bike plan and canteen
• And most importantly training and development programs—because when you grow we grow with you!

Erlang Developer Application Information

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