Develop tools for consumer game production, including launchers, data-entry utilities, Unreal Engine editor extensions, converters and checkers, while supporting middleware and OSS adoption.
About this role
The freelance backend engineer develops and operates web services and social games. Responsibilities include designing, developing, testing, and operating services, as well as building development environments. The work may involve server and database setup, mockup creation, programming, unit testing, and version control. The role also includes improving program speed by reducing operational load.
Required qualifications are practical experience with server-side programming and the knowledge to carry out the full process from environment setup through programming and testing.
Preferred experience includes game development or operations in a LAMP environment, development and operations release work for high-load services, and development of smartphone-oriented websites. The posting also welcomes experience using shell scripts, Python, Ruby, or Node.js; designing and implementing server-side data communication and asynchronous communication; and designing, building, and operating databases such as MySQL. Experience with cloud services such as AWS or GCP, container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, load testing and performance measurement with tools such as JMeter, and authentication or authorization platforms including OAuth and JWT is also welcomed. Experience using generative AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT in development or work is listed as a preferred qualification.
The position supports game and web-service development and may involve high-load services, databases, cloud infrastructure, performance, and authentication systems. The posting states that the work location, working arrangement, workload, and compensation will be discussed during the interview. Work locations are in Shibuya and Meguro, Tokyo.
The engagement is described as freelance work under a contract arrangement. Compensation is listed as consultation-based, with a monthly range of 250,000 to 900,000 JPY. The posting also lists communication, training, skills-development, health-support, meal-support, and other benefit programs.
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