Junior Game Developer Remote Jobs in Michigan (NOW HIRING)

Location: Remote (US)
Salary Range: $100K - $150K (Depending on experience)
Benefits: Fun and relaxed work environment; competitive rates; insurance benefits
Employment Type: Salaried, Full-time
Min. Experience: 6+ years professional experience

Description:

Starboard Corporation is seeking a seasoned software developer with demonstrable experience developing applications across the full stack to help support and continue to enhance our flagship product using modern web technologies. As a developer you will work closely with other skilled developers and designers using modern technologies and tools.

The successful candidate can look forward to working with a dynamic growing company in a casual and fun environment with an opportunity to make an impact at various levels and disciplines of the business.

Why Starboard:

Starboard is disrupting the supply chain design industry with its innovative, cloud-based products. Our solutions raise the bar of capability while also making supply chain design more accessible, through our easy-to-use user experience.

Our company is our products. We take great pride in designing, building, enhancing and delivering great functionality to our users. We take advantage of modern technologies and are always looking at new technologies and how they can make our products better.

Our Culture:

We are committed to making great products, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. We are casual, laid-back and different.

Our hierarchical structure is mostly flat. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. As such, our entire team works together to ideate, influence and help shape our products.

We do things that matter. We don't adopt processes for process sake. We adopt and continue to evolve processes that make us better.

We are a learning organization. Every team member has experiences and ideas beyond the functional discipline they may be currently performing. We embrace and welcome that knowledge at all levels.

Responsibilities:

• Follow agile development methodology and participate in agile ceremonies along with other team members
• Participate in the ongoing development and support of Starboard's supply chain products
• Mentor and lead other junior developers
• Work closely with other developers to ensure development meets requirements and delivers a great user experience
• Ensure solutions that are developed are tested and meet quality and architecture standards
• Work closely with the CTO to help drive and enhance the software architecture and user experience

Technical Skills Needed:

• 6+ years experience in professional application and systems development

• Continuous, self learner of new and advancing technologies

• Demonstrated experience in:

  • delivering high quality, well designed and well implemented systems

  • delivering robust, high-availability, performant systems

  • software architecture design

  • user interface and user experience design and development

  • the extensive use of several modern programming languages

• Expert knowledge of both functional and object-oriented design patterns, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis

Other Requirements:

• Experience working as a member of a small, agile development team
• Experience performing as a technical/developer lead who has also mentored junior engineers
• Has strong written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional analytical aptitude and attention to detail
• Critical thinker with the ability to break down complex technical requirements
• Good organizational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to be self-directed, self-motivated, and a continuous learner
• Ability to be innovative, have outside-the-box creativity and present alternative ideas
• Established portfolio of work and/or code samples
• Experience with AWS Service suite

Desired but not Required:

• Experience with user interface and user experience design and development
• Experience with Play Framework using Scala
• Experience with Vue.js
• Experience with databases including relational, graph databases and key stores
• Experience with Unix based operating systems
• Knowledge of Supply Chain services, strategy, and processes is beneficial
• B.S. in Computer Science is nice but not required. Talent, passion, and experience are more important

Successful applicants will be asked to show proof that they can legally work in the US.

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