Description
Motorsport Games, a Motorsport Network company, combines innovative and engaging video games with exciting esports competitions and content for racing fans and gamers around the globe. The Company is the officially licensed video game developer and publisher for iconic motorsport racing series including NASCAR, INDYCAR, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the British Touring Car Championship (“BTCC”). Motorsport Games is an award-winning esports partner of choice for 24 Hours of Le Mans, Formula E, BTCC, the FIA World Rallycross Championship and the eNASCAR Heat Pro League among others.
A publicly listed company on the NASDAQ, Motorsport Games is headquartered in Miami, Florida, with additional offices located in the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Australia.
This role will require you to work in a small but dynamic team tasked with creating a new technology platform to power the way we handle online multiplayer racing on our games and simulations. We’ll be creating a new way to interact with online racing to ensure multiplayer racing is delivered in a fun and engaging way.
This new system is being developed almost entirely from scratch and will have to interface with our games to collect and store data, as well as provide functionality and insights to gamers and our internal marketing and competition teams.
Reporting to the Technical Lead, you’ll need to be experienced in delivering large, complex web applications or ecosystems with strong background in backend development, including data movement and storage. You’ll be primarily tasked with creating core functions and features for the product, working with the dedicated competition platform team to determine the best path to success. Additionally you’ll need to liaise internally to our game development studios to ensure integration success.
We’re creating the next generation of virtual motorsport events and games – if this sounds like something you’re interested in please get in touch!
Location: Remote on a European timezone, UK preferable but not essential for access to our UK office in Silverstone.
Responsibilities
- Assist with designing and implementing core product features
- Work using agile methodology to create a product that reflects the needs of our customers and internal stakeholders
- Participate in daily stand ups, creation of roadmaps, sprint planning and milestones
- Have a hands-on approach to development
- Liaise with our QA department to ensure produced code is thoroughly tested before deployment
- Focus on security to keep data and products safe
- Keep up-to-date with emerging web and development trends
- Ensure all output is thoroughly commented and documented
- Track activities in Jira and Confluence
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in development
- Strong knowledge of Golang or other C style languages (ie. C++, Java, C# etc.)
- Experience with data transfer protocols (gRPC/REST APIs)
- Understanding and experience of working with SQL and NoSQL technologies
- Experience with agile methodologies
- Strong aptitude for problem-solving
- Effective communication skills across all levels of an organization.
- Self-motivated with a great work ethic
- Enjoyment and passion for racing games or simulations a positive attribute but not essential
Benefits
Competitive salary, corporate benefits and the opportunity to define the future of racing from within an exciting, growing and friendly international games company
Motorsport Games is a division of Motorsport Network; it is the home for a team that believes in the power of interactive virtual motor racing and putting people in control of their own motorsports story. We are the destination for the world’s major motorsport series and brands from NASCAR to Le Mans and Formula E. We operate along the entire vertical of development, publishing and competitive esports ecosystem.
We’re more than just a developer or publisher – we’re the people delivering tomorrow’s virtual racing dreams today.