Native Mobile Developer

SOFTGAMES is the leading instant gaming company. We develop casual, truly social games that are played by millions each day. SOFTGAMES is now looking for a Native Mobile Developer who will act as a Migration Specialist to bring our successful HTML5/TS Games to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

As part of a small, experienced and agile team, the Migration Specialist will define, design and refine our native mobile clients. You will be responsible for leveraging the power of Capacitor, an innovative technology, to bridge the gap between our HTML5/TS games and native mobile platform features.

We are looking for creative and diligent engineers, who think from a user’s point of view and have the ability to prioritize & multitask. This is your chance to use your passion and creativity to bring our biggest hits to the mobile world!

You can either work REMOTELY or in our central Berlin office surrounded by a great bunch of people!

**Qualified applicants will be expected to showcase their expertise by either providing some existing source code of a mobile application or by completing a technical assessment

What you'll do / Key responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the game teams to migrate existing HTML / Typescript based games to native mobile platforms, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.

• Work with capacitor as the host technology, adding custom and extending existing native plugins.

• Enhance the games by leveraging native platform features such as in-app purchases (IAP), leaderboards, and push notifications.

• Investigate and utilize health metrics tools such as Sentry or Crashlytics to analyze and optimize game performance, ensuring a smooth and engaging user experience.

• Actively take part in product discussions to leverage native features in the best possible way.

• Write well documented, reusable, and maintainable modules that are shared within the company.

• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.

• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.

• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

The technology you'll work with:

• Full Android lifecycle and ecosystem, Kotlin, Java

• Full Apple lifecycle and ecosystem, Swift

• Capacitor as the bridge between the native platforms and the typescript based games, Node, Typescript

What we're looking for / Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a strong engineering background who enjoys building high quality products used by millions. Ideally you have a good product sense, strong personal initiative, and the ability to prioritize. You can multitask and maintain live applications.

• You have a Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

• You are proficient with at least one of the platforms (Android / iOS) and its major SDKs

• You have basic knowledge of the other platform and its major SDKs

• You have a track record of multiple published mobile applications

• You write well-tested, well-abstracted, structured, and maintainable code

• You are adept at problem-solving, live ops debugging, and troubleshooting

• You are familiar with the Firebase and Google Cloud Services

• You have created build pipelines for CI/CD from scratch

• You have excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a team and engage with stakeholders

• Experience with Capacitor is a big plus

• Experience in Typescript is a plus

At SOFTGAMES, we value a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone's ideas are heard and valued. Join our dynamic team and be part of the exciting world of mobile gaming. Apply now and let your expertise shine!

Benefits
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