Python Job: Junior PHP Developer

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Company

Kano

Location

Victoria - Canada

Job type

Full-Time

Python Job Details

**This is a remote position open to residents of British Columbia only**
Our goal at Kano is to build long-lasting player-centric gaming experiences. We're a small team where the code you write gets deployed fast. We are looking for a Junior Software Developer to help us deliver a world-class gaming experience to our millions of players worldwide.

Your responsibilities will include: software development, testing, code quality, release, and post release management. You'll have opportunities to learn, to grow, to fail, and to succeed as a Software Developer, where the code you write makes an impact on our games!

If you're a developer and the idea of working collaboratively across creative, marketing, production, and live-ops teams sounds exciting, then we want to hear from you!

You'll be working on:
  • Implementing gameplay features that players interact with and enjoy every day
  • Full-stack development, moving between front and backend to support the systems that you build
  • Solving gameplay problems and challenges with a performance-focused mindset
  • Monitoring dashboards, logs and metrics to ensure gameplay stability
  • Working closely with small development teams to continuously release well organized and documented code
  • Collaborating with product, design, and creative teams to help us build towards world-class live products

Your background should include:
  • Passionate about building amazing product and ability to collaborate in a small team and take ownership
  • Good programming, problem solving and communication skills
  • Minimum 1+ years of experience and knowledge in PHP, Javascript, CSS, HTML
  • Familiar with MySQL / MongoDB
  • Full-stack development experience
  • Familiar with software design practices
  • Familiar with Agile Scrum, and continuous delivery
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field

It would be a big plus if you have:
  • Professional or hobby experience in game development, or game related projects
  • Professional experience with an Object Oriented language (Java, C#, PHP, C++, Python, Javascript, etc)
  • Professional or hobby experience in native mobile development (Objective-C or Swift on iOS, Java or Kotlin on Android)
  • Experience with automated testing (unit testing, integration testing)
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services
  • Experience with Unix (Linux and/or MacOS) environments
  • Experience with relational databases and database concepts


What we offer

  • Competitive wages determined by market research
  • Uncapped profit share program
  • Health, dental and vision benefits
  • 3 weeks vacation to start
  • Paid holiday shutdown in December
  • 12 paid Care Days per year
  • Continuous Improvement allowance for you to spend on your personal growth outside of work
  • Maternity/Paternity leave top-up
  • A results-driven company with a compassionate culture
  • Opportunity to work on game projects that are enjoyed by millions of players worldwide!
  • Ability to make a difference. Have an idea? Talk directly with leadership about it instead of running through layers of bureaucracy

About Kano

Bootstrapped in 2008, we have been a profitable and growing game studio for over a decade. With hits like Free Rider HD and Mob Wars LCN (Top 100 grossing app on Facebook), and our recently released Idle Distiller, we hope to contribute to the world by connecting people through play.

Canadian owned and headquartered in beautiful Victoria, BC, we believe in giving small teams of talented people challenging problems and getting out of their way. That's why we look for the best and brightest to join our team; people who have talent, vision, and commitment.

Check out this article If you'd like to get some insight into our hiring process, our employee manual to understand how and why we do things the way we do, and this fun little video for an intro to the team!

  • 2021 Best Workplace™ in British Columbia
  • 2020 Best Workplaces™ in Canada – Less than 100 employees
  • 2020 Best Workplaces™ for Inclusion
  • 2020 Best Workplaces™ for Mental Wellness
  • 2020 Best Workplaces™ in British Columbia
  • 2019 Great Place to Work - British Columbia
  • 2019 VIATEC Employer of the Year - Finalist
  • 2018 VIATEC Company of the Year (11-49 Employees) - Winner
  • 2018 VIATEC Employer of the Year - Finalist
  • 2017 VIATEC Company of the Year (11-49 employees) - Finalist
  • 2014 VIATEC Employer of the Year - Winner

*Kano is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law*