The sister company of CD PROJEKT RED (responsible for the worldwide success of The Witcher, the video game series adapted from Andrzej Sapkowski’s books), GOG.com is a digital distribution platform, which offers customers the greatest selection of Windows, Mac and Linux games, both classics and day-one titles, DRM-free, with lots of extra goodies and amazing customer support. Our work environment is relaxed, and the company philosophy often goes against the typical corporate flow. Working in an international team of over 150 passionate video game industry professionals, you will not only have the opportunity to expand your skills to their limits but also have fun while doing so. We love what we do and we do it for a reason.

GOG.com is seeking a talented and passionate Software Engineer, with a strong PHP background, for its Architects Team, to help us keep up with research and development, introducing new tools / solutions and technologies. You will be working on internal tools, services and web infrastructure closely with your fellow Architects, Development and IT teams in order to make our apps faster, more scalable, more secure and more error-resilient.
You will get the chance to work on new amazing projects (both big and small / internal and external, self and cloud hosted) and platform features dedicated to delivering the best games to the global community.

Responsibilities:

• Taking part in internal research and development projects (deployment, containers, security, high-availability, scalability and load balancing are only a few topics you will cover with the Architects).
• Working on our common libraries / solutions, used across teams.
• Writing well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices.
• Sharing your knowledge with other team members and supporting them in solving complex challenges.
• Staying abreast of best trends by researching new tools, as well as enhancing and further * developing existing solutions.

Job Requirements:

• 3+ years’ experience in web development.
• Mastery in PHP7.
• Experience in source control systems, deployment processes and containerization (git, git-flow, CI, docker).
• Experience with typical web app stack (Varnish, Memcached / Redis, Nginx, PHP-FPM / PHP-PM, MySQL).
• Good knowledge of Linux systems.
• Understanding / Interest in the challenges arising from maintenance as well as development of applications.
• Ability to easily communicate in English.

Pluses:

• Golang / Python knowledge.
• Understanding of best security practices.
• Familiarity with Symfony in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience with microservice architecture, projects scalability and performance tuning of web applications.
• Knowledge of at least some of the buzzwords: REST, OAuth2, RabbitMQ, consul, golang, HTTP/2.0.
• Experience with work in an agile environment.
• Passion for gaming, game services, and online communities.

What we offer:

• A unique opportunity to enter a booming industry and to influence the future of digital distribution.
• A gamer’s paradise where you will be surrounded by games – living & breathing them!
• A great, laid-back work atmosphere in our office based in Warsaw, Poland.
• The chance to work in an international environment with exceptional experts.
• A Profit Sharing Program after 6 months of work, where employees share 10 % of GOG.com’s net profit (paid out once a year).
• Access to a health care and sport activities package.
• A relocation package for foreigners as well as assistance from our HR throughout the whole process.
• Polish lessons should you need them.
• Frequent social activities, free fruits, an in-house cantina, and other goodies are a standard.
• An in-house gym, open 24/7, available exclusively for CD PROJEKT RED & GOG.com employees.
• Free access to CD PROJEKT RED & GOG.com games.

If you think you’ve got what it takes, please submit your CV (in English) and code samples here: https://system.erecruiter.pl/FormTemplates/RecruitmentForm.aspx?WebID=b6b2b1c7439f4b2fa9b14f3b4c0d0cf2

Please be informed that we reserve the right to contact only selected applicants. The hired individual will need to work in-house, in our office based in Warsaw, Poland.

Information on processing of your personal data
Your personal data controller is GOG sp. z o.o. with its registered seat in Warsaw, Poland, ul. Jagiellońska 74, 03-301 Warszawa. Your personal data will be processed in particular to invite you to our recruitment process and to conduct the process, which includes negotiating conditions of employment. We respect your privacy rights i.e. the right to access, rectify and delete your data, limit its processing, transfer it, a right not to be a subject to automated decision-making, including profiling, and to object to the processing of your personal data (you will find more details about the processing of your personal data in this privacy notice:http://files.gog.com/work/privacy-notice.pdf).