Team Overview:

At our CrowdStar studio, we believe that there is a huge opportunity in interactive entertainment products for women, and CrowdStar’s goal is to build products which engage, enrich and empower them. 

With our two top grossing titles, Covet Fashion and Design Home, CrowdStar has developed new ways for players to enjoy fashion and interior design. Not only are we changing how women game, we’re also changing how they discover and shop for everything from clothing to shoes, or furniture to home decor. As a team, we are passionate not only about creating fun and engaging games for women but enriching lives outside of the game.

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Python developer to help build the backend for an unannounced mobile title.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement new systems and pipelines

Optimize and fine tune code for performance

Work closely with QA to help define test cases

Maintain existing codebase with other team members

Tackle new challenges that arise during development

Requirements:

4+ years of recent Python development experience

Strong knowledge of OOP, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures

Experience building LEMP based server-side REST APIs

Experience with leading Python frameworks like Flask, Django, etc

Experience with relational databases like MySQL

Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB or Couchbase

Experience with caching technologies like Memcache or Redis

Flexibility and willingness to learn new technologies as needed

Ability to work well as part of a collaborative development team

Excellent problem-solving skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks

Passionate about building games that will be played by millions around the world

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Preferred:

Experience with PHP

Experience with prototyping

Experience with HTML, CSS and Javascript

Experience with shell scripting

Experience with test-driven development