Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Are you excited about handling petabytes of data and building a world-class data platform? Then let’s talk!

Data that we collect plays a central role in how we make decisions and improve our games to serve our players the best way possible. Our Engineers therefore take great care in keeping the data correct, up to date and easily accessible. In this position you will be responsible for ensuring that our data platform and infrastructure are rock solid and follow modern best practices. You will be actively contributing to various data engineering areas and solving unique challenges arising from the massive scale.

In this role we value a versatile skill set ranging from strong software development background to devops experience to uncompromising attitude towards high data quality. We are aiming to strengthen our team with experts passionate about large scale deployments, real-time data collection and data governance. We also expect you to proactively advance our data tech stack and drive improvement discussions in collaboration with the rest of the team as well as data engineers and analysts across the company.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve the infrastructure for data collection, storage and processing
• Proactively suggest and implement improvements that increase scalability, robustness and availability of data systems
• Own cloud data infrastructure, deployment pipelines and monitoring systems
• Participate in 24/7 on-call to maintain batch and real-time data infrastructure
• Contribute to common data tooling to enhance engineering productivity
• Drive company-wide initiatives that advance the data architecture
• Together with the rest of the team, develop vision and strategy for data engineering practices

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining data infrastructure
• Expert knowledge of Python, knowledge of Java is a plus
• Strong DevOps oriented mindset
• Track record of maintaining large scale applications and/or ETL pipelines
• Experience with AWS infrastructure, especially with security and networking
• Experience with setting up deployment pipelines and monitoring systems
• Experience with distributed data processing technologies (Spark, Flink, etc)
• Familiarity with one of the data streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, etc)

Benefits and Compensation
However, luring you in with glitter, glamour, and gems is not what we seek to do. We develop Supercell as an employer for you to do your best work and to call this the best experience in your professional life.
We want you to enjoy your time here fully, so we structure our compensation and benefits to serve this purpose. It starts with perceiving you as a human being, not a resource. Read More

About Supercell
We are a game company based in Helsinki, Finland, with offices in San Francisco, Seoul and Shanghai. Since our launch in 2010, we've released six games globally – Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, and Squad Busters.
To make six games, we've killed dozens along the way. That's because we're obsessed with quality. Our mission is to create great games that as many people as possible play for years and that are remembered forever. To achieve this goal, we put together the best possible teams and give them the freedom and independence to succeed. Read More

You Might Love It Here...
If you love games, Supercell is the place for you. We're made up of proactive, independent teams that have the freedom to do what they think is best for their players, our games, and the company.
We know it takes more than trust and independence to make great games, so we also take good care of our people, providing them with the compensation, work environment and resources they need to succeed and have fun while at it. Read More

This position is in Helsinki, but you're not?
Luckily, moving to Helsinki is easier than you might think. No matter where you would be moving from, our dedicated people will help you from beginning to end. We're here to ensure the process is as smooth as possible for you, your family and whoever and whatever you bring along. In addition to cats and dogs, we've even relocated a horse. Read More

Not sure if you should apply? 
Do it! You might feel like you don't tick all the listed requirements with stellar scores. That's fine! We're here to help you succeed. Also, we're happy to learn about any specific accommodations you might require to fully engage in our recruitment process.

And here's a video about what we do. (Best enjoyed with salmiakki and rye bread)