Principal Software Engineer (Magic the Gathering)

Wizards of the Coast, (‘WotC’) is one of the world's largest publishers of adventure games, including Magic: The Gathering® Trading Card Game and Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Games. Wizards of the Coast Poland, which is based in Poznan, is developing digital assets for WotC. 

The Role

As the Principal Software Engineer working to support Magic: The Gathering® tabletop play, you will not manage but will be technical leader of a team of developers who build and enhance web applications, APIs and services which support Magic players, event organizers and retailers around the globe. You are a well-rounded and dedicated engineer who can drive technical direction via action, and most importantly, clear communication.

In this role, you will be a key engineering leader, and partner with leaders of all subject areas to deliver the features and stability our players expect. We’re looking for someone who uses strong communication coupled with experience to direct and align large efforts. Someone who can speak to problems from client facing code in the browser, to backend systems, and all the way down into infrastructure. In your pursuit of building high-quality and adaptable systems, you'll be expected to improve the team through communication, mentorship and collaboration. The Principal Engineer will work with their manager and the Technical Director to ensure a successful orchestration of projects.

Responsibilities:

• Be a Technical Leader and foster technical direction to the overall engineering department.
• Be a supportive voice in crafting the long-term technical roadmap for major engineering systems, tech debt, performance, and innovation.
• Proactively identify issues and fix difficult problems as an individual contributor.
• Help build out strong standard methodologies and performance metrics, while seeking continual improvement of the engineering organization.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 10 years of software development experience.
• Authority Level web engineering experience, front-end and back-end.
• Proven prior experience with Architecture/System Design.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure at scale and DevOps.
• Passion for directly implementing code changes, partnering with teams to improve processes and make sure changes are implemented.
• Experience working at all phases of development.
• Experience working with long-range technical planning.
• Experience mentoring team members as needed to increase their capabilities and efficiency.
• Experience giving and receiving feedback.
• Experience multi-tasking and adapting easily to change.
• Passion for making and playing games.
• Enthusiastic, positive, team-oriented; must have the ability to interact and collaborate across departments and teams.
• Self-sufficient and self-motivated, can perform duties independently.
• Experience practicing test-driven development and multiple layers of test automation.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools in support of production operations.
• Experience with automation in support of tasks, data analysis, or external system integrations.
• A passion for Magic: The Gathering and, perhaps, Dungeons and Dragons.
• You enjoy leading your party into battle as a front-line fighter (but all new party members are welcome!)

Type of Contract: Contract of Employment

Workplace Type: Remote

Salary Range: 26K-32K PLN per month

Language Skills: Fluent in Polish & English

Benefits

• Opportunity to work from home.
• Possibility of flexible working hours.
• Extra days off (1 day to celebrate your birthday, 1 week off in summer - discretionary company shutdown week).
• Private medical care with Medicover for yourself and your family (you only pay the tax on it).
• MyBenefit system - for MultiSport card, tickets and many more ways to spend your points.
• Life insurance.
• Employee Assistant Program.
• Discretionary annual bonus (based on company and personal performance).
• Recognition/long service awards.
• Study support and 4 hours per month for voluntary work.

Our Values

• Be legendary: practice excellence, improve on our legacy, create awesomeness.
• Build a well-rounded crew: inclusivity and diversity in both our teams and games.
• Delve into dungeons: embrace challenges with openness and creativity.
• Don’t split the party: agree or disagree but commit. Collaborate and have respect for each other.
• It takes a multiverse: we are driven by the lifelong satisfaction of our fans.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you are selected to move forward in our application process and need to request an accommodation, please let your recruiter or coordinator know.

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