JOB POSTING INFORMATION
Position Type:	Professional Experience Year Co-op (PEY Co-op: 12-16 months)
Job Title:	Software Engineer - Services
Job Location:	Remote
Job Location Type:	Remote
Number of Positions:	1
Salary:	$1100.00 weekly for 40.0 hours per week
Start Date:	05/06/2024
End Date:	04/30/2025
Job Function:	Engineering
Job Description:	Uken is offering an opportunity for a Software Engineer, Services PEY for May 2024 - April 2025. This placement provides a great opportunity for learning while working on real projects alongside talented engineers on live code.  You will be working on meaningful things like:  -Designing services to handle millions of concurrent players -Enabling fast, reliable and consistent user experience by measuring and optimizing the entire technology stack -State of the art containerized, microservice architectures for gaming backends -Analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources -Writing, reviewing and documenting code in various languages and frameworks -Maintaining 2 Million+ TCP sockets and pushing 2 million+ real time messages in 1 second We believe in a fun and meaningful work environment:  -You’ll be equipped with a high-end laptop  -Competitive PEY compensation  -Rich learning experience and mentoring from experienced Software Engineers -Virtual Uken social nights including mixers, game night, and more -Office-based or home-based work options  Uken builds games that people everywhere love. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Jeopardy! World Tour are the top 2 trivia games, engaging millions of global players every month. We consider ourselves data-driven designers, technologists, and artists. Through collaboration, we pair the craft of design with feedback and data to deliver a pace and rhythm in each game session that immerses our audience and leaves them wanting more. We have a quirky, nerdy culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, quality ideas, and a data-driven mindset. We believe in moving quickly and improving constantly and that mantra is reflected in the weekly updates we make to our games and internal technologies. We have an appetite for pushing technical boundaries but with a focus on practical use.   We take your entertainment seriously!   Uken welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who would contribute to the further diversification of our team. Uken is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants
Job Requirements:	Your background should include:  -Proven software engineering skills  -Excellent understanding of web architecture  -A solution oriented approach and curiosity -Strong communication and collaboration skills  -An appetite to learn, grow, and take on increasingly more responsibility  It'd be a big plus if you have:  -Experience developing games or applications for mobile -Contributed to an open source project (include your github profile)  -Experience with the technologies we use: Unity, C#, Java
Preferred Disciplines:	Computer Engineering Computer Science Engineering Science (Electrical and Computer)
All Co-op programs:	No
Targeted Co-op Programs:	Targeted Programs Professional Experience Year Co-op (12 - 16 months)

APPLICATION INFORMATION
Application Deadline:	Oct 2, 2023 11:59 PM
Application Receipt Procedure:	Online via system
U of T Job Coordinator:	Yasmine Abdelhady

ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Organization:	Uken Games
Division:	Engineering / Design

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Length of Workterm:	FLEXIBLE PEY Co-op: 12-16 months (range)