Web Developer

Genvid is pioneering Massively Interactive Live Events (MILEs) as a huge new category of transmedia. We provide the unique technology and services that enable this new form of cloud-based, live broadcast entertainment to be built on any of the top game engines and run on all major streaming platforms. 

We believe viewers love live events, love communal experiences, and love when their participation matters. We believe the Metaverse is coming, and we’re already helping build its foundation.

We exist to power the next generation of these experiences — across gaming, sports and TV.

Our rapidly expanding workforce is composed of veterans from the video game and broader technology industries, with offices around the world. The Genvid team is extremely diverse, forward thinking, creative, and collaborative. We solve thorny problems quickly, reinvent the rules when necessary, and take pride in blazing new trails with major partners in the tech, social media, film and television, and pop culture sectors.

Our Solution: 

Genvid Technologies is changing the face of the multi-billion-dollar livestreaming market through its proprietary technologies and related services, bringing real-time, interactive experiences to viewers of all kinds of broadcast content - even creating entirely new game-like experiences such as the recent Facebook Watch exclusive Rival Peak. With successive investment rounds in place, our well-funded company continues to grow quickly: we expect to triple in size over the next few years. Genvid’s clients include the biggest game publishers in the world, as well as video game engine creators, game consoles, streaming platforms, indie developers, Hollywood studios and other major IP holders.

Be part of the revolution of interactive broadcasting!

Web Developer 

We are seeking a web developer with experience and interest in gaming.  As part of the Genvid team, you’ll be involved in integrating games on desktop and mobile that work hand-in-hand with the Genvid stack. You should have an understanding of responsive web design, and experience with HTML5 games engines are a plus!

Reporting to the Partner Service Team Lead, in this role the Web Game Developer tasks and duties involve, but are not limited to:

• Overseeing the support of clients’ software with our development tools, critical to the success of our business. Clients include the biggest game publishers in the world, as well as video game engine creators, game consoles, streaming platforms, and indie developers.
  
• Contribute in designing, building, scaling, and supporting the integration of our technology and seeing to their deployment and support in the requested data center environments with the client and our partners.
  
• The ability to translate clients’ design requirements into efficient and reusable code.
  
• Creating minigames, achievement systems, and UI overlays that integrate seamlessly with client products.
  
• Creating unit tests and working with QA to deliver quality code and ensure that bugs and problems are swiftly addressed on the client’s behalf.
  
• Working with the Live Operations and Partnerships teams to understand the priority of client services and adjust your workflow accordingly.
  
• Identifying improvements in systems management and the development process
  
• Communicating the clients’ needs and development shortfalls by providing real time feedback to internal teams.
  
• The ability to solve problems creatively, define best practices, and document findings to enhance team cohesion.
  
• Provide on-going support and maintenance throughout the product's life cycle.

Experience & Education

• Bachelor's Degree 
• 5-7 years’ experience in services and web application development
  
• Experience with JavaScript, Node.js, Python, TypeScript, Go
  
• Understanding of responsive CSS/web design
  
• Ability to communicate clearly in English written and verbal
  
• 3 years experience with React and other frameworks
  
• AWS Stack (EC2, ELB, Route53 etc.) (knowledge of Azure, GCE
  
• Be keenly aware of the strict security needs of our partners

Assets:

• Startup experience
  
• Strong problem solving skills
  
• Advanced knowledge of network security principles
  
• Experience in gaming industry or animation
  
• HTML5 Canvas, HTML5 game engines (Three.js, PlayCanvas, etc.)
  
• FB Instant Games experience a big plus
  
• Experience with HashiCorp Stack (Consul, Nomad, Vault, Terraform, Packer)