Role Description As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for: - Technical Direction: Define the long-term architectural roadmap for our API services and backend infrastructure. - Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a small but growing team of high-performing engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. - Product Collaboration: Work closely with the Product Management team to translate business requirements into robust, scalable technical features. - Quality & Stability: Partner with the QA team to squash complex bugs and maintain a high bar for system uptime and performance. - Release Management: Own the backend release cycle, overseeing weekly deployments to ensure seamless production rollouts. - Hands-on Development: Lead by example by contributing high-quality, production-ready code in TypeScript. - Security: Ensure the API implements security best practices to meet the standards of our many large regulated customers. - The Expert Programmer: You possess a profound understanding of TypeScript, including the nuances of the type system, decorators, and asynchronous patterns. - Cloud Native: Deep, granular knowledge of the AWS ecosystem following a serverless approach, proficient in architecting solutions using Lambda, ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and EventBridge. - Master Debugger: You have a "sixth sense" for finding bottlenecks and race conditions, comfortable diving into distributed tracing, logs, and memory heaps to solve complex problems. - Backend Specialist: Understanding of API design principles (REST) with a proven track record of building systems that handle a scaling platform. Qualifications - Academic Excellence: A BSc (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field from a top-tier global university. - Industry Excellence: A minimum of 4 years of experience at a world-class enterprise (e.g., FAANG, high-growth unicorn, or industry-leading tech firm). Benefits - Work in a 100% remote environment with team members across multiple countries. - Embrace flexibility while solving meaningful challenges together.

• Build new websites from scratch, from designer mockups, or from client brand guidelines on WordPress and/or Webflow • Customize themes, templates, and layouts to match brand and design direction • Own ongoing website maintenance, including updates, security, backups, performance optimization, bug fixes, content updates, and small feature additions • Translate designs and brand guidelines into clean, responsive, high-quality websites • Build with technical SEO and site performance in mind (page speed, Core Web Vitals, mobile responsiveness) • Manage and maintain multiple websites across Nexus clients and Foundry for Good brands simultaneously • Troubleshoot and resolve site issues quickly and reliably • Join client calls to present work, gather direction, and explain technical considerations clearly • Collaborate with designers, marketers, and account managers to deliver sites that meet client goals and quality standards • Maintain organized project files, documentation, and asset libraries

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Role Description We are looking for a technically proficient Junior Game Programmer to join the Realityjam studio team as an apprentice, contributing to the development of MMO game, 5th Dimension. This is a fully remote, paid apprenticeship offering structured learning and direct involvement in shipping live multiplayer titles. You will work primarily in C# within Unity, contributing to gameplay systems, multiplayer logic, tooling, and engine integration across the 5th Dimension codebase. If you're not yet at the required experience level, our Pre-Apprenticeship Pathway offers a direct, mentored route into this role. Key Responsibilities - Develop and maintain gameplay systems and features in C# within the Unity engine. - Implement and debug multiplayer functionality using Unity's networking frameworks. - Work with the tech art and design teams to integrate assets and systems into the game pipeline. - Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code in line with studio standards. - Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices across the team. - Identify and resolve bugs, performance issues, and technical debt as directed. - Engage with the apprenticeship programme's learning and assessment requirements. Qualifications - Minimum 2 years of documented commercial experience programming games in C# with Unity. - Demonstrable experience working within a commercial Unity development pipeline — this is mandatory. - Working knowledge of multiplayer game architecture and networking fundamentals. - Experience using version control systems such as Git or Plastic SCM within a team environment. - Right to work in the United Kingdom — applicants must hold this at the time of application. - Completion of the 5th Dimension demo on Steam prior to submitting your application. Desirable Skills - Experience with Unity Netcode for GameObjects, Mirror, or an equivalent multiplayer networking framework. - Familiarity with .NET and server-side game logic. - Experience working with Edgegap, Photon, or similar multiplayer hosting and relay infrastructure. - Understanding of performance profiling and optimisation techniques in Unity. - Exposure to CI/CD pipelines or automated testing in a games context. Remuneration & Working Hours - Base salary: £17,000 per annum. - Quarterly performance bonus: up to £5,000 per annum, giving potential annual earnings of up to £22,000. - Hours: 30 hours per week — Monday to Thursday, 10:00am to 6:00pm (GMT/BST). - Fully remote — work from anywhere in the United Kingdom. - Apprenticeship framework with structured learning and a direct pathway to a permanent role. How to Apply To apply, submit a link to your GitHub profile, a portfolio of commercial Unity work, or published game credits for a project you contributed to, including your name. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a technical programming task in the Unity engine. The task is designed to assess your practical C# ability and pipeline understanding, and should take approximately 4 hours to complete. Equal Opportunities Virtual Reality Jam Ltd is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants and will consider all applications regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from groups historically under-represented in the games industry. This role is open to candidates with the right to work in the United Kingdom. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.