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Senior Web Platform Developer

SimBin was formed in 2003 and is a privately owned company active in the video game and entertainment industry. SimBin has various employees over two locations in Sweden, as well as worldwide distributed consultants.
Together with experienced developers, strong shareholders and award winning titles like“GTR – The FIA GT Racing Game”, “GT Legends”, “GTR 2 – The FIA GT Racing Game”, “RACE – The WTCC Game”, “RACE 07 - The WTCC Game”, “GTR Evolution”, “STCC The Game”, "Volvo The Game", "Race Pro", "Race On” and "Race Injection" our goal is to be the world's leading game developer for realistic racing experiences. GTR and RACE are registered trademarks owned by the SimBin group.
We are looking for a technically interested, structured and target oriented web platform developer as a programmer for our online portal and games. The individual we are looking for will be part of the team working on further development of the online portal which will become the link between the games from SimBin and our fans. He/she should see possibilities instead of problems. You will develop various features/systems within web and game technologies together with the technical coordinator, the web team, and the game team.

In this role you will be responsible for:
- Provide analysis, design, development, implementation, maintenance and support of our platform, using technologies such as PHP, SQL, and JS
- Assess and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the backend systems to ensure user requirements and business objectives are met in a timely and cost effective manner
- Creation and maintenance of platform documentation
- Develop end-to-end understanding of applications being supported
- Develop broad understanding of the business/clients functions and processes and how they integrate with our system

These are the main technical skills which are required:

- A relevant university education
- 3 years of programming in PHP, designing and implementing web platforms, and experience in custom made PHP platforms
- Knowledge of ORM, asp.NET and AJAX
- Strong knowledge of MVC frameworks
- Experienced in designing and implementing databases in SQL (Preferably MS SQL Server).
- Strong knowledge of Design Patterns
- Analytical and attention to detail
- Good documentation skills
- Good communicator and team player

Other experiences which are valuable but not required:
- Interest of games and entertainment.
- Interest in cars or motorsports.
This is a permanent position and requires relocation to Lidköping in Sweden. The SimBin HQ has recently moved to a brand new and fully refurbished office in Lidköping.

Please state “Senior Web Platform Developer” as subject when you apply to [email protected]. Contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the position

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EDIT: asp.NET is not needed, nor is MS SQL. Knowledge of SQL is a requirement though.