We are recruiting!

[Chimera Entertainment]

We are a creative and independent development studio for digital entertainment
software in the heart of the beautiful city of Munich. Our
company was founded in 2006 with the support of the production house
remote control productions GmbH. In addition to developing our own IPs,
we implement work for hire, from conception to completion. Gameplay
and creative imagination are always in the foreground, and we promote
team-work and talent. In terms of development and marketing of our
high-class games, and thanks to our 8-year expertise in the field of
mobile gaming and cross-platform-development as well as our awardwinning
portfolio of top titles such as “Angry Birds Epic”, we are one
of the Germany’s leading game developers. And with you as a potential
member of our ambitious over 35-strong team we want

Location:
Munich
Starting:
Immediately


If you are interested, send your complete application including CV, photo and cover
letter to Ms. Ina Hoffman: jobs@chimera-entertainment.de

[Chimera Entertainment]

Who we’re looking for:

You should be a motivated developer who loves to develop the code and infrastructure which keep online games alive
You should be keen on extending your already existing backend programming knowledge


Fields of activity:

Working with the AWS cloud infrastructure
Programming web-based server components in C#
Working with our experienced programmers to develop in-house tools and contribute code to live projects


Qualifications:

You should be familiar with the concepts of (game) servers and general networking (HTTP, HTTPS, TCP/IP, UDP)
You should have practical experience in developing RESTful web services
You should know C#/.NET/ASP.NET and HTML/CSS/JS
You should be friends with Visual Studio


The ideal candidate will also have:

The ability to create usable frontends for web-based tools
Knowledge how database systems work and where differences amongst different database systems are
Experience in other programming/scripting languages

Employment:
On site, Internship

[Chimera Entertainment]

The kind of stuff you’ll be doing:

Lead and coordinate a game development team during all project phases (from initial concept to release or live care)
Plan and schedule the project & manage the production risks
Take care of the daily development operations, meetings and needs of the team
Ensure smooth workflows within the team and be the central communication hub for everybody
Stakeholder management and communication with clients, partners and other departments
Assume responsibility for the team, budget and project
Regular reporting to the senior management


Who we’re looking for:

Minimum three years of related professional experience
Broad knowledge of project management tools and agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum)
Deep understanding of game development in all relevant phases and of all the related departments
Good skills with Excel, Google sheets and similar office tools
High work ethic, reliability, drive and ambition for excellence
Ambition to cultivate and refine a professional working environment
A positive, team-orientated attitude and ability to manage a team with all its needs
You love playing mobile, browser games and video games
You have excellent communication skills in English and German both verbally and in writing


We offer you:

An experienced and flexible team (50 members)
Flat hierarchy in a creative setting
A professional and friendly atmosphere
Strong drive and attitude
A successful and ambitious company with a sustainable and transparent leadership style
An opportunity to grow and expand your knowledge within the game industry
A beautiful office located in the center of Munich

Employment:
On site, fulltime

[Chimera Entertainment]

The kind of stuff you’ll be doing:

• Create monetization strategies for core as well as affiliated products
• Work with the design team on how to make monetization a natural and integral part of all products without feeling invasive to gameplay
• Identify innovative F2P mechanisms and research best practices and case studies
• Constantly monitor and analyze the performance of all company games as well as day-today revenue
• Define KPIs for both internally and externally developed games across all platforms
• Provide studio management with relevant insight into monetization best practices, scenarios and business cases
• Help balance and analyze the games’ economic system to optimize monetization
• Define in-game marketing strategies, events and promotions that drive monetization



Who we’re looking for:

• You are passionate about video games and game development (mobile, online games)
• You have multi-year professional experience in the field of product management of games
• You’ve proven experience in working on at least on F2P game
• You are experienced in designing and adjusting economic models for F2P games
• You are experienced in optimizing relevant KPIs
• You have excellent analytic skills
• You have excellent knowledge of the market and its mechanism
• You have an entrepreneurial and commercial mindset
• You are highly motivated and flexible
• You have the ability to work self-directed and reliably
• You have great communication skills in English both verbally and in writing



Nice to have:

• Excellent knowledge of data analysis and techniques
• Experience in setup, operation and control of A/B testing
• Experience in game design with focus on metrics/data driven design

Employment:
On site, fulltime