Remote Backend Engineer

Description:

• Saltwater Games, a creative alliance of studios, is seeking a skilled Backend Engineer to join their team remotely in the United Kingdom.
• The engineer will have the opportunity to work on various aspects of game development, including feature work, tool and pipeline improvements, optimization, and integration of 3rd party systems.
• The role offers involvement in the full project lifecycle and collaboration with different disciplines across the project.
• Saltwater Games values individuals who are proactive, well-rounded, self-managing, and have a proactive attitude.

Requirements:

• Deliver cloud infrastructure for web3 gaming with web2 UX at scale.
• Must be excited about cutting-edge tech in gaming, web3, and AI.
• Build, maintain, and monitor backends including APIs, databases, and analytics tooling.
• Handle data from gameplay, users, and analytics with millions of Monthly Active Users (MAUs) and daily I/O.
• Must have 5+ years of experience with Javascript and Node.
• Must have 3+ years of experience with AWS services like API Gateway, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, EC2, KMS, Lambda, and S3.
• Should have 2+ years of experience with backends supporting 100k-10m MAU, experience with OAuth, and some familiarity with web3.
• Nice to have experience includes working with non-web clients, web3, ethers.js SDK, Etherscan, Typescript, Firestore, and Functions in GCP.

Benefits:

• Salary range of £55-£60k.
• Remote-first work environment.
• Share option scheme.
• Unlimited holidays.
• Monthly workplace well-being benefit scheme.
• Regular team social events and studio summits.
• Opportunity to work alongside a friendly, flexible, and highly talented team.
• Chance to work on big-name IPs.
• Commitment to building a diverse and inclusive working environment, welcoming applications from underrepresented groups in the industry.