Remote Senior Backend Software Engineer
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Description:
- The Senior Backend Software Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing robust, scalable, and secure backend game systems.
- They will focus on areas such as player accounts, matchmaking, leaderboards, achievements, in-game economies, and anti-cheat measures.
- The role involves championing best practices for live operations to ensure smooth launches, ongoing content updates, and seamless player experiences.
- Integrating with external partner services and third-party technologies is a key aspect of the position.
- Writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code and developing and executing automated tests for high code quality are essential responsibilities.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals and identifying and troubleshooting technical issues to maintain system stability and performance are part of the role.
Requirements:
- Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Backend Software Engineer with at least one launched title.
- Proven experience in designing, developing, and deploying backend systems for online games.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with a service-oriented mindset.
- Mastery of at least one backend programming language (Kotlin, Java, Go, C#) and willingness to learn others.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Understanding of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra).
- Experience with building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
- Familiarity with game development lifecycles and live ops best practices.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- A passion for video games and a strong desire to contribute to a successful title.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary range of $170K - $240K.
- Remote work opportunity.
- Opportunity to work on live service games and collaborate with designers, game programmers, and product managers.
- Chance to work on cutting-edge technologies and integrate with external partner services.
- Potential for professional growth and development in a dynamic and innovative environment.
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