Description:

Second Dinner is an award-winning independent game development studio focused on creating the most fun games in the world, including the acclaimed game MARVEL SNAP.
The studio operates as a remote-first organization, allowing talented individuals from across the United States to join the team.
The engineering team is dedicated to building and innovating with cutting-edge technologies, including cloud-native distributed architecture and AI.
The Senior Software Engineer II, Backend will be a core member of the backend engineering team, collaborating with gameplay and feature engineers to deliver new player experiences on a reliable platform.
Responsibilities include participating in architecture discussions, leading the integration of new features, taking ownership of key system components, implementing tools for cross-discipline teams, ensuring server uptime, enabling rapid feature development, and maintaining documentation.

Requirements:

Candidates must possess the skills to write simple, readable, and maintainable code.
Strong experience in operating multi-region services in AWS or other cloud providers is required.
Familiarity with deploying and maintaining cloud-native applications using Infrastructure as Code tools is necessary.
Extensive experience in building and optimizing applications in .NET/C# or similar languages is essential.
Experience in configuring observability tools and troubleshooting live service issues is required.
Hands-on experience with cloud data storage solutions, such as AWS S3 or DynamoDB, is necessary.
Candidates must have the ability to identify security vulnerabilities.
Excellent technical and personal communication skills are required.
A passion for playing and making great games is essential.

Second Dinner offers medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, covering 100% of premiums for employees and 75% for dependents for many plans.
A 401(k) contribution plan is available with no waiting period.
Employees receive 16 weeks of paid parental leave with no waiting period.
A home office improvement bonus is provided.
Paid vacation and sick time are included.
Up to 10 BetterHelp sessions are covered each benefits plan year.
The company operates on a remote-first basis with core overlap hours between 10 AM and 4 PM PT.
There are company-wide shutdowns during the Winter Holiday (Dec 25-Jan 1) and Summer Holiday (week of July 4).
Employees can participate in company events, including an in-person Summer all-hands gathering, an in-person holiday party, and various virtual events throughout the year.