Monster
Celebrating 30 years of helping job seekers and employers find the right fit!
talent management • recruitment • recruitment process outsourcing • applicant tracking • career transition
1001 - 5000
Senior Backend Engineer
August 31
🏡 Remote – Anywhere in California
Monster
Celebrating 30 years of helping job seekers and employers find the right fit!
talent management • recruitment • recruitment process outsourcing • applicant tracking • career transition
1001 - 5000
Description
• Design and implement core backend systems for a cross-platform FTP PvP strategy game • Ensure the game can scale robustly to support high player concurrency • Assess initial backend code/systems and determine if they belong in the final go-live version • Implement and manage all design/architecture decisions • Decide on whether we utilize 3P solutions if needed
Requirements
• Strong experience as a backend engineer working on large live games (e.g., millions of players), ideally having brought them to launch in the first place. • 5+ years professional experience in backend system work for major live video games. Experience with games pre-launch is a big benefit • Excellent judgment and problem solving skills. You will own the major decisions on the backend systems architecture, which should take into account timeline requirements, performance requirements, and other unique needs of the game. For example, you will have to make difficult trade-offs on what are important attributes of the go-live version
Benefits
• Expected salary range: $100-175k based on experience, with company equity package • Ideally open to in-person work culture in Austin (including relocation budget if needed) but remote is possible • Competitive health, dental, vision, and life insurance • 15 days PTO + holidays off
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