Senior Backend Developer - Node - Web games - remote

Senior Engineer - (Microservices Architecture + Node.js)

Join my client and help shape shape a globally played Casual FPS. Conquer challenges with WebGL, ThreeJS, and help us to connect billions through revolutionary game

About You
You are a focused, creative, smart, intrinsically motivated game dev. You enjoy working on a small, focused team and building things that millions of people play. You appreciate working with people who care about impact over hours worked, and who appreciate that you are amazing at identifying the 20% that gets us 80% of the way and then building them.
You enjoy going from batting around ideas to execution to deployment in super short cycles, and you like that you have a real voice on the team. You appreciate being a peer with other driven, skilled and focused people. You understand that some structure is beneficial to help humans work together, but you also feel comfortable raising a flag if the process gets out of hand. You don’t accept broken windows, and you don’t get overly bogged down perfecting every detail - the point is to create great experiences for players and move forward fast.
You’re also the type of person who dives fearlessly into internal and external code bases to find the bugs, the extra frames per second or the memory that you need to prove that given enough engineering talent (and grit), this game can feel good and run well even on a potato!

About us
My client is a growth stage games platform and publishing company building an expansive, cross-channel ecosystem that connects billions through amazing games instantly.
Their proprietary technology and global reach represent a sea change for players and game developers. By democratising game distribution & discovery, eliminating downloads, and providing game makers of any size with robust development and live game operating tools, the company reduces cost and eliminates friction for creators while connecting them with billions of players worldwide.

Founded & led by seasoned entrepreneurs and game-makers and backed by leading investors, the studio has seen explosive growth. The games have been downloaded 2 billion times. Through partnerships with companies including Facebook, Samsung, Snap, and TikTok, the company currently supports a growing player base of 2 million daily active players across an ever-expanding portfolio of games.

My client  seeks passionate game-makers, technologists, data ninjas, product, and business leaders at all levels to join an incredible team and empower creators to serve their players better anywhere, on any device.

Intro
We're looking for Senior Engineers to help us build our games into their fullest
potential. It is a first-person shooter built on HTML5 tech, running on many
channels and platforms, both mobile and desktop, and enjoyed by millions of players.

We are on a mission to aggressively scale it to every corner of the internet and be one of the most-played shooters of all time. The project offers players different game modes and continues to evolve with the development of new
modes and versions, to further expand the gameplay experience. To do this well, there are a lot of interesting engineering challenges to solve.

As a Senior backend Engineer, you are responsible for creating and executing the technical vision for the games backend as well as collaborating with the rest of the engineering team on the project on building new stuff, improving existing systems, and improving the overall quality of the game. You will be working with all aspects of the game backend services including, client- and server-side game code and networking.

Challenges & Responsibilities
• Be hands-on in building and enhancing games backend, game engines, backend API integrations, and associated tooling
• Building online multiplayer games and applications which scale to millions of
players
• Troubleshoot, debug and solve challenging technical issues
• Support team development and guide junior team members

Tech Stack you will be working with:
• Languages: Node.js/Javascript/Typescript/Go
• Frameworks & Libraries: , Node, Mithril, Fastify, WebSockets, Chi, Node
• Databases & Services: MongoDB, Redis, NATS
• Devops: Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud, Agones

We are looking for someone with:
• A mix of deep web and backend game development expertise
• Senior-level experience with Typescript & Javascript
• Fearlessness towards new technologies, and willingness to get your hands dirty
• Full stack web experience; Experience with building web applications from
concept to finished product
• Knowledge of backend concepts in multiplayer games such as real-time servers and architecture using WebSockets and WebTransport, as well as common game server paradigms such as authoritative logic
• Experience delivering production-ready, safe code and committed to quality and highly testable code - our games are played by millions of users daily across a wide range of devices and platforms
• Ability and habit to profile, analyse and troubleshoot issues in environment and application performance/design inefficiencies

What else you should know (Perks):
• Permanent work contract
• 30 vacation days 🏝
• Workplace Allowance of 250€ (1-time payment)
• Personal Training Budget of 600€ per year
• Remote working setup
• You will be a part of a fun & playful working culture
• After 3 years  with the studio, you can take your own Mini-Sabbatical: 1 extra month vacation + 2500€ budget