The Senior Server Engineer contributes to the development, polish, and optimization of new VR/AR game services. This person will work closely with client and service engineers, game designers, and artists on new mobile products.

What You Will Do

• Build efficient industry-leading, best practice infused engineering projects in a collaborative environment which will impact the experience of tens of millions of users

• Collaborate with multiple disciplines and work with microservices, gateways, security, queues, serialization, et al. using whatever it takes to “do it right” to bring to life gameplay features and mechanics

• Maximize test (e.g. unit, integration, etc.) coverage while working to find better ways to stress and test services, systems, and code

• Guide and mentor other engineers and expect feedback while working with the best

• Senior level problem solving, data structure analysis, and designing for scale both in number of titles/products supported and number of users

• Own the full server stack from inception to CI/CD

What You Will Bring

• 6+ years in a services development role; 3+ years of experience within game and/or mobile services development preferred

• Deployed or released significant features for at least two publicly accessible services with large scale usage and proven uptime

• Thorough knowledge of Java 8 and above with ample experience in OOO development (e.g. C#, C++, etc.)

• Experience with online social game systems and games with live development

• Ability to analyze complex problems and present multiple solutions

• Effective communication skills; especially within teams and with technical information

• Ability to clearly articulate API design and technical requirements with thoughtful documentation gathering requirements, exploring alternative solutions, and implementing code along the way. Maintain and update documentation

• Able to quickly mockup or prototype services and concepts

• Knowledge of various service practices which emphasis on high-scale, high availability patterns (e.g. protocols, databases, pipeline, frameworks, queues, cloud development, caching, messaging, notifications, etc.)

• BS Degree in Computer Science or related field, and/or equivalent years of work experience

How You Will Be Successful

• Communication: Impeccable written and verbal communication with ability to translate technical information in a non-technical format.

• Bias for Action : You have an eagerness to take initiative and persist in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks. You work to resolve requests and incidents with a high sense of urgency and ownership.

• Passion & Pride in your work : You love what you do and how you can add value to your clients; You ensure consistency and quality of your work and take a methodical approach to troubleshooting and resolution.

• Logical and analytical: You’re able to distill and synthesize complex ideas into concise, meaningful information to clients. You’re adept at prioritization and project management with attentiveness to detail and consistent follow through.