At AccelByte, our mission is to empower game creators by providing them with the backend platform and tools required to make scalable, reliable AAA-quality games. The company was founded in 2016 by industry veterans who have engineered online systems for some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world including Fortnite, Epic Store, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and EA Origin. We are backed by top investors including Softbank, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Galaxy Interactive, NetEase, and Krafton. Our latest Series B funding has firmly solidified our place as a top player in the gaming industry. AccelByte’s talent has decades of experience building and shipping some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world.

We believe that the best companies empower employees to make decisions, obsess about the best user experience, and are not afraid to make and learn from their mistakes. Our culture is based on humility, openness to feedback, drive, and collaboration, which we feel results in the best performing teams. As a company that values diversity, inclusion, and employee growth, our employees have opportunities to work with and learn from teams all over the world. We offer competitive salaries, a full range of health benefits, social activities, career growth opportunities, and an amazing team. Come join us!

Position Summary

Reporting to the tech lead, the Backend Engineer is responsible for working with clients, primarily game studios, designing, advising, and building the next generation of their online web service platform that is highly scalable, secure, and available using Go and cloud technologies. Some travel is required for this position to client locations.

Our ideal candidate has a love for games and the ability to collaborate with our game developer customers and other service developers in order to build online services to power games at scale. We seek versatile engineers with strong judgment, great execution, and a willingness to take on new responsibilities.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

The Back-End Engineer is accountable for the following functions and responsibilities:

• Develop and improve microservices with scalability, data integrity, security, and cost in mind
• Collaborate with other engineers and work closely with cross-functional teams (Frontend, SDK, SDET, PM, etc.) in a global environment.
• Apply best practices to produce clean, extensible, testable, and performant code.
• Ensure integrity of the product with unit, functional, and integration tests
• Author or contribute to technical designs, documentation, tutorials, and sample apps
• Translate product requirements into extensible design.
• Support and troubleshoot client integration and ensure client success
• Researching new technologies and tools to enable us to build better solutions.
• Perform any other duties as required.

Qualifications/Experience Required:

• 3+ years of professional experience working with backend systems in a backend language such as Go or Java or another similar server-side programming language
• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases such as Postgres and MongoDB
• Proficiency in written and verbal English language to succeed in a remote work environment environment
• Excellent knowledge of algorithms, data structures, performance, and multi-threaded programming techniques
• Experience with developing highly scalable services
• Experience with security best practices
• Forward-thinking and up to date on current and emerging architecture patterns
• Able to work with clients under tight deadlines, on distributed teams with fluid requirements
• Ability to quickly understand and work with internal and externally developed code
• Excellent communication skills and regularly achieves consensus with other engineers and product managers
• Comfortable working in a highly agile work environment and adapting as business challenges evolve
  
• Flexibility in working with people coming from different timezones

Qualifications/Experience Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field of study
• Experience in designing and deploying services in AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure for millions of users
• Experience working with first-party online services such as Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, or Steam
• AAA game studio experience
• Working knowledge of Linux

AccelByte Inc is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, all qualified candidates and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, or disability. Our culture is innovative and inclusive, and we value our people the highest.

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