Senior Software Engineer, thatgamecompany

Golang

$95-177k

+ opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus

MongoDB

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Redis

Postgres

C++

Erlang

Git

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote in US

More information about location

Video game studio

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Video game studio

101-200 employees

B2CGamingContentEntertainmentSaaS

Be an early applicant

$95-177k

+ opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus

MongoDB

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Redis

Postgres

C++

Erlang

Git

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote in US

More information about location

101-200 employees

B2CGamingContentEntertainmentSaaS

Company mission

To expand the range of emotional experiences possible in video games, so that it can be enjoyed and loved by people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Be a fan of TGC games and be excited about enhancing the player experience
Have 5+ years experience working on the backend for an MMO or high-volume, low-latency web services
Be fluent in Golang
Have deep experience with both relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis)
Be comfortable deploying containerized services to a kubernetes cluster
Be familiar with both microservice and monolith architectures
Be an expert git user
Be familiar with creating unit tests, stress tests, and integration tests
Be proficient debugging in network environments

Desirable

Have experience with multiple cloud providers like AWS or GCP
Have experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker
Have experience with Erlang, C++, or functional programming
Have experience with Perforce for source control

What the job involves

Create and maintain high volume Golang services to maintain game and player state in a reliable, secure, and scalable manner
Work with designers to help bring new gameplay systems to life
Deploy microservices to our live environment
Monitor and diagnose problems in the live environment, fixing them in a timely manner
Help guide future backend technology, systems, and architecture design
Review another engineer’s Pull Request offering actionable feedback

Our take

Thatgamecompany is a video studio that has built popular and emotional game worlds including Sky and Journey. On a mission to elevate games as a legitimate form of art, it stands out not only for the emotional quality of its products, but for appealing to people of varying ages, identities and backgrounds with a single world.

The success of Sky, which has now been downloaded at least 200M times and has nearly 7M daily active players, led to an impressive funding round in 2022. This funding has been invested into growing its development team and organization infrastructure.

As part of this investment, the company is adding Pixar co-founder, Ed Catmull, as principal adviser on creative culture and strategic growth. When considering the incomparable success of his previous ventures, this will likely set Thatgamecompany on a significant growth trajectory.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

19% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.85)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Mar 2022

$160m

LATE VC

Jul 2019

$6m

SERIES C

Total funding: $196.1m

Company benefits

Medical, dental, vision
401k
Paid time off

Company values

Thatgamecompany values integrity and personal growth within an environment of intense collaboration and experimentation

Company HQ

Mid-City, Santa Monica, CA

Articles

Sky and Journey maker Thatgamecompany raises $160M

Sky: Children of the Light maker Thatgamecompany raises $160M in investment

Thatgamecompany receives $160 million investment to scale operations

Leadership

Jenova Chen

(CEO & Creative Director)

Previously served as a Game Designer for Electronic Arts Maxis and for USC Game Innovation Lab. Experience as an Art Director & Lead Artist for Annenberg Communication Center.

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