Backend Engineer, Medal.tv

Java, All Levels

$120-250k

+ Equity

React

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Redux

GCP

Python

Java

Elasticsearch

Redis

iOS

Android

Kotlin

Terraform

Swift

C++

MySQL

Chef

RabbitMQ

Windows

BigQuery

Git

REST API

Electron

Junior, Mid and Senior level

New York

Social platform for short-form gaming video clips

Open for applications

Social platform for short-form gaming video clips

21-100 employees

B2CGamingeSportsSocialDigital MediaSaaS

Open for applications

$120-250k

+ Equity

React

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Redux

GCP

Python

Java

Elasticsearch

Redis

iOS

Android

Kotlin

Terraform

Swift

C++

MySQL

Chef

RabbitMQ

Windows

BigQuery

Git

REST API

Electron

Junior, Mid and Senior level

New York

21-100 employees

B2CGamingeSportsSocialDigital MediaSaaS

Company mission

To connect people by creating memories while they are physically apart!

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience with Java (level-dependent, from foundational to expert proficiency)
Experience as a backend engineer on a production application (from entry-level contributions to leading projects)
Understanding of RESTful APIs and experience architecting and implementing them in a production environment at scale
Proficiency with relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, with an understanding of schema design, indexing, relations, and performance optimizations
Comfortable working on systems handling thousands of requests per second
Experience managing cloud infrastructure
Designing scalable infrastructure and architectures
Understanding of CI/CD, TDD, and version control (Git)

Desirable

Dependency injection
Experience with infrastructure management and "infrastructure as code" (Terraform, Salt, Chef, or similar)
Experience with caches such as Redis or Memcached
Experience with using queues to offload work
ElasticSearch, BigQuery
Python, NodeJS
Docker, Kubernetes
Google Cloud and/or AWS
Experience with CDNs such as Cloudflare, CloudFront, or Akamai
A passion for games and gaming communities

What the job involves

Medal's backend team is responsible for creating REST APIs that power our whole application, supporting real-time in-app communications, storing billions of user-generated gaming clips, powering Medal's ML-based content feed and friend recommendations, and much more
Our Stack: Electron, React, Redux, Styled Components & other modern web-based technologies
C# and C++ for native windows recording & more
Swift for iOS, Kotlin for Android
Java, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes for backend
Terraform, Salt, GitHub Actions, CircleCI for IaC and CI/CD

Our take

Video games have become highly social experiences due to multiplayer gaming, eSports, and social media, spawning a huge market for audiences who enjoy watching gaming-related video content. Gamers commonly stream games and edit the footage to produce memes and engage with friends, but this requires many software tools and a separate platform on which to share experiences.

Medal.tv provides a social platform for gaming video clips, allowing users to record and edit footage, make gaming memes, and share content with friends within the same software. The platform collects in-game data to mitigate cheating and cyberbullying and integrates directly into any Windows or Android game.

Whilst the company will face great competition from platform giants such as Youtube, TikTok, and Twitch, Medal.tv shows the potential to stand out by being specifically designed for gaming content. Furthermore, the platform’s accessible video capturing and editing interface keeps the end-to-end social gaming experience within the same platform, making it more convenient and immersive for gamers than on other platforms.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-21% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.5)

Trustpilot (2.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Jul 2024

$13m

LATE VC

Dec 2021

$45m

SERIES C

Total funding: $85.7m

Company HQ

Naarden, Netherlands

Leadership

Pim de Witte

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Co-founder and CEO of Highlight. Experience as Founder, CEO & CTO of Soulsplit from 2009 to 2014. Software Engineer and Product Manager for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) from 2014 to 2017.

Joshua Lipson

(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)

Co-founder and Chief Architect at Highlight. Full Stack Developer and CTO of Soulsplit from 2013 to 2015.

Iggy Harmsen

(Co-Founder & Product Design)

Worked in CS & Marketing for Soulsplit from 2012 to 2015.

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