Senior Software Engineer, Take Two Interactive

$120-185k

+ Employee stock purchase plan

AWS

GCP

Python

Java

C++

Erlang

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Video game publisher

Job no longer available

Video game publisher

1001+ employees

B2CGamingPublishingEntertainment

Job no longer available

$120-185k

+ Employee stock purchase plan

AWS

GCP

Python

Java

C++

Erlang

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2CGamingPublishingEntertainment

Company mission

To be the most creative, the most innovative and the most efficient entertainment company.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

8+ years of professional experience, with proven track record of shipping highly scalable and robust large-scale distributed backend systems
Strong experience in one or more of the following languages for backend development: Java, Go, C#, C++, Python, Erlang
Experience in designing and building high performance and highly fault tolerant and secure distributed systems
Experience in designing APIs that you’d be happy to support forever
Experience with large scale distributed databases
Experience in building and deploying systems on top of AWS and/or GCP
Self-starter, self-driven to produce results and continually improve
Experience and comfortable in supporting a live service environment
Able to lead and work with a distributed team
BA / MS degree in computer science or a related field

What the job involves

Provide technical leadership and contribute to the core team that powers our backend services for millions of concurrent users
Build and own the core systems that form the architecture of our backend services from api gateways, service observability and inter-service communications to higher level business components like identity, commerce, and analytics systems just to name a few
Drive the qualitative aspects of the backend services, like performance, scalability, observability, reliability and security and so on
Lead and mentor a team of engineers, supporting their career and technical development
Build a culture passionate about performance and gamer experience
Support multiple titles, with various levels of technical maturity, in integrating our services
Work with product management, design, and other technology teams to develop a long-term roadmap

Our take

Parent company to some of the most successful video game companies and titles is Take-Two Interactive, one of the leading developers, publishers, and marketers of consumer interactive entertainment around the globe.

Developing and publishing principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga, Take-Two has powered industry-leading titles such as Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption 1&2, the catalog of NBA 2K games, BioShock, and FarmVille.

The company is looking to enter the world of crypto and blockchain, beginning with Zynga's Web3 game Sugartown in 2023. When competitor Ubisoft became the first developer to launch NFTs, the move faced backlash as many users saw it as a cash grab, which has certainly influenced Take-Two’s delay in entering the market. Time will tell how this foray into blockchain pans out for Take-Two.

With its well-established catalog of games (with some highly anticipated title releases, including GTA 6) Take-Two Interactive is a titan in the industry and is well set to see continued success, not only as its subsidiaries expand but through the capitalization of future tech opportunities in the highly innovative gaming industry.