Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, thatgamecompany

• 8+ years experience working on the back-end for an MMO or high-volume, distributed, low-latency web services (relaxed slightly for Senior level)
• Fluency in both a functional language such as Erlang/Elixir and a multi-paradigm language such as Go. You realize languages are just tools and you are already fluent in at least these two types. (relaxed slightly for Senior level)
• Have strong opinions on the different approaches to managing network communication, resource scaling, automated deployment, security, reliability, and data tracking/analysis
• Be familiar with (and have passion for) creating unit tests, stress tests, and integration tests. We are behind the curve with automated testing and aim to get ahead of it
• Be proficient with Linux, container-native development, CI/CD, GitOps, and debugging in network environments
• Have a thorough understanding of the tradeoffs involved in building highly available, at-scale backend systems, caching strategies, and distributed systems

Desirable

• For “Sky: Children of the Light”, thatgamecompany has developed a real-time, multiplayer game server system capable of handling a massive amount of concurrent users
• Providing a reliable and low latency experience for our players is a priority
• We build, test, and maintain systems for account and login, resource scaling, seamless matchmaking, and live updates
• We need your help developing and scaling these mission critical systems so that we can continue providing impactful multiplayer experiences to people around the globe
• Design and implement large-scale, highly available backend microservices that serve millions of concurrent players. Aim for zero downtime
• Monitor system health and quickly respond to any failures or glitches to deliver a smooth online experience to players worldwide
• Improve quality through code reviews, expanded test coverage, technical post-mortems, improved documentation
• Encourage collaboration and domain knowledge sharing; reducing bus factor is a feature
• Work and iterate very closely with members of our (distributed, remote) Gameplay, Engine, and Ops teams
• Design testable, flexible features & systems that can withstand frequent changes to functional and performance requirements (this is a live game with a lot of new content, nothing is static!)
• Deliver! More specifically, strike a deliberate balance between speed and quality