Senior Software Engineer - Services - Remote

Overview

A Thinking Ape (ATA) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focusing on Distributed Systems to join the live service department (Leviathan) which actively maintains and develops 6 different live games with over 80k+ DAU (daily active users). On Leviathan you will be instrumental in building, extending, monitoring, and maintaining core systems across our microservice architecture that players interact with. These systems support Leviathan's extensive portfolio of games across which 80,000+ players engage with every day. You’ll be responsible for interacting with product team members to translate their designs into scalable systems that service our community.

In Short

• Build scalable systems for massively multiplayer mobile games that will support thousands of concurrent users.
• Diagnose performance issues in large-scale systems.
• Create tools to automate and optimize processes across disciplines.
• Become involved in every aspect of product development.
• Lead the technical investigation, implementation, release, and iteration of solutions to large-scale product problems.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of previous work experience in backend software development.
• Experience building and working in distributed systems.
• Comfortable debugging and fixing tricky issues in various parts of the backend software stack.
• You have previously led and shipped at least 3 high quality features to thousands of customers.
• Extensive track record of architecting and implementing scalable backend services and systems.
• Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills.
• You can effectively communicate ideas into working documentation and technical designs.

Benefits

• Flexible work schedule.
• Three weeks of vacation.
• Flexible sick days.
• Generous health benefits package.
• Supportive leadership and a strong team environment.