Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About the Role

Join the engineering team at a consumer gaming company, building backend systems and features that support its core product. You will take ownership of projects from design through launch and help improve the systems and processes that enable the team to move quickly.

What You'll Do

• Build and ship consumer-facing backend features that contribute to core business metrics.

• Develop data-driven systems for challenges such as matchmaking and fraud prevention.

• Improve engineering workflows, including CI/CD and experimentation capabilities.

• Take projects from concept to delivery with limited direction and seek opportunities to expand your impact.

What We're Looking For

• Five to eight years of backend software engineering experience, ideally in a fast-growing startup or another high-engineering-bar environment.

• Experience owning and shipping consumer-facing backend features end-to-end, with measurable business impact.

• Proficiency in Go, or the ability and willingness to ramp up quickly; experience with Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform is relevant.

• Experience building data-driven systems such as matchmaking, fraud prevention, or recommendation engines.

• Background with real-time features, payments, or consumer gaming applications is a plus.

• Hands-on experience improving CI/CD pipelines or experimentation platforms is valuable.

• A computer science or related technical degree is relevant.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary range: $200,000 to $400,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.