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Backend Engineer

California, United States (Remote)

Backend Engineer

2 Hours ago • 3 Years + • Backend Development • $150,000 PA - $225,000 PA

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Job Description

Sleeper is seeking a Backend Engineer to build multiplayer games, messaging features, and core platform functionalities. The ideal candidate will have a passion for building scalable systems for millions of users and experience collaborating effectively with frontend teams. Responsibilities include ensuring the scalability and reliability of solutions, working closely with the frontend team, and anticipating and resolving potential issues. The backend is primarily built using Elixir and ScyllaDB. Experience with multiplayer games or messaging products is highly desirable.

Must have:

3+ years engineering experience
Elixir/Erlang experience (preferred)
Practical decision-making
Scalable system design
Collaboration with frontend team

Good to have:

Experience with Cassandra or ScyllaDB
Distributed systems management

Sleeper is a rapidly growing platform for sports fans with messaging at its core. Our backend consists primarily of Elixir and ScyllaDB. We are looking for experienced engineers who have a passion for building multi-player games or messaging products to help us bring Sleeper to the rest of the world.

What you’ll be doing

Building multi-player games, messaging, and/or core platform features
Ensuring your solutions are scalable to millions of users
Work with frontend team to deliver products to end users

Who you are

Impressive side project or 3+ years of engineering experience
You make practical decisions and trade-offs
You thrive in ambiguous environments
You are good at anticipating things that can go wrong
When things do go wrong, you act calm and think rationally

Preferred skills (not required)

Experience with ErlangVM
Experience with Cassandra or ScyllaDB
Experience managing distributed systems infrastructure

Sleeper believes in fair and equitable pay. Certain locations in the United States require job postings to include a reasonable estimate of the base salary range and/or a general description of benefits and other compensation applicable to the role. For this role in those locations, the base salary range for new hires is:

Annualized Base Pay Range: 150K - 225K

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$150.0K - $225.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$187.5K/yr avg.

San Francisco, California, United States

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About The Company

Sleeper

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Sleeper's mission is to connect people over sports. We're building a digital playground for sports fans and their friends to hang out together. We believe what truly makes sports so special in our lives is its ability to strengthen bonds between the people we care about. Some of our fondest memories include super bowl parties with friends, streaming the world cup with co-workers, and enjoying Christmas NBA games with family. Our products enable you and your friends to enjoy sports together in a fun and social way, creating bonds that can span a lifetime.