Senior Server/Backend Software Engineer

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ABOUT THE JOB

Spry Fox is looking for a Senior Engineer to join our team and help us build an original, non-violent MMO! You’ll work alongside a small team of extraordinarily talented and thoughtful people who are building our game server and backend, bringing players together and ensuring that things run smoothly.

Our motto is, “make the world a better place”; and we try to do this through the games we make. Invention is part of our DNA at Spry Fox. Whether it’s by designing MMOs that encourage the development of friendships and discourage toxicity, or by designing unique puzzle games that promote English language learning; we’re always asking ourselves “how does this game improve your life?”

Spry Fox is a flat organization. We treat everyone with respect and expect everyone to exhibit the autonomy and skill that only a great senior engineer can.

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the rest of the backend team, you will direct the architecture of both backend services and game servers for a large-scale, non-violent, cozy MMO.

• As a member of the backend team, you will work on core server systems like network replication or game state persistence.

• You will work closely with artists, designers, and other engineers to implement new game features across the server and backend service layers.

• As part of the backend team, you will coordinate web service and game server deployments (and scaling) across hundreds of machines and thousands of processes ensuring maximum stability and a smooth player experience.

• In collaboration with the rest of the backend team, you will be responsible for the security of the studio’s publicly accessible services and game servers.

• You will be responsible for helping to design and maintain the systems that persist data from thousands of requests per second across hundreds of servers.

Requirements

• You have worked on one or more shipped online multiplayer games with persisted game state and have a deep understanding of the entire tech stack.

• You have implemented gameserver features such as networking and data storage in C++, or an equivalent language.

• You have shipped scalable game services using a language such as Python, Rust, Go, or equivalent.

• You have experience with server and/or service load testing.

• You are familiar with cloud environments (AWS preferred) and relational databases.

• You have the ability to communicate with all team members, including artists, programmers, and designers on the many tradeoffs required to build a large scale online multiplayer game.

Nice To Have

• Experience with containerization and container orchestration technologies (such as Docker and Kubernetes)

• Our game client uses Unreal Engine, some experience would be a bonus.

Compensation

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $100,000 - $350,000 USD.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.  Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits .

Location Considerations:

Remote Position

Candidates from these countries will be considered: United States, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil

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We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.