Senior Software Development Engineer Backend

2 Months ago • 3-6 Years

Backend Development

Job Description

Hike is building the Hike Gaming Nation and is seeking a Sr. SDE Backend. The role involves developing, innovating, and integrating new technologies and tools, scoping tasks and systems for future improvements, and mentoring other engineers. Responsibilities include defining, architecting, and developing core gaming server components, optimizing code and memory usage for high-performance scalable systems, and collaborating with product managers and other engineers. The ideal candidate will have strong backend gaming technologies and networking protocols experience, proficiency in Java and/or C#, understanding of TCP/IP & UDP protocols, distributed systems, REST APIs with JSON & XML, relational databases, and the ability to scale systems for hundreds of thousands of concurrent connections. Strong object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and software design skills are essential, along with experience in Git and JIRA.

Must Have:

Strong backend gaming technologies and networking protocols experience
Strong coding skills in Java and/or C#
Strong understanding of TCP/IP & UDP protocols
Basic understanding of distributed systems
Proficiency in designing REST APIs with JSON & XML
Proficiency in designing relational databases
Scale systems for hundreds of thousands of concurrent connections
Strong Object Oriented design and architecture skills
Solid foundation in computer science, data structures, algorithms, and software design
Proven ability to architect and design large systems
Excellent communication skills
Experience with source control (GIT)
Experience with bug tracking (JIRA)

Perks:

Tremendous benefits & perks

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communication

github

data-structures

quality-control

bug-tracking

networking

xml

json

notion

git

algorithms

jira

java

At Hike, we’re building the Hike Gaming Nation 🎮 📲 💰

To know more, check out work.hike.in.

Hike Code 📝( Our core cultural values )

The Hike Code is our cultural operating system. It is our set of values that guides us operationally on a day to day basis. We have 9 core values:

Top Talent in Every Role → Both a quest for greatness & shared values are important to us 🦸‍♂️
Pro-Sports Team → Strength-based, results driven with a "team-first" attitude ⚽️
Customer Obsession → We exist to delight our customers 😃
Innovation & Make Magic → Courage to walk into the unknown and pioneer new fronts 🙀
Owner not a Renter → Proactive & radically responsible. Everyone is an owner 🤝
Think Deeply → Clear mind, obsession to simplify & data-informed 🙇‍♀️
Move Fast → Ruthless prioritization & move fast 🙋‍♂️
Be curious & keep learning → Curiosity to acquire new perspectives, quickly 👨‍🏫
Dream Big → Courage to climb big mountains 🚀

Skills & experience we're looking for 👨‍💻

Strong experience in backend gaming technologies and networking protocols l Top Talent in Every Role
Strong coding skills in Java and/or C# l Top Talent in Every Role
Should have a strong understanding of TCP/IP & UDP protocols l Top Talent in Every Role
Should have a basic understanding of distributed systems l Top Talent in Every Role
Proficiency in designing REST APIs with JSON & XML formats l Top Talent in Every Role
Proficiency in designing relational databases and schemas for relational databases l Top Talent in Every Role
Scale systems for hundreds of thousands of concurrent connections l Innovate & Make Magic
3 to 6 years of relevant industry experience l Top Talent in Every Role
Strong Object Oriented design and architecture skills l Top Talent in Every Role
A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design l Top Talent in Every Role
Proven ability to architect and design large and complicated systems l Think Deeply
Excellent communication skills – particularly the ability to discuss timelines, design concerns, and provide helpful feedback to team members l Pro Sports Team
Experience with common workflow tools like source control (GIT), bug tracking (JIRA), etc l Top Talent in Every Role

You will be responsible for 📲

Innovation → Develop, innovate & integrate new technologies and tools
Planning → Scope out tasks and systems, looking for future improvements
Leadership → Mentor other engineers in core language and technology struggles
Operations → Define, architect, & develop core gaming server components
Operations → Optimize code & memory usage for high-performance scalable systems
Operations → Work closely with product managers, other backend engineers and app developers
Operations → Work on systems that will impact the experience of millions of users
Operations → You must be able to write coherent, organized code and be comfortable working on a complicated code-base