Senior Software Development Engineer Backend

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

💰 Benefits → We have tremendous benefits & perks. Check out work.hike.in to know more