Sr. SDE Backend

2 Months ago • 3-6 Years • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior SDE Backend at Hike, you will be responsible for developing, innovating, and integrating new technologies and tools. You will also be involved in planning tasks and systems, looking for future improvements, mentoring other engineers, defining, architecting, and developing core gaming server components. Additionally, you will optimize code and memory usage for high-performance scalable systems, collaborate with product managers, backend engineers, and app developers, and work on systems impacting millions of users. You must be able to write organized code and be comfortable working on a complicated code-base.
Must have:
  • Strong experience in backend gaming technologies and networking protocols
  • Strong coding skills in Java and/or C#
  • Strong understanding of TCP/IP and UDP protocols
  • Basic understanding of distributed systems
  • Proficiency in designing REST APIs with JSON and XML formats
  • Proficiency in designing relational databases and schemas
  • Proven ability to architect and design large systems
  • Excellent communication skills for discussing design and timelines
  • Experience with workflow tools like source control (GIT) and bug tracking (JIRA)

Job Details

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

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

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About The Company

At Hike, we’re building the Rush Gaming Universe. We're taking gaming, one of the fastest-growing segments of entertainment in India, and converting it into a brand new source of economic opportunity. We're building a new kind of game economy where players can play, earn & grow and become true owners in the very networks that they help create. Hike’s latest round of funding came in August 2021, where we raised capital from the world’s best product innovators & investors. The round was led by Justin Mateen (Co-Founder, Tinder). Rajeev Misra (CEO, SoftBank Vision Fund), Sean Rad (Co-Founder, Tinder), Arjun Sethi (Co-Founder & Partner, Tribe Capital), Bhavin Turakhia (Co-Founder, Zeta & Titan), Kunal Shah (Founder, Cred), Binny Bansal (Co-Founder, Flipkart), Aditya Agarwal (Partner in Residence, South Park Commons), Kunal Bahl (Co-Founder & CEO, Snapdeal) & Rohit Kumar Bansal (Co-Founder, Snapdeal), also participated in the round.

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