About the Role
Develop scalable and resilient solutions for games, ensuring they exceed player quality expectations. Design, implement, and evolve robust technical solutions to help partners' games delight players globally. Prior game development experience is not required, but experience working within software development teams to deliver high-performance, highly scalable, and well-documented platform-based products is preferred. Candidates should be open to new challenges, flexible, and passionate about games.
Responsibilities
- Designing, implementing, and evolving robust technical solutions
- Leveraging past experience to develop scalable and resilient solutions for games
Requirements
- Experience working within software development teams to deliver high-performance, highly scalable, and well-documented platform-based products
- Openness to new challenges
- Flexibility to adapt in the moment
- Lasting passion for games
- Experience with multiple data storage solutions, including RDBMS and NoSql
- Experience driving development from ideation to deployment
- Opinions on the availability, scaling, monitoring, and debugging of discovered problems
- Eagerness to learn about other technologies and practices to stay current and versatile
Skills
- C#
- Golang
- Java
- Python
- Kotlin
- Rust
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- NoSQL
- Terraform
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- GitHub actions
- Jenkins
- ArgoCD
- Experience scaling high-volume data platforms and solutions
- Willingness to experiment with and embrace AI
- Experience with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Understanding of Agile practices
- Demonstrated history of leaving behind artifacts and leaving something in a better state than when you found it
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proactive approach to identifying and addressing technical challenges
- Capacity for self-motivation
- Ability to work independently
- Strong work ethic
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Multiple levels of experience
Salary/Compensations
- $70,000-140,000/year
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Matching
- Annual Leave, Plus 9 Paid Holidays and Winter Break Office Closure
- Annual Research Credit
- Professional Development opportunities
- Work-Life Balance
- Weekly Team Lunches (plus Snacks!)
- Fully Equipped Team Lounge, Including our Favorite Consoles and Games
About the Company
- Every game is an ecosystem beyond mere gameplay. At Terminal Velocity, part of the Rocket Science Group, our platform and server teams are dedicated to constructing the infrastructure necessary for your game's global rollout through a strong focus on back-end and publishing stacks.
- With a wealth of expertise in cutting-edge tools and industry best practices, as well as our longstanding ability to harness the vast array of resources available in any development landscape, we arrive armed with the capabilities to propel your project to success.
Equal Opportunity
- Rocket Science is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a worry-free workplace void of discrimination or harassment. Rocket Scientists are expected to foster and champion an environment in which everyone has the opportunity to feel included and is afforded the respect and dignity they deserve.
