RemotevilleRemote Online Game Services Engineer Job in Saratoga Springs, NY Rushdown Studios
Online Game Services Engineer Rushdown Studios
$100000 - $150000
Service EngineeringTroubleshooting
Mid-level (3-4 years) - Senior (5-8 years)
Saratoga SpringsNY
Amazing teams building excellent games with our favorite studios in the industry.
20+ employees
Gaming
Role
Who you are
- Strong communicator - proactive about unblocking yourself asking questions and navigating obstacles with a team
- 2+ years of experience writing high-performance Go applications
- 3+ years of backend development experience
- 1+ years of C++ experience
- Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries using either PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Comfortable navigating and integrating with one or more of these cloud providers: AWS Azure or GCP
- Proficiency in setting up and deploying Docker services
- Experience writing and handling communication between microservices
- Experience using Perforce
Desirables
- Strong interest in gaming
- Attention to detail
- Team-player
- Multi-tasker
What the job involves
- Develop backend services in Go
- Integrate backend with game client in C++
- Support live features and releases
- Estimate and prioritize a backlog of features bugs and tech debt
- Partner with designers to iterate on features and optimize for the player experience
Company
Company mission
Founded in 2021 by veterans in the gaming industry who have worked on games like PUBG and League of Legends. Rushdown was created with the philosophy that when talented engineers are consistently challenged, given clear ownership and responsibility, extraordinary work can result. We focus on solving the most difficult problems for multiplayer games. At Rushdown we have teams small and large working on a variety of games in the industry. We truly love what we do and want to funnel our passion and expertise into features and games that billions of players will enjoy worldwide.Company benefits
- $300 yearly video game budget
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Company values
- Founded in 2021 by veterans in the gaming industry who have worked on games like PUBG and League of Legends. Rushdown was created with the philosophy that when talented engineers are consistently challenged, given clear ownership and responsibility, extraordinary work can result. We focus on solving the most difficult problems for multiplayer games. At Rushdown we have teams small and large working on a variety of games in the industry. We truly love what we do and want to funnel our passion and expertise into features and games that billions of players will enjoy worldwide.