Senior Backend Software Engineer
True Talent Solutions Partners
About the role
About the Role
Join the engineering team at a consumer gaming company to build backend systems and features that support its core business. You will own projects end to end, solve data-driven challenges, and help the team deliver at a fast pace.
What You'll Do
Build consumer-facing backend features that contribute to core business goals.
Develop data-driven systems for challenges such as matchmaking and fraud prevention.
Improve engineering processes and delivery tools, including experimentation platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
Take ownership of projects from initial problem-solving through launch and iteration.
What We're Looking For
Five to eight years of backend software engineering experience, ideally in a fast-growing startup or another high-bar engineering environment.
Proficiency in Go, or the ability and willingness to ramp up quickly.
Experience shipping consumer-facing backend features end to end and measuring their business impact.
Comfort working with limited direction and taking initiative in a fast-moving environment.
Experience with data-driven systems such as matchmaking, fraud prevention, or recommendations is a plus.
Experience with real-time features, payments, consumer gaming applications, CI/CD, or experimentation platforms is valuable.
Familiarity with Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform is useful. A computer science or related technical degree is also valued.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $200,000 to $400,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.
Responsibilities
- Build consumer-facing backend features that support core business goals.
- Develop data-driven systems for matchmaking, fraud prevention, and similar challenges.
- Improve engineering processes and delivery tools, including experimentation platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
- Own projects from initial problem-solving through launch and iteration.
Qualifications
- Five to eight years of backend software engineering experience.
- Proficiency in Go or willingness to ramp up quickly.
- Experience shipping consumer-facing backend features end to end and measuring their business impact.
- Ability to work independently and take initiative in a fast-moving environment.
- Experience with data-driven systems is a plus; real-time features, payments, consumer gaming, CI/CD, experimentation platforms, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform are valuable.
- A computer science or related technical degree is valued.
Benefits
- Visa sponsorship available.