Gather · 18 hours ago

Staff Backend Engineer - Platform

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$188K/yr - $238K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Design a game service to support thousands of concurrent users per virtual office

Identify and fix performance bottlenecks on any of our services or storage layers

Build client-side SDKs that define the way our application interfaces with our backend

Dive deep into debugging and fixing performance issues with customers

Define strategies for tuning, redefining, or creating from scratch pieces of our platform

Mentor engineers across our engineering team

Work closely with company leadership to shape large parts of the company’s strategy and direction

Qualification

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TypescriptReal-time gaming backendsRenderingReact performanceExtensible platform architectureTolerance for chaosTechnical leadership

Required

Significant experience working with Typescript or an aptitude to learn Typescript quickly

5+ years of experience working in technical domain(s) relevant to the technologies that power Gather, such as real-time gaming backends, graphics and rendering, Typescript and React performance, or extensible platform architecture

A keen intuition for well-designed software and well-written code

Intrinsic motivation and the drive to own and solve difficult problems without guidance

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with technical leadership abilities

An open and growth mindset when giving and receiving feedback

You are resourceful, have a bias towards action, and love moving fast

A healthy tolerance for the chaotic balance between Doing Things Right and iterating and shipping quickly