teamLFG ยท 3 months ago
Principal Services Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$222K/yr - $333K/yrteamLFG is on a mission to create games that foster deeply invested communities, and they are seeking a Principal Services Engineer to drive the development of game-facing services. In this role, you will oversee the entire lifecycle of services from prototype to production, collaborating with a passionate team to turn creative ideas into a new franchise at PlayStation.
Entertainment
Responsibilities
Build and maintain production-quality backend game services
Design a comprehensive, pragmatic services architecture, covering all aspects of a live-services game (including sessions, matchmaking, player data, and service partitioning)
Collaborate daily with a cross-disciplinary team to design the services features for the game
Effectively write clear, concise, and accurate technical documentation and email communication, with the ability to summarize complex topics and achieve alignment across multiple teams
Calmly deal with production incidents, participating in an on-call rotation after launch
Qualification
Required
Production experience with distributed systems (or other non-deterministic software architectures) in a high-scale, high-latency environment
Ability to communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals
Ability to diagnose complex system failures using logging and metrics
Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in Rust
Embrace a 'we' culture in addition to being an outstanding collaborator and communicator
Preferred
Experience with 'games as a service' online game development
Experience leading (direct management, mentoring, or guiding) engineers
Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in C++
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Matching 401(k)
Paid time off
Wellness program
Coveted employee discounts for Sony products
A bonus package
Company
teamLFG
Bellevue, WA-based studio driven by a mission to create games where players can find friendship, community, and belonging.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase