ArenaNet · 1 month ago
Senior Services Engineer (Unannounced Project)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $249K/yr
8+ years expArenaNet is the developer of the award-winning Guild Wars game series, known for its commitment to creating immersive online worlds. They are seeking a highly experienced cloud services engineer to build backend services and features at MMO scale, focusing on integration with game clients and servers while mentoring junior engineers.
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Responsibilities
Build backend services and services-related features at MMO scale
Support integration with services for game clients, game servers, and websites
Identify how to leverage existing solutions and where new solutions are needed
Take a project through implementation, testing, and release stages
Produce globally-scalable, reliable, and performant cloud services
Prioritize documentation, testing, and collaboration with other disciplines
Mentor more junior engineers and help non-technical colleagues understand technical concepts
Qualification
Required
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant focus on backend or cloud services
Mastery of modern object-oriented languages, with strong experience in C# or the confidence to pick it up quickly
Experience with production databases, and bonus points if you've managed globally distributed data, including versioning and migration
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and services such as S3, ECS, ECR, and VPC
Comfort with containerized workloads (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and Linux-based systems
Knowledge of modern web and networking technologies like OIDC, REST, and WebSockets
A collaborative spirit, able to translate your technical wizardry for both technical and non-technical teammates, showing how your work brings incredible player experiences to life
Experience mentoring or guiding less-experienced engineers, sharing your knowledge so the whole team levels up
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision and life insurance
Short and long term disability
401(k)
Flexible and dependent care spending accounts
PTO
Paid holidays
Parental leave
Company
ArenaNet
Game studio that makes online worlds infused with innovation, hand-crafted excellence, and creative passion. Creator of Guild Wars.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2002-12-01Acquired
Leadership Team
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Jeff Strain
Co-Founder
Recent News
2025-11-20
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