Backend Engineer
Employee
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07/07/24
Backend Engineer
Location: London England GB
Job Description:
ABOUT US:
Saltwater Games is a creative alliance of studios dedicated to delivering unparalleled entertainment experiences that ignite the imagination of our audiences. Our passionate teams of creative professionals consist of industry veterans from renowned studios such as PlayStation, Codemasters, Sumo Digital, Interior Night and Mediatonic who are working on some exciting VR, multiplayer and mobile titles. At Saltwater Games we follow some key values:
We are optimistic & brave
We are honest & open
We take ownership & responsibility
ABOUT YOU:
We are actively looking for a skilled engineer to join our team to work on our current and very exciting upcoming projects.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on absolutely every part of the game and its development process. From feature work to helping improve tools and pipelines, optimisation work or integration of 3rd party systems, you will have the chance to position your skills in a way that works best for the team and the needs of the project.
This is a great opportunity for someone who is proactive and to get involved in the full project lifecycle.
Working in the engineering team, you will report directly to your assigned line manager and will collaborate with various disciplines across the project. Although the majority of our team are generalists, at Saltwater, we like “T-shaped people” with a broad knowledge of many topics, and deep knowledge of several domains..
Rather than obsessing over on-paper expertise, we are strongly invested in hiring the right person for the team and the company. We would love to find somebody who is well-rounded, self-managing, can work with other departments effectively and has a proactive attitude.
Requirements
Deliver cloud infra for web3 gaming, with web2 UX, at scale
Excited about cutting edge tech in gaming, web3, AI
Build, maintain, monitor backends: APIs, databases, analytics tooling
Data from gameplay, users, analytics
Millions of MAUs
Millions of daily I/O
Must have:
5+ YOE with:
Javascript
Node
3+ YOE with AWS, including:
API Gateway
CloudWatch
DynamoDB
EC2
KMS
Lambda
S3
2+ YOE with backends supporting 100k-10m MAU
Experience working with OAuth
Some familiarity with web3
Nice to have:
Experience working with non-web clients, e.g. Unreal, Unity, mobile, IoT
Experience working with web3
ethers.js SDK
Etherscan
Experience working with Typescript
Experience working with Firestore and Functions in GCP
Benefits
Salary £55-£60k
Remote-first Studio
Share option scheme
Unlimited holidays
Monthly workplace well-being benefit scheme
Regular team social events & studio summits
Working alongside a friendly, flexible, and highly talented team
Opportunity to work on big-name IPs
To tell better stories and create inclusive experiences we welcome everyone, especially from under-represented people in our industry whose stories aren’t told often enough. Our research has suggested that sometimes people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to roles unless they meet every single listed requirement. At Saltwater Games we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive working environment, who you are will always deserve our consideration and recognition, and your application is welcome.