Backend Engineer - Splitgate 2

Salary: $100,000 - $185,000 USD (Geographic location is a determining factor in compensation) Location Type: Permanently Remote Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

1047 Games is a VC-backed company founded in 2017 by two Stanford computer science majors, Ian Proulx and Nicholas Bagamian. Driven by a passion to create the ultimate gaming experience, they developed Splitgate, a unique sci-fi first-person shooter that incorporates portal guns to innovate the genre. Having raised over $120MM in funding, 1047 Games is a dedicated, permanently remote team of top-tier talent from leading gaming and tech companies. Our culture is defined by grit, ingenuity, a desire to have fun, and a startup mentality. We are currently developing Splitgate 2.

What We're Looking For

• A Passionate Engineer: You thrive on tackling difficult, seemingly impossible technical problems and finding creative solutions.
• A Hard Worker: You are driven to put in the extra effort because you enjoy your work and understand the impact of completing tasks.
• A Passionate Gamer: You are a gamer who grew up playing games and can identify what makes exceptional games stand out. You understand the gamer mindset, enabling you to create and implement beneficial features.

Responsibilities

• Design and write global and game-specific services, including but not limited to:
  • Matchmaking
  • Game server scaling
  • Player stat tracking
  • Player notifications
  • User-generated content serving
  • Chat
  • And much more
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks with efficient solutions to support millions of concurrent players.
• Write performant and maintainable code, including documentation, unit tests, and integration tests.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 4+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Proven experience solving distributed systems challenges, including assessing challenges, crafting scalable solutions, and managing implementation.
• Ability to serve as a component owner for software with a large user base, with a focus on maintainability and high reliability.

Helpful Experience

• Distributed systems programming experience (we use C#).
• Experience working in fast-paced environments, such as small startups.
• Familiarity with AWS or other cloud platform providers.
• .NET experience.