Java Game Services Engineer Job at Rushdown Studios, Saratoga Springs, NY

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  • Rushdown Studios
  • Saratoga Springs, NY

Job Description

Founded by veterans in the gaming industry who have helped build games like PUBG, League of Legends, Rocket League and more. Rushdown was created with the philosophy that when talented developers are consistently challenged, given clear ownership and responsibility, extraordinary work can result. As a co-dev game studio, we focus on solving some of the most difficult problems for multiplayer games. We truly love what we do and want to funnel our passion and expertise into features and games that billions of players will enjoy worldwide. Come help us ship amazing games!

The ideal candidate for Rushdown is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a Senior Engineer with a primary responsibility of building scalable server systems written in Java. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and have outstanding communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop backend services in Java
  • Work with in-game teams to build and support new features for the game.
  • Support live features and releases.
  • Estimate and prioritize a backlog of features, bugs and tech debt.
  • Get up to speed quickly with an existing large code base.
  • Partner with designers to iterate on features and optimize for the player experience.

Requirements

A great fit for Rushdown is someone who has a strong interest in gaming and is passionate about the work we do. We want to build a team that is positive and supportive of each other who are willing to have the attention to detail and effort needed to make awesome games.

  • Strong communicator - proactive about unblocking yourself, asking questions, and navigating obstacles with a team.
  • 4+ years of experience writing high-performance Java applications.
  • 3+ years of backend development experience.
  • Comfortable navigating and integrating with one or more of these cloud providers: AWS, Azure or GCP.
  • Proficiency in setting up, and deploying Docker services.
  • Experience writing and handling communication between microservices.
  • Experience using Git

Benefits

Pay: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

  • $300 yearly video game budget
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Vision insurance

Job Tags

Full time, Worldwide,

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