As a Senior Backend Platform Software Engineer, you’ll maintain the health of our API server codebase (including the developer experience of working on it) and proactively find ways to improve it
You’ll collaborate on and support the frameworks and SDK that underpin GameChanger’s development. Our backend APIs are built with TypeScript, Node.js, Redis, and PostgreSQL and run in AWS
You will take an active part in the changes to our server-side codebase to make it more performant, productive, and scalable. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Core Services
Implement changes to our API and SDK to facilitate server/client communication
Introduce code patterns and tools to improve developer ergonomics
Identify and improve inefficiencies within our backend codebase
Participate in designing/redesigning critical parts of our system as our systems continue to scale and become more complex
Learn best practices and share those with other engineers across the company
Collaborate with peers within and outside of our team on critical decisions about how our applications are architected and built
Investigate interesting challenges in scaling, security and architectural designs
Participate in an occasional on-call rotation with the team
Benefits
Unlimited Vacation - Take time off work and travel the world. Enjoy unlimited vacation time.
Remote Work - GameChanger’s can work from anywhere. You’ll receive a tech budget to make sure you’re set up for success.
Health Insurance - We’ll make sure you stay healthy. Health, dental, vision, and other perks like a pre-tax FSA - we’ve got you covered.
401K Plan - We’re always looking ahead and so should you. Did we mention that we match?
Tech Budget - You receive a large tech budget every two years. It’s yours to keep.
Continued Learning - Tuition reimbursement, an annual flexible learning budget, mentorship opportunities, and more.
Parental Leave - Get the time off you need with extended parental leave for both parents.
Wellness - Stay fit and healthy on us. We offer a Gympass membership.
Other Perks - Monthly Snack Boxes, Dick’s Sporting Goods employee discount, Demo Day, Hack Day, virtual and in person team social events- 2+ years experience writing scalable, testable, performant server-side code
2+ years experience creating documentation that details how to break down projects and technical details for team members of varying expertise
Willingness to mentor/train/work with other teams through documentation and live sessions on the best way to accomplish building features using the system we build/own
4+ years experience in software development with successful projects using TypeScript and Node.js
Experience with version control and CI/CD systems such as Github, Bitbucket, and GitLab
