Staff Software Engineer - Backend/Multiplayer

January 11

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Fortis Games

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Fortis Games is a gaming company dedicated to creating meaningful and engaging video games. With an international, fully remote team, Fortis focuses on innovative game design as a competitive advantage. The company fosters collaboration over competition, seeking to build connections and inspire communities through their creative works. Fortis Games is committed to redefining industry standards by changing the conventional approach to teamwork, project development, and recruitment within the gaming industry.

video games • games • gaming • social games • interactive entertainment

201 - 500 employees

🎮 Gaming

📋 Description

• Own server-side social products through every step of the development process, from initial design to live game support. • Work closely with game designers, artists and other technical groups to implement multiplayer, chat & moderation. • Lead the Backend Core team for your project. • Develop High-Performance Systems: Design and implement efficient, reusable backend systems that support multiplayer features, chat functionalities, and moderation, ensuring low latency and high availability for seamless player experiences. • Optimize Performance and Scalability: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimizing database queries, caching mechanisms, and network communication to maintain smooth and reliable gameplay experiences as user scale increases. • Drive Fast, Iterative Development: Lead the team in rapidly delivering new features and updates while maintaining code quality and stability, enabling quick adaptation to evolving game and user needs. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management and other teams to align technical solutions with product goals, ensuring cohesive and integrated social experiences across different game touchpoints.

🎯 Requirements

• Technical Proficiency: Strong skills in Node.js with TypeScript, and experience with AWS services. • Database Expertise: Extensive knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems, including optimization for data sharing, read/write operations, and scalability. • Live Service Experience: Proven track record in supporting live services, especially in gaming environments, ensuring stability and performance. • Adaptability and Drive: Proactive, self-directed, and eager to learn, with a passion for building scalable, high-quality software systems that enhance user experience. • Collaborative and Quality-Focused: Confidence in producing high-quality work, with an understanding of how design decisions impact performance, and an ability to work effectively within distributed teams. • Experience with Unity and mobile game development is strongly preferred. • Passion for all things gaming is strongly preferred.