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At AccelByte, our mission is to empower game creators by providing them with the backend platform and tools required to make scalable, reliable AAA-quality games. The company was founded in 2016 by industry veterans who have engineered online systems for some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world including Fortnite, Epic Store, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and EA Origin. We are backed by top investors including Softbank, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Galaxy Interactive, NetEase, and Krafton. Our latest Series B funding has firmly solidified our place as a top player in the gaming industry. AccelByte's talent has decades of experience building and shipping some of the largest game and distribution platforms in the world.
We believe that the best companies empower employees to make decisions, obsess about the best user experience, and are not afraid to make and learn from their mistakes. Our culture is based on humility, openness to feedback, drive, and collaboration, which we feel results in the best performing teams. As a company that values diversity, inclusion, and employee growth, our employees have opportunities to work with and learn from teams all over the world. We offer competitive salaries, a full range of health benefits, social activities, career growth opportunities, and an amazing team. Come join us!
Position Summary
As a Senior Software Engineer II - Data, you design, implement, and maintain software systems that accomplish a given goal. You discover requirements, guide other engineers collaborating in an area, and do exemplary work on complicated problems. An experienced engineer is being sought to contribute to efforts to refresh and extend the software and will work on initiatives by designing, implementing, and maintaining the necessary systems.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
The Senior Software Engineer II - Data is accountable for the following functions and responsibilities:
- Contribute to architectural decision-making for Data Engineering, ensuring its scalability and alignment with the company's technical vision and strategy
- Review and provide feedback on your team's changes
- Design and develop software systems to accomplish a given goal while also writing code comments, change descriptions, and documentation so others can maintain their work.
- Design testing approaches that validate complicated systems
- Proficiency in investigating complicated issues to root causes, designing better solutions, learning from operational incidents, and making long-term mitigations.
- Effectively bridges the gap between technical expertise and client needs through clear communication.
- Collaborate with the product management team to align technical solutions with client needs.
- Provide technical insights and support around the operation and maintenance of the data platform.
- Train, mentor, and set the direction for engineers on the team.
- Model standards for engineering excellence
- Break ground on new projects
- Discover requirements by working with PMs and stakeholders
- Conduct interviews for Software Engineering candidates
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications/Experience Required
- Bachelors or relevant work experience or certification/courses.
- At least 8 years of experience in large-scale data storage and analysis and experience with technologies like Python, R, and BI systems to complete a collaborative software project.
- Advanced experience in writing codes in Java/Python, either on general programming ability or data processing ability with several data formats (CSV/TSV/JSON/XML).
- Experience in SQL query languages in general setting databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
- Basic experience in NoSQL query/engine in general setting databases, preferably MongoDB.
- Experience in schemas and data structures as they apply to organizing business data.
- Solid understanding of ETL concepts and workflows.
- Advanced experience in cloud data processing products, including but not limited to Airflow, Snowflake, etc.
- Experience in cloud-based deployments for data processing jobs & services such as Docker and K8s (cloud orchestration).
- Experience in RESTful API-based services, especially for data services
- Experience in Kafka or queues, Redis, Grafana, or other cloud-based technologies.
- Experience in software and system architecture
- Experience in documentation and technical specifications for technical communication purposes.
- Knowledge of user experience
- Experience in the full lifecycle of a software product
AccelByte Inc is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, all qualified candidates and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, or disability. Our culture is innovative and inclusive, and we value our people the highest.
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