Backend Engineer

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with a growing team on an exciting new project? Do you consider yourself well-versed in the ways and means of durable services, platform integrations, seamless deployments, and streamlined live operations? Stoic is a multi-award winning independent video game studio seeking a Backend Engineer. As a Backend Engineer at Stoic, you will have the opportunity to work with the engineering team to develop the service backend for Towerborne. You will be responsible for selecting technology as well as integrating with existing platforms. You will be able to take the state-of-the-art to the next level, for highly available and maintainable game services.

What you will do

• Plan out a reasonable work schedule based on provided requirements.
• Collaborate with a wide range of disciplines in a respectful and empathetic manner.
• Implement, test, and maintain robust backend services to power new game features.
• Work with Unreal engineers to integrate new backend APIs with the game.
• Build out internal web-based tooling for a variety of audiences to interact with backend systems and data.
• Take part in on-call rotation with the team to respond to issue escalations for our live game services.

Must have

• Developing and operating web microservices at scale
• Object-oriented languages (we use C#)
• At least one major cloud provider (we use Azure)
• Frontend web development technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, etc)
• Modern JavaScript SPA frameworks (we use React)

Nice to have

• Server-authoritative online game architecture and best practices
• Cloud containerization (we use Kubernetes, Docker)
• Infrastructure as Code (we use Terraform)
• CI/CD systems (we use Azure DevOps)
• Third-party game platforms (PlayFab, Xbox, Commerce systems)
• Game engines (we use C++ and the Unreal game engine)
• Security and encryption best practices
• Wide variety of database technologies (SQL, NoSQL)

While Stoic is a fully remote, forever remote workforce. The person filling this role will need to commit to working one of the 4 time zones in the contiguous United States.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
United States Pay Range
$120,000 - $150,000 USD
This range is determined by several factors, including training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. It is subject to change and may be modified …