Skillz is looking for a software engineer to help build and develop their mobile eSports platform, which hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide. The goal is to revolutionize the gaming industry by fostering social competition and helping developers build multi-million dollar franchises.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience (excluding internships).
- 2+ years of experience building scalable, user-facing web applications using React or similar modern JavaScript frameworks with JavaScript or TypeScript.
- 3+ years of backend development experience using one or more of Ruby, Go, Java, or Node.js, with a solid understanding of API design, database integration, and service-oriented architecture.
- 2+ years of experience working with relational databases (e.g. MySQL).
- 2+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS or Kubernetes (K8s), managing and deploying backend services in production.
- Experience in the Gaming Industry (ideally). Alternatively - experience with Unity and a passion for building services for games.
Responsibilities
- build, develop, and see your impact
- build scalable, user-facing web applications
- backend development
- API design
- database integration
- service-oriented architecture
- managing and deploying backend services in production
Other
- Able to work in-office 5 days a week in Las Vegas HQ (relocation assistance available for brand new Vegas HQ).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a technical field of study, or equivalent industry experience
