Senior Server/Backend Engineer

Nuclear Division is a mobile games developer start up founded by industry veterans Larry Pacey & Vince Zampella.

• Develop the platform that drives our online multiplayer games
• Implement robust, flexible, and well-architected systems
• System requirements specification (including requirements gathering and documentation)
• Database design
• Server API specification
• Social media and middleware integration
• Server performance profiling / optimization
• Develop automated processes and tests for frequent and regular releases while ensuring server stability
• Work with a small team of engineers, artists, and designers to build compelling video games
• Establish best practices, assist / mentor other engineers on the team and identify problem areas/opportunities for improvement

• 5+ years of experience building large-scale mobile / web backend systems
• Strong programming skills coupled with demonstrable architecture / design abilities
• Proficient with scalable server-side programming (concurrency / synchronization and distributed systems)
• Deep knowledge of SQL relational databases such as MySQL or alternative NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Strong knowledge of cloud computing services like AWS or Microsoft Azure and infrastructure automation
• Strong practical knowledge of server technologies like REST, Node.js
• Strong metrics / monitoring and performance optimization experience
• Experience building multiplayer games
• Familiarity with integrating mobile app technologies like push notifications
• Resource-constrained client-side experience (mobile, console, etc.)
• Agile development experience (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)