Backend Engineer II

Overview

Blitz is horizontally scaling our Elixir backend team to empower more gamers across more games. Join a small, self-motivated, and autonomous team that continuously deploys code to millions of users. Help extend a modular, well-encapsulated backend architecture to several new games while ensuring availability and scalability. Write functional Elixir code for data analytics to empower our users. Our backend system digests and serves 10s of TB of data every day with over 500k database operations per second. Join a team that constantly works to optimize the global goals of the organization and the daily process of delivering software. We continually improve our work environment so we can more easily deliver better and faster data to our users.

We welcome remote workers or those based in Los Angeles, CA. We operate mostly asynchronously using Kanban. We consider it a strength if you are online roughly during Pacific Time Zone business hours.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Implement code that is clear, concise, tested, and easily understood by others
• Propose solutions for technical roadblocks and elevates information for guidance
• Debug and fix issues in development, test, and production
• Effective in communicating status to the team
• Perform code reviews that follow best practices and that are recognized by their team as helpful
• Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback

Technologies We Use

• Elixir and Erlang
  • Phoenix, LiveView, GenStage, and more
• Postgres and Riak
• Redis
• Git

Nice To Have

• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Experience working in game development, esports, or a passion for playing online video games
• Interest in gaming and esports, particularly in League of Legends

What We Offer

• An organization focused on growth and shared success
• Highly engaged leadership team with expert knowledge of gaming
• Excellent reputation with players, studios, and publishers in the industry
• Opportunities to learn and grow with the company
• A performance culture focused on career development and success

Pay and Benefits

• Annual salary range: $110-130k USD + bonus
• Unlimited vacation policy
• 100% employee covered Medical, Dental, and Vision plan
• 401k matching
• Company-wide team building events

Salary for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.