Backend Engineer (Gameplay Services)

Insight Global is looking for a Backend Engineer to join an enterprise AAA game company hybrid out of Vancouver BC on a permanent basis. The Platform group is the core powering the company’s global ecosystem. They provide the foundation for all of the company’s incredible games and player experiences with high-level platforms like Cloud, Commerce, Data and AI, Gameplay Services, Identity and Social. The Gameplay Services Team develops services and SDKs in collaboration with the game studios for matchmaking, stats and leaderboards, achievements, game replays, VOIP, and game networking. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will build scalable, distributed server-side systems that provide functionality to our millions of customers and work on creative improvements to keep our systems at top-notch performance. You will report to the Senior Software Engineering Manager. Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

You will design brand new services covering all aspects from storage to application logic to management console

You will enhance and add features to existing systems

You will research and select new best-of-breed technologies to meet challenging requirements

You will optimize performance and scalability of server systems

You will be a part of the full product cycle for our products, from design and testing to deployment and supporting our LIVE environments and our game team customers

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

3+ years hands-on experience with Java

Experience with Microservices

Experience with relational databases and/or Alation data catalog

Experience with stress-testing and performance-tuning and optimization

Debugging and optimization experience in a multi-threaded environment

Experience with load testing

Experience troubleshooting and mitigating issues in live environments

Good communication skills, written + verbal, able to present, share and contribute to team environments

Experience with Kotlin

Experience with NoSQL

Unit testing or regression testing experience

Experience with high traffic services and highly scalable, distributed systems

Experience with scalable data storage, streaming and processing technologies such as Postgres, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Spark

Experience with cloud computing products such as AWS EC2, ElastiCache, and ELB

Experience with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and Redis

Experience working within the games industry

Knowledge of Google gRPC and protobuf

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.