Principal Services Engineer

Full TimeRemoteTeam 11-50H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Washington

Posted

134 days ago

Salary

$222K - $333K / year

Bachelor DegreeEnglishDistributed SystemsRust

Job Description

• Build and maintain production-quality backend game services • Design a comprehensive, pragmatic services architecture, covering all aspects of a live-services game (including sessions, matchmaking, player data, and service partitioning) • Collaborate daily with a cross-disciplinary team to design the services features for the game • Effectively write clear, concise, and accurate technical documentation and email communication, with the ability to summarize complex topics and achieve alignment across multiple teams • Calmly deal with production incidents, participating in an on-call rotation after launch

Job Requirements

  • Production experience with distributed systems (or other non-deterministic software architectures) in a high-scale, high-latency environment
  • Ability to communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals
  • Ability to diagnose complex system failures using logging and metrics
  • Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in Rust
  • Embrace a “we” culture in addition to being an outstanding collaborator and communicator
  • Experience with “games as a service” online game development (nice-to-have)
  • Experience leading engineers (nice-to-have)
  • Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in C++ (nice-to-have)

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Paid time off
  • Wellness program
  • Coveted employee discounts for Sony products
  • Bonus package

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