Keywords Studios
SE II Backend Engineer (ENT)
TLDR
Develop scalable backend services and distributed systems while improving system reliability and collaborating across various teams.
Role Summary
The Software Engineer II will:
- Build scalable backend services and distributed systems
- Design and build APIs for internal and external consumption
- Improve system reliability and performance
- Contribute to high-volume conversation processing systems
- Collaborate across product, infrastructure, and engineering teams
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of medium/large scale server-side software development experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Thorough knowledge of CS fundamentals:
- Data structures
- Time complexity of algorithms
- Knowledge of POSIX compliant Operating Systems (Mac OS X development and GNU/Linux deployment)
- Comfortable using CLI tools for day-to-day tasks
- Experience in writing:
- Unit tests
- Functional tests
- Regression tests
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with distributed version control tools (Git)
- Knowledge of functional programming (Clojure preferred)
- Knowledge of the JVM
- Experience working with one or more of:
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Elasticsearch
- Kafka
- PostgreSQL
- Experience with benchmarking systems for performance and failure detection
- Knowledge of generative testing
Keywords Studios specializes in localization and translation services for the gaming industry, helping developers and publishers enhance player experiences across global markets. By offering a comprehensive suite of services tailored to the unique needs of game creators, Keywords Studios stands out as a key partner in the digital media landscape.
- Founded
- Founded 1998
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- Media
- Total raised
- $88M raised
Backend Engineer