Staff Services Engineer

teamLFG is focused on creating games that foster deeply invested communities, and they are seeking a Staff Services Engineer to design and build core services for their game. The role involves collaborating with a cross-discipline team to transition the game from prototype to production while maintaining production-quality backend services.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain production-quality backend game services
• Collaborate daily with a cross-disciplinary team to design the core services for the game (including sessions, matchmaking, and player progression)
• 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

Requirements:

• Production experience designing and building backend game services
• 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
• Experience leading (direct management, mentoring, or guiding) engineers
• Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in C++
• Working knowledge of Docker, Git, and Linux (including shell scripting and system configuration)