<p><strong>WE ARE GAMEMAKERS</strong></p> <p id="p-rc_7ccdb70fd8f27cf8-39" data-path-to-node="1"><span data-path-to-node="1,0"><strong data-path-to-node="1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Who we are:</strong> We are a diverse <span class="citation-3706 citation-end-3706">team of developers driven by a passion for our art, united by our core values and inspired by a culture of inclusivity to build amazing games that thrill players everywhere</span></span><span data-path-to-node="1,2"><span class="citation-3705 citation-end-3705">. We pursue growth and innovation in an environment of safety and trust</span></span><span data-path-to-node="1,4"><span class="citation-3704">. Our culture is built on the belief that the more varied voices in our collectiv</span><span class="citation-3703 citation-3704 citation-end-3704">e will strengthen</span><span class="citation-3703 citation-end-3703"> our team and our games</span></span><span data-path-to-node="1,6"><span class="citation-3702 citation-end-3702">. We are looking for our next teammate who will raise our bar and make us better</span></span><span data-path-to-node="1,8"><span class="citation-3701 citation-end-3701">.</span></span></p> <p id="p-rc_7ccdb70fd8f27cf8-43" data-path-to-node="2"><span class="citation-3700 citation-end-3700">We are currently working on Project ETHOS, a new free-to-play, 3rd person rogue-like hero shooter and an ex</span>citing evolution on the genre!</p> <p data-path-to-node="3"><strong data-path-to-node="3" data-index-in-node="0">Who You Are:</strong></p> <p data-path-to-node="3">31st Union is looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to lead the team that builds and runs our studio-hosted services. You will manage backend engineers in our US and EU studios, own the architecture of our services and infrastructure, and write code alongside the team. You are the first point of contact for backend technical decisions and backend incidents. This role reports to the Director - Online Services.</p> <p data-path-to-node="4">This role is based in our San Mateo, California studio and is open to fully remote candidates.</p> <p data-path-to-node="5"><strong data-path-to-node="5" data-index-in-node="0">Responsibilities:</strong></p> <p data-path-to-node="6"><strong data-path-to-node="6" data-index-in-node="0">Team Leadership</strong></p> <ul data-path-to-node="7"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="7,0,0">Manage backend engineering team: hold regular 1:1s, set goals, give performance feedback, and lead hiring.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="7,1,0">Run the backend team's planning: maintain the backlog, estimate work, and set sprint priorities against the online services roadmap.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="7,2,0">Set the team's engineering standards for code review, testing, documentation and on-call readiness.</p> </li> </ul> <p data-path-to-node="8"><strong data-path-to-node="8" data-index-in-node="0">Architecture and Development</strong></p> <ul data-path-to-node="9"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,0,0">Own the architecture of our studio-hosted services and infrastructure, including service boundaries, data models, APIs and deployment topology.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,1,0">Scope backend work for new game features.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,2,0">Write and review technical designs for new services and major changes.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,3,0">Implement and review implementations for proprietary studio backend services.</p> </li> </ul> <p data-path-to-node="10"><strong data-path-to-node="10" data-index-in-node="0">Releases and Deployment</strong></p> <ul data-path-to-node="11"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="11,0,0">Align backend roadmap with studio release schedule.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="11,1,0">Diagnose, fix and deploy backend hotfixes through the studio hotfix process.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="11,2,0">Maintain the continuous integration pipelines and deployment automation for our services.</p> </li> </ul> <p data-path-to-node="12"><strong data-path-to-node="12" data-index-in-node="0">Operations</strong></p> <ul data-path-to-node="13"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="13,0,0">Own monitoring, alerting, dashboards, runbooks and incident reporting for studio services.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="13,1,0">Run the backend on-call rotation, and act as first responder and escalation point for backend incidents.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="13,2,0">Load test services before major releases, fix performance bottlenecks, and optimize service costs.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="13,3,0">Implement and test failover and disaster recovery for our services and their data.</p> </li> </ul> <p data-path-to-node="14"><strong data-path-to-node="14" data-index-in-node="0">Platform Integration</strong></p> <ul data-path-to-node="15"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="15,0,0">Integrate studio proprietary services with 2K and external platform services.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="15,1,0">Debug cross-service issues with external engineering partners.</p> </li> </ul> <p data-path-to-node="16"><strong data-path-to-node="16" data-in