Staff Software Engineer – Backend

🕒 il y a 8 mois

🏄 California, Nevada, +1 états de plus – Distant

🏄 California – Remote 🎰 Nevada – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $225 000 - $300 000 / an

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Sleeper

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11 - 50 employés

🎮 Jeux vidéo

⚽ Sports

Gaming • Sports

Sleeper est une plateforme de sports fantasy de premier plan, offrant une variété de jeux fantasy tels que le fantasy football, le fantasy basketball et le fantasy League of Legends (LCS). Avec des millions d'utilisateurs, Sleeper permet aux joueurs de rejoindre des ligues, de constituer des équipes et de concourir dans des jeux saisonniers. La plateforme propose des modes de jeu populaires comme le Redraft, l'Enchères et la Dynastie, et est reconnue pour son expérience utilisateur engageante sur le web, iPad et appareils mobiles. Sleeper intègre également des fonctionnalités axées sur la communauté, telles que des canaux de discussion et des alertes d'actualités, en faisant une plateforme complète pour les passionnés de sports fantasy.

Description

• Design and build core backend systems that power Sleeper's games and real-time user experiences—fantasy contests, Sleeper Picks, user profiles, leaderboards, and more. • Architect scalable, distributed systems capable of handling millions of concurrent users with low latency and high availability. • Lead backend initiatives from concept to deployment, ensuring clean interfaces, well-documented services, and resilient infrastructure. • Optimize system performance and proactively address bottlenecks through monitoring, profiling, and capacity planning. • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and frontend teams to deliver features that users love. • Mentor engineers, provide thoughtful code reviews, and shape backend engineering best practices and standards. • Drive innovation, technical direction, and team culture as a key engineering voice at the leadership level.

🎯 Exigences

• 7+ years of backend software engineering experience, including experience in staff-level or tech lead roles. • Proven ability to design and scale distributed systems that serve millions of users in real-time or gaming environments. • Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, Node.js, Java), and an understanding of trade-offs between them. • Deep knowledge of databases (both SQL and NoSQL), caching strategies, and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub). • Comfortable designing and maintaining RESTful and/or graphql APIs, data models, and internal tooling. • Cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or similar), with familiarity with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes a plus). • Strong product mindset—you care about the why, not just the how, and you build with users in mind. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills. You elevate your teammates and enjoy mentoring. • Bonus: Passion for sports, gaming, or building multiplayer or real-time systems.

🏖️ Avantages

• Competitive salary ($225,000–$300,000/year not inclusive of stock options and benefits) • Equity • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401(k) with company matching • Generous PTO and flexible remote work policy • Opportunities for fast career growth in a high-impact role • A small, focused team where your contributions truly matter