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Senior Backend Developer

Cash Live is a live-streamed, free-to-enter poker game show on mobile which features fast, daily live-streamed hosted tournaments where players compete for real-money prizes.

We’re seeking an experienced backend developer who has created online casino gaming services on cloud infrastructures. You’ll assist in improving Cash Live’s backend platform which powers the live-streamed poker game shows. The ideal candidate will have programmed gameplay logic for multiplayer casino games. You have implemented systems to properly handle real-money transactions. And you work effectively in a small team environment where everyone wears multiple-hats.

Responsibilities:

• Improve the Cash Live’s backend services and infrastructure powering the live-streamed poker game shows.
• Assist in resolving technical issues that may appear during live shows.
• Implement additional multiplayer casino games and integrate into the backend services.
• Design and implement readable, testable, and production-worthy code by following test-driven development (TDD) best practices.
• Communicate and work effectively with the Cash Live team.

Requirements:

• B.S. in Computer Science.
• Experienced designing and implementing backend services using languages like: C, C++, C#, Go, Kotlin, Java, Python, Rust, etc (4+ years). (We’ve standardized on Go, but we’re ready for you to translate your existing programming skills to Go on-the-job.)
• Experienced designing and implementing online casino games’ logic and real-money transaction systems (2+ years).
• Experienced designing, implementing, and using REST+JSON APIs.
• Experienced with relational databases and their SQL query languages, especially as a datastore for backend services.
• Experienced with at least one cloud provider -- AWS, Azure, or GCP -- and their constellation of services. (We’re primarily using Azure, but as with Go, we’re ready for you to translate your AWS and/or GCP skills into Azure on-the-job.)
• Skilled at applying TDD practices in developing software.
• Skilled at operating Linux with the command-line.
• Comfortable with Git and Git hosting services like GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, etc.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Applied business intelligence and/or analytics to casino gaming data to provide stakeholders with actionable insights.
• Designed, implemented, and used gRPC-based unary and streaming APIs.
• Integrated Redis as a key-value store for backend services.
• Packaged backend services in Docker containers.
• Designed, deployed, and managed Kubernetes clusters in cloud-based environments.
• Managed cloud infrastructure with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Ran software development teams using Agile methodologies.
• Mentored junior team members.

Job types:

• Full-Time
• Permanent

Location:

• Downtown Vancouver, BC
• Remote During COVID

About Cash Live:

Backed by Yellow, Snap Inc.'s Accelerator Program, Cash Live Entertainment Inc. is one of Vancouver's exciting new tech start-ups founded by a top-ranked Canadian professional poker player and a mobile gaming veteran.

Please send your resume and cover letter to: hiring@cash.live