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Senior Backend Engineer
2 months ago
Greetings from Phoenix Labs!
Whether you’re hunting behemoths with your friends in Dauntless or rekindling the magical energy of Azoria in Fae Farm, our worlds empower players to share enduring stories like never before. Around here, we believe people are the ends, not the means. It’s how we strive to be a destination for developers who wish to collaborate on making timeless games enjoyed by players all over the world.
As a Python Services Engineer specializing in build pipelines, you'll join a dynamic team dedicated to streamlining development processes for Dauntless & Fae Farm, in addition to some unannounced games. This role is pivotal in empowering our game developers to excel by furnishing them with state-of-the-art automated tools and clear workflow visibility. You will be instrumental in architecting simple yet potent abstractions over a variety of systems to enable scalability and efficiency across our development processes. Utilizing your deep Python skills, combined with a profound understanding of developer needs, ranging from build pipelines and services to CLI tools and UIs for web and desktop, you’ll directly impact our ability to innovate and execute at scale.
Your impact will be felt through:
- Empowering Game Developers to succeed by providing them with automated tools and workflow observability.
- Composing together simple but powerful abstractions over disparate systems to achieve scale in a distributed architecture.
- Applying strong Python skills and a deep understanding of Game Developer needs across many use cases (Build Pipelines, Services, CLI Tools, Web/Desktop UIs, etc.).
- Maintaining an attitude of constant learning, willing to jump into any environment and share newfound understanding with the team.
- Ability to take into account Security, Reliability, Performance, Cost, and other non-functional requirements when working in a given area.
Requirements:
- Solid understanding of Game Development practices and how different developer workflows fit together to make the final product.
- Sense of judgment and ability to work independently towards common high-level goals.
- Fail-forward attitude, seeking to understand and strive onwards.
- Background in Python development in multiple environments, especially in distributed systems architectures.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, complemented by the ability to create clear, concise technical documentation.
- Advanced skills in Python, particularly in the context of Jenkins and automation tasks.
- Working proficiency with a few other languages, such as C#, C++, Groovy, Powershell, etc. and the ability to flex into them as needed.
- Experience with Jenkins, Github Actions, or comparable continuous integration tools.
- Experience with Perforce and Git.
Preferred:
- Experience with Unreal Engine 5.
- Familiarity with Ansible (or similar automation tools), containerization technologies, and supporting live products.
- Experience with Scrum or other Agile development methodologies.
Pay Transparency
Phoenix Labs believes in pay equity and we welcome conversations with candidates on how their salary expectations align with our established ranges. As you progress through the interview process, it may be determined that your experience might align better with a higher/lower level of position than you originally applied for and, should that happen, we will discuss the new pay range with you before moving forward with additional interviews or an offer.
Phoenix Labs covers the cost of basic medical for employees and their dependents, in addition to offering generous Dental and Paramedical Services. For 2023, we match employees' contributions to their RRSP up to 5% of their salaries. We provide employees with a flexible vacation plan, all the Provincial Statutory holidays, and unlimited sick time.
Benefits listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment and/or work location. Benefit plan details will be provided upon a candidate receiving an offer of employment.
Canada Pay Range
$140,000 — $220,000 USD
Who We Are
We make games because we love them, and we love the way they inspire us, bring us together, and enrich our lives. Our mosaic community of game developers is united by shared values and a desire to innovate and create new kinds of core, lifestyle, multiplayer games. Phoenix Labs has physical studios located in Vancouver (BC) and Montreal, but we are open to remote or hybrid for certain roles.
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