Full Stack Engineer
The Gearbox Entertainment Company is an award-winning creator and distributor of entertainment for people around the world. Gearbox Entertainment develops and publishes products through its subsidiaries, Gearbox Software and Gearbox Publishing. Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for successful game franchises including Brothers in Arms and Borderlands, as well as acquired properties Duke Nukem and Homeworld. Gearbox’s ambition is to entertain the world and its key driving objectives include the pursuit of happiness for our talent, partners and customers, the prioritization of entertainment and creativity and a measured respect for profitability. For more information, visit www.Gearbox.com .
Gearbox Software is looking for a full stack engineer to join the Gearbox Spark team. Spark is a platform and online game engine supporting both internal and external titles.
In this role, you would be leading efforts to design, build and maintain backend services and single page applications as they relate to our brand new retail and e-commerce program. You would also interact with game partner developers, identifying and improving integration pain points.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain highly available single page applications and underlying application infrastructure.
- Work with gift card program staff to identify work and see it to completion.
- Work with external game partners to identify API integration needs.
- Help team leads identify technology requirements and project risks.
- Maintain platform documentation.
- Contribute to code reviews.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.
- 3+ years of experience developing backend services in a language like NodeJS, Ruby, Java or Go.
- 3+ years working experience with a frontend framework like Angular or React.
- Excellent communication skills
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or another major cloud provider.
- Familiarity with Linux.
- Familiarity with various database technologies (we use MySQL)
Bonus Points For:
- Working experience with serverless / lambdas.
- Familiarity with Docker.
- Familiarity with load testing.
- Multiple platform development experience (Linux, Windows, OSX)
Gearbox Entertainment believes that all team members should be able to enjoy a work environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment. We are committed to reflecting the diversity of the world we strive to entertain. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we provide fair and equal treatment to all team members and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.