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Software Engineer, Back-End

Software Engineers are an essential part of Battlefy's Product Team. Working closely with designers and product managers, we implement and maintain the user interface and production systems. Software Engineers that focus on back-end partake in server-side software development, maintaining existing micro-services, and scaling production systems.

We value passion and drive but we also believe that diversity is the key to success for every high growth technology startup. We welcome people from all walks of life.

You Are

• A passionate, entrepreneurial-spirited technologist that owns delivery from concept through to completion
• A relentless advocate for engineering excellence, dedicated to coaching and mentoring others
• A product thinker, who balances user pains and business needs while being pragmatic in making data-informed decisions
• An expert at communicating, knowing exactly how to collaborate with sales, marketing, user experience, product managers and other engineers
• Constantly curious, always looking to learn and increase your knowledge
• Passionate about the spirit of competition (gaming, traditional sports)
• Able to relocate to Vancouver, BC (Battlefy HQ)

You Will

• Engineer reliable and maintainable software to meet the application and infrastructure needs of the Battlefy platform
• Wear many hats working across Engineering, DevOps and Quality Assurance
• Continually set personal and professional goals and do everything in your power to surpass them
• Grow the Battlefy culture, from posting to Slack about great engineering patterns to playing video games and competing in esports tournaments. You embody our values of one team, drive and sportsmanship

Your Experience

• You can explain how asynchronous works
• 1+ years of experience writing JavaScript (ES6)
• You have worked in a fast growth environment where your pace and hustle was key to getting the right things done
• You know what technical debt is -- you're pragmatic and know when to make trade-offs between architectural purity and reality
• You have experience with modern browser technologies
• You either know or are able to demonstrate that you can master the following:

• JavaScript (ES6) and Node.js
• React or similar modern frontend libraries/frameworks
• MongoDB, Postgresql, Redis
• Amazon Web Services
• Netlify

Bonus Points if you…

• Have worked in startup environments
• Have experience in organizing or competing in esports tournaments
• Write blog posts
• Do tech talks at local events
• Ran your own venture (even if it failed)
• Have open source contributions

What you’ll get

• Stock
• Competitive salary
• Paid time off
• Company hardware
• Company sponsored tech talks and happy hours
• Much more...