Backend Engineer at Pragma - Remote (United States)

Job Description

About Pragma

Pragma is supporting healthy and vibrant online communities by creating a backend game engine— a platform of services and tools that enable game studios to launch live-service games.

You'll be joining a passionate team that have scaled games such as League of Legends and Destiny 2 at studios like PopCap, Riot, Bungie, and EA. We have also scaled platforms at traditional tech companies including, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, SendGrid and Tableau. We are grateful to partner with top-notch investors including Greylock and Upfront Ventures and angels such as the founders of Oculus, BattleNet, and Zynga.

Description

We are looking for an experienced backend engineer to join our team. Responsibilities include architecting, implementing, and supporting the development of large scale distributed systems. This includes social, game, and data services, as well as the operational features and tools required to operate the platform.

Responsibilities

• Work with product, design, engineering and customers to define a roadmap.

• Architect, implement, and deliver features with engineering practices such as pair programming, test-driven development, software design principles, etc.

• Support customer onboarding, integration, and implementation.

• Develop and maintain operational tools around the full lifecycle, such as build / CI, infrastructure and deployment, and developer tools.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with an enterprise language such as Java, Kotlin, C#, or similar. Our application is written in Kotlin.

• Experience with a SQL based relational db (MySQL / MariaDB, Postgres, SQL Server, etc.). We currently use MariaDB.

• Experience building, shipping, and operating services at scale.

• Live ops experience operating a platform in production.

• Experience with automated testing, including unit, integration, functional, and load tests.

• Team-oriented mindset that prioritizes team effectiveness over individual efficiency.

Job Benefits

• A remote-first work environment with semi-annual in-person meetups

• Competitive pay

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision coverage for primary policyholders; 80% employer-paid coverage for eligible dependents.

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match

• Flexible vacation

• Snacks delivered monthly

• Company-paid Discord Nitro subscription

• Paid parental and family care leaves

• Long term and short term disability

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