Senior Staff SWE: Scalable API Developer

Summary

We're hiring a Senior Staff Typescript, Postgres, TimescaleDB engineer to contribute to our Matchmaking, Player Accounts, Lobby, and Leaderboard APIs. We're looking for developers who have experience scaling REST APIs and Postgres databases beyond simply adding indexes or connection pools.

Key Qualifications

• Experience working with type-safe Postgres queries, and scaling large Postgres applications is required. Bonus points if you have professional experience with TimescaleDB.
• Experience building performant REST APIs with Typescript and Node.
• Strong knowledge of web application architecture and design patterns
• Experience with Git, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), and Agile methodologies
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with cloud technologies, such as AWS or Azure, is a plus
• Experience with VR or AR development is a plus

Description

In addition to real-time multiplayer APIs, Normcore includes APIs for analytics, leaderboards, matchmaking, lobbies, and accounts for game developers to easily build these features into their games without having to develop or scale their own backend.

We're hiring a Senior Staff Typescript + Postgres engineer to contribute to these APIs and work with game developers to design the ideal APIs for them. We're looking for developers who have experience scaling REST APIs and Postgres databases beyond simply adding indexes or connection pools.

This is a full-time remote role for a Senior Staff Typescript, Node, Postgres, TimescaleDB Developer working on Normcore's cloud game server products. You will be responsible for designing and developing modern, responsive, and scalable web applications and REST APIs. Game developers will use these services to power the games they develop. Therefore, they need to be performant, and they need to scale. You will work closely with other developers, product managers, and stakeholders to identify requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

Education

Bachelor of Science / Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience.

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