[Hiring] Mobile Game Backend Engineer @YallaPlay
Mar 26, 2025 - YallaPlay is hiring a remote Mobile Game Backend Engineer. 💸 Salary: unspecified. 📍Location: Northern America, Latin America (LATAM), Asia.
Role Description
As a Backend Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining robust backend systems for our mobile game clients. You should be proficient in back-end coding languages, development frameworks, and third-party libraries.
- Lead the technical planning & requirements gathering phases including estimate, development, test, manage projects, architect, and deliver.
- Serve as a strong technical contributor. Provide technical support or leadership in the development and continual improvement of service.
- Work closely with the Design team to take ideas for creating the ecosystem and turn them into features and services.
- Write code for storing and retrieving large amounts of data, making this data easily surfaced to both players and developers.
- Build data entry tools for designers to iterate on parts of the system such as the store.
- Use profiling and debugging tools to iterate on services to ensure availability and efficiency.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with team members.
- Ensure that the technical Agile software development process is followed, familiar with industry best practices for software development.
- Demonstrate the ability to adapt and work with team members of various experience levels.
- Document programming tasks and procedures.
- Perform software testing.
Qualifications
- B.S/M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent (Strong Computer Science fundamentals)
- Passionate coders with 8+ years of application development experience.
- Proficiency in C#
- Experience with microservices
- Experience with distributed systems and clusters
- Experience building scalable systems with cloud infrastructures like Azure.
- Experience with orchestrators such as Kubernetes or HashiCorp Nomad
- Knowledge of serverless system design patterns
- Knowledge of virtual actor programming model such as Orleans and Akka
- Strong understanding of database design and query optimizations using both relational Databases, such as PostgreSql and Non-Relational Databases like MongoDB or Cassandra
- Helped deploy a live service and/or was responsible for helping to maintain one
- Full life cycle development experience using Agile/Scrum methodologies is required.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Self-starter who can work independently.
- Exceptional problem solving and ability to work independently
- Flexible and adaptable attitude, disciplined to manage multiple responsibilities and adjust to varied environments.
- Proficient in authoring, editing, and presenting technical documents.
Company Description
At YallaPlay, we create exciting mobile games that bring joy to millions of players worldwide. Founded in Austin, Texas, we've since expanded to Brazil and the UAE, growing our diverse and talented team of creators. We pride ourselves on a fun and collaborative work environment, with a remote-friendly culture and a dedication to producing high-quality, engaging games. Our current titles, including “Spades Masters” (iOS/Android), have been enjoyed by millions of players globally. Join us as we continue to develop new and innovative games that redefine the mobile gaming experience.
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Salary
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unspecified
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Remote
Location
Northern America, Latin America (LATAM), Asia
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 26, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: Northern America, Latin America (LATAM), Asia |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
