Backend Engineer

ABOUT US:

Saltwater Games is a creative alliance of studios dedicated to delivering unparalleled entertainment experiences that ignite the imagination of our audiences. Our passionate teams of creative professionals consist of industry veterans from renowned studios such as PlayStation, Codemasters, Sumo Digital, Interior Night and Mediatonic who are working on some exciting VR, multiplayer and mobile titles. At Saltwater Games we follow some key values:

• We are optimistic & brave
• We are honest & open
• We take ownership & responsibility

ABOUT YOU:

We are actively looking for a skilled engineer to join our team to work on our current and very exciting upcoming projects.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on absolutely every part of the game and its development process. From feature work to helping improve tools and pipelines, optimisation work or integration of 3rd party systems, you will have the chance to position your skills in a way that works best for the team and the needs of the project.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is proactive and to get involved in the full project lifecycle. 

Working in the engineering team, you will report directly to your assigned line manager and will collaborate with various disciplines across the project. Although the majority of our team are generalists, at Saltwater, we like “T-shaped people” with a broad knowledge of many topics, and deep knowledge of several domains.. 

Rather than obsessing over on-paper expertise, we are strongly invested in hiring the right person for the team and the company. We would love to find somebody who is well-rounded, self-managing, can work with other departments effectively and has a proactive attitude.

• Deliver cloud infra for web3 gaming, with web2 UX, at scale
• Excited about cutting edge tech in gaming, web3, AI
• Build, maintain, monitor backends: APIs, databases, analytics tooling
• Data from gameplay, users, analytics
• Millions of MAUs
• Millions of daily I/O

Must have:

• 5+ YOE with:
• Javascript
• Node
• 3+ YOE with AWS, including:
• API Gateway
• CloudWatch
• DynamoDB
• EC2
• KMS
• Lambda
• S3
• 2+ YOE with backends supporting 100k-10m MAU
• Experience working with OAuth
• Some familiarity with web3

Nice to have:

• Experience working with non-web clients, e.g. Unreal, Unity, mobile, IoT
• Experience working with web3
• ethers.js SDK
• Etherscan
• Experience working with Typescript
• Experience working with Firestore and Functions in GCP

• Salary £55-£60k
• Remote-first Studio
• Share option scheme
• Unlimited holidays
• Monthly workplace well-being benefit scheme
• Regular team social events & studio summits 
• Working alongside a friendly, flexible, and highly talented team
• Opportunity to work on big-name IPs

To tell better stories and create inclusive experiences we welcome everyone, especially from under-represented people in our industry whose stories aren’t told often enough. Our research has suggested that sometimes people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to roles unless they meet every single listed requirement. At Saltwater Games we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive working environment, who you are will always deserve our consideration and recognition, and your application is welcome.