Software Engineer - Lead

Company: NPAworldwide Recruitment Network
Location: Waterloo
Posted on: November 19, 2020

Job Description:

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job #: 34084 Title: Software Engineer - Lead Job Location: Waterloo, Iowa - United States Employment Type: Salary: contact recruiter for details Employer Will Recruit From: Nationwide Relocation Paid?: Yes WHY IS THIS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY? [None Listed] JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Software Engineer Lead Location: Waterloo, IA Relocation Assistance Provided Direct Placement Full Time Gaming Industry If youre a Software Engineer that has experience leading a team or ready to lead a server engineering team, lets talk! Youll have the opportunity to oversee and grow the companys top project through advancing a team of server engineers and a clean, concise, and performance codebase. YOULL BE EXPECTED TO

• Ensure quality, consistent, and performant code implementations across the server team. Review and coach engineers when were not using the systems designed, or if system designs could be improved
• Understand our server infrastructure and how these systems are deployed and connected. Use this knowledge to make sustainable choices when server code utilizes these resources. Work with the technical operations team to ensure we have a shared understanding of the impact of changes
• Maintain a level of server performance that is acceptable for our product. Improve our monitoring systems to aid in this.
• Analyze an existing codebase and deliver written and verbal communications to leadership about how systems work
• Work with server engineers to understand and clearly define and communicate the scope of projects. Ensure engineers understand what should be included in the work, and that scope creep does not create more risk. Keep engineers eye on the goal.
• Work with Director of Engineering and Product Managers to help prioritize technical work, including prerequisite systems, tech debt, technical improvements, ecosystem updates and deadlines.
• Ensure your team will document and communicate best practices and processes for server development
• Acts as an engineering resource for the team when theyre facing challenging problems they cannot solve QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO BE CONSIDERED
  • Bachelor Degree or 7+ years of relevant work experience
  • Experience with C#, C++, PHP, Node.js, Java, Unity, Server-Based APIs
  • Experience developing and deploying server code to a live user-facing environment
  • Experience using databases in a live user-facing environment
  • Supervisory experience TOP CANDIDATES WILL ALSO
    • Experience with cloud services
    • Analytics Driven Development/Experience
    • Experience with mobile platform development
    • Experience with distributed micro-services internationally Education:
      University - Bachelor`s Degree/3-4 Year Degree

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