At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer with a focus on Backend Systems to join our team, bringing deep knowledge and experience of NodeJS, Production Environments and engineering best practices to maintain uptime, diagnose and remediate bad product behaviour and keep product dependencies up to date. This position works closely with backend feature engineers and site reliability engineers to improve processes, schedule and roll out improvements, and maintain a backlog of work to complete.
This is a hybrid position based in our Downtown Vancouver office.
In this role, you can expect to be involved in:Upgrade Backend technology to keep our product up to date with stable releases of partner software including Node, NPM packages, Kubernetes, Mongo and GCP features. Work with Production to identify the backlog and timeline of upgrades, including urgent upgrades such as security patches.Be accountable in monitoring, analyzing and prioritizing performance concerns such as memory usage and leaks, server crashes, hangs and pauses, infrastructure cost and more.Drive and lead roll out and maintain software engineering best practices such as zero error logging, unit tests, indexing, sharding and others.Lead troubleshooting efforts, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.Identify and select appropriate technologies to ensure scalability, performance, security, and maintainability. Will include sunsetting and replacement.Lead meetings, discussions, and code reviews to ensure code quality.Promote documentation of software designs, code, and technical processes.Mentor and guide junior software engineers, sharing knowledge and providing constructive feedback.As needed, participate in pager duty responsibilities and (roughly one week every seven weeks) be incident commander for live incidents.To be successful in this role, your background includes:Advanced working experience with Node.js - contributions to the Node.js project ideal7+ years of experience in software development, ideally in gamingBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experienceHave maintained a live game in production using Node.js using a Cloud providerHave maintained a live database such as Mongo.Ability to write clean, simple, well-documented code from design requirements Proven track record of working independently and collaboratively in a dynamic team settingExperience working in Agile, Kanban, or similar project management methodologiesExperience in Profiling NodeKnowledge in how to deal with platform/device specific issuesA problem-solver with a keen eye to identify areas of improvementExcited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.
We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!
About Kabam
Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.
Kabam’s games,
Marvel Contest of Champions,
Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.
Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, Montreal and Charlottetown in Canada, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States, and in Seoul, South Korea. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.
Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
