As our Staff/Principal Engineer- Golang, you will be part of a team working on cutting-edge technologies. The candidate would design and implement new components and features for highly scalable gaming platforms. The candidate would be comfortable with the process of refactoring and consider the same as a necessary part of engineering, thereby assisting the overall maturity of the software developed. The candidate will ensure that software deliverables comply with quality standards and are completed on time. The candidate will be a role model for junior SDEs and lead technical initiatives by example.
Responsibilities:
- Lead research & develop designs to build large-scale & complex products designed to handle larger scale, availability, and performance considerations
- Guide & design in adopting microservices, middleware & container architecture for product building
- Lead, own & design architecture evolution, hardening the architecture and design for the product
- Guide in direct root cause analysis of critical business and production issues.
- Lead design reviews & code reviews
- Establish engineering best practices in design & coding & DevOps for the team on old & new tech stack
- Contribute to optimising design, code & mentor team on the same.
- Contribute to defining unit & functional test automation strategy & framework adoption
- Establish & induct secure coding practices using OWASP Top 10 and ensure zero vulnerability
- Research new tech stack in the backend, middleware & databases for product transformation / Improvement and solve new problems
- Drive technology strategy and vision in collaboration with product
- Engages & leads non-functional requirements like scalability, security, stability & performance for the product owns and works in collaboration with security, DevOps and testing teams to achieve the same.
- Evaluate, drive & optimise infrastructure needs for products to meet the scalability & availability needs.
- Establish monitoring strategy & principles in line with product usage & bottlenecks.
- Identify & solve tech debts with an actionable plan.
- Bring new ideas for product enhancement.
- Align solutions with the overall business applications and IT technology roadmap.
- Mentor & coach & train team on engineering design, coding & architecture.
Requirements
- BE/B. Tech. in Computer Science, or an MCA from a reputed university.
- 11+ years of software development or programming experience.
- 4+ years of experience in designing software in any public cloud – AWS, GCP or azure
- 3+ years of experience in Golang is needed.
- 2+ years of experience in any NoSQL would be needed.
- 1+ years of experience in horizontally scalable RDBMS like YugabyteDB, and CockroachDB, would be desirable.
- Hands-on experience in configuring & using various monitoring tools like elastic search, Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, etc would be needed.
- Experience in using Kubernetes would be needed.
- Exposure to cloud-native ci-cd technologies like Tekton, Argocd, etc would be desirable.
- Good knowledge of container technologies & developing microservices in distributed architecture is needed.
About Junglee Games
Junglee Games is a leader in the skill-gaming space, with more than 100 million users. Founded in San Francisco in 2012, and part of the $30 Bn Flutter Entertainment Group, Junglee Games is the fastest-growing skill-gaming company in the world. Some of our notable games are Junglee Rummy, Howzat, Eatme.io, Poker, and Carrom.
Our mission is to build entertainment for millions of people around the world and connect people through high-quality games. The games are available on multiple platforms, including web browsers. Android and iOS devices emphasize creating engaging and immersive gaming experiences while incorporating social features to foster interaction and competition among players.
Since founding, we've drawn 700 of the world’s most talented people into our ranks. Our team has worked on international AAA titles like Transformers, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Real Steel, Rio, Mech Conquest, and Dueling Blades. Our designers have worked on some of Hollywood’s biggest hits including the movie Avatar.
Junglee is not just a gaming business - it is a blend of data science, innovation, cutting-edge technology and, most importantly, a values-driven culture that creates the next set of conscious leaders. Junglee Games is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Junglee has gained recognition in the gaming industry and has received various accolades for its contributions to the online gaming space and continues to innovate and develop new games, expanding its presence in the global gaming market.
Website: https://www.jungleegames.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/junglee-games
