Big Viking Games is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Technology team! Reporting to our Director of Engineering you'll be working on our flagship games - YoWorld and FishWorld! The ideal candidate will be a seasoned cloud engineer with extensive AWS experience. This role will be expected to split their time doing both maintaining the current game code and executing modernization projects.

The Duties:

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable, highly concurrent cloud-based backend solutions.
• Develop and maintain cloud based solutions in accordance with best practices
• Ensure efficient functioning of data storage and process functions in accordance with company security policies and best practices in cloud security
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
• Regularly review existing systems and make recommendations for improvements
• Develop, implement and maintain our cloud infrastructure in AWS
• Participate in code reviews
• Ensure high availability and reliability of game services in a live operations (LiveOps) environment.

Requirements

The Must Haves:

• 2+ years of experience managing and operating Kubernetes clusters in a production environment.
• 3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform in AWS.
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining highly concurrent backend systems.
• 5+ years of experience using MySQL / MariaDB
• 5+ years of Development experience using one or more of the following languages: PHP/Java/Node JS/C #
• 3+ years of experience working in a distributed system environment
• Experience with RabbitMQ in production environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary, bonus program, Group Retirement Savings Plan matching & participation in the Employee Stock Option Plan
• Comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, and vision), including generous time off policies