Backend Engineer II
110k - 150k USD
Hybrid
Full Time
#Engineering
#Elixir
#Postgres
#Phoenix
#Redis
#Prometheus
#Grafana
We are a dynamic start-up where performance is at the core of our values. We are a small, entrepreneurial team with big ambitions. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to collaborate and work with urgency to solve problems. This is an opportunity to get in at the early stage of a company and solve complex challenges. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, value teamwork, and embody these principles, this is the place for you to make an impact.
Overview
Blitz.gg is a rapidly growing gaming startup that focuses on delivering the best gaming experience for our users. Blitz is horizontally scaling our Elixir backend team to empower more gamers across more games! Join a small, self-motivated, autonomous team that continuously deploys code to millions of active users daily, optimizes the organization's global goals and the daily software delivery process. Help extend a modular, well-encapsulated backend architecture to several new games while ensuring availability and scalability. Operate independently with Elixir and Postgres on production at scale and collaborate on interesting challenges. Our backend system digests and serves 10s of TB of data daily with over 500k database operations per second.
This position prefers you to be on-site Monday through Thursday in our Los Angeles office, with optional WFH on Fridays. For potential remote hires, we require operating during Pacific Time Zone business hours.
What You’ll Do
- Implement code that is clear, concise, tested, and easily understood by others
- Propose solutions for technical roadblocks and elevates information for guidance
- Debug and fixes issues in development, test, and production
- Effective communication especially on team status updates
- Perform code reviews that follow best practices and that are recognized as effective by peers
What It Takes To Be Successful
- 1 - 3 years of experience with Elixir
- 1 - 2 years of experience with Phoenix, LiveView, Oban, GenStage, and more
- 1 - 2 years of experience with Postgres, Riak, and Redis
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry a plus
- Full understanding of Git, GitHub and CircleCI
What We Offer/Why Join
- A performance-driven, fast-paced company focused on growth and shared success
- A team of passionate, dedicated and committed professionals
- Opportunities for professional growth and increased responsibilities
- Excellent reputation with customers and within the industry
- Annual salary range: $110-150k USD + bonus
- Unlimited vacation policy
- 100% employee covered Medical, Dental, and Vision plan for those in California
- 401(k) matching
- Company-wide team building events
Salary for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
Blitz is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law.
