Backend Engineer at Medal

We are thrilled that you are interested in joining Medal. Our platform helps millions of gamers capture, share, and cherish their favorite moments. With over a million daily active users generating more than three million videos every single day, our tools are essential to the gaming community. When you join our team, you will be building technology that directly impacts the experience of millions of people across the globe.

What you'll be doing

• You will develop and maintain the robust REST APIs that serve as the backbone for our entire application.
• You will manage the storage and retrieval of billions of user-generated gaming clips while supporting real-time communication features.
• You will architect and optimize the systems that power our machine learning-based content feeds and friend recommendation engines.

What you'll bring

To succeed in this role, you should have a strong background in backend engineering and a passion for scalable systems. We are looking for someone who possesses the following qualifications:

• Strong professional experience with Java in a production environment.
• Deep knowledge of RESTful APIs, including how to architect and implement them at scale.
• Expertise in relational databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL, specifically regarding schema design and performance optimization.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure and designing scalable system architectures.
• A solid grasp of CI/CD practices, test-driven development, and version control using Git.
• Fluency in English to collaborate effectively with our team.

Bonus points if you have experience with Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud, or AWS, as well as a genuine passion for gaming communities.

What you'll get

• Comprehensive medical insurance to keep you healthy.
• A 401k plan to support your long-term financial goals.
• Equity compensation so you can share in the success of the company you help build.

When you are ready to apply, please send us your resume or a link to your LinkedIn profile. We would also love to see links to your GitHub or other online portfolios, along with a brief description of the specific contributions you made to the projects you have worked on.