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Last checked Nov 1, 2026.

Live Operation & Observability

• Instruments every service for production readiness: structured logging, metrics, distributed tracing, health checks, and alerting before it goes live — not after the first incident
• Monitors services in production: reads dashboards, interprets anomalies, distinguishes noise from signal
• Responds to production incidents in services they own — has on-call responsibilities commensurate with service criticality
• Writes post-mortems and follows through on structural improvements so the same failure mode does not recur
• Understands the difference between a symptom and a root cause — does not fix symptoms

Cross-Platform Client Integration

• Works directly with game client engineers (PC, console, mobile) to define integration contracts, review client-side usage patterns, and debug integration issues
• Understands the constraints of each platform environment: console certification requirements around network usage, mobile data sensitivity, PC permissiveness — and designs service interfaces accordingly
• Owns the integration surface: API documentation that is correct, versioned, and kept up to date as the service evolves
• Participates in client-facing technical reviews where backend service design is on the table

Quality & Engineering Standards

• Writes unit and integration tests as a first-class output — not an afterthought
• Code reviews: gives specific, actionable feedback and receives it without defensiveness
• Maintains service documentation: architecture decisions, operational runbooks, known limitations, dependency map
• Raises technical debt explicitly — names it, quantifies its cost, and proposes a remediation path

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience , with significant experience developing backend/server-side systems.
• At least 2 years of professional Java experience , including production backend development.
• At least 2 years of professional C++ experience , ideally in game development or another performance-sensitive environment.
• Demonstrated experience working across the client/server interface , rather than purely backend development.
• Experience developing and integrating REST APIs and working with JSON-based data exchange.
• Experience with JSON export/data serialization processes .
• Strong understanding of performance optimization techniques including throttling, batching, caching, request optimization, and API mocking .
• Experience designing systems that minimize unnecessary database operations and network calls.

Preferred

• Experience designing services that handle launch-day spikes: horizontal scaling patterns, queue-based load levelling, circuit breakers
• Familiarity with platform-specific SDK constraints: PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Nintendo NSO, or Apple/Google mobile — understanding what the platform restricts and what it requires from the backend
• Kafka or SQS/SNS for event-driven service communication
• Kubernetes (EKS) cluster operations experience
• Security-conscious engineering: OAuth/OIDC, rate limiting, input validation, OWASP awareness at service design level

Benefits

This is a full-time employment role with standard benefits in Quebec Province