Senior Game Services Engineer - Central Technology

Overview

Do you love the foundational technology we use to build games and services? Do you enjoy collaborating with engineers and developing innovative solutions? Are you invested in building large, scalable game services backends?

As a Senior Game Services Engineer in our Central Technology organization, you will architect and build the game service backends of Bungie’s next generation title. You will collaborate with fellow engineers and Game Services Leadership to identify risks, and scale needs to accomplish this.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Craft and update robust, performant, and maintainable services
Participate in team rituals including standups and other agile practices
Provide support, mentorship, and constructive feedback to peers
Participate in on-call service rotation for supporting live games

REQUIRED SKILLS

Willingness to be part of a “we” culture in which you work well with others to reach common goals — team fit and culture are especially important to us
Understanding of service development and quality practices
Ability to conceptualize robust, proprietary delivery pipelines
Ability to mentor other engineers
Ability to write high-performance C# service code
Ability to write high-performance SQL queries
Ability to communicate with stakeholders of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

Familiarity with distributed systems
Familiarity with Kafka, Redis, and/or RabbitMQ
Experience navigating large scale legacy code
Experience developing game backend services

Listed below is this role's base pay range. In other locations that Bungie has approved for remote work, this pay range may be adjusted up to +/- 10% and some roles may be classified as non-exempt (hourly).

This range is determined by an array of factors, including training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. Additionally, it is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

In the journey to make incredible worlds, Bungie employees don't simply do meaningful work - they receive meaningful support. Competitive salaries and discretionary bonus opportunities are just the start. We offer comprehensive healthcare coverage, generous 401(k) matching, flexible time off policies, paid parental leave, social clubs, and so much more. Check out our benefits page: Benefits - Bungie Careers to see all the perks that come with joining Bungie.

Bellevue Pay Range

$156,000—$183,000 USD

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