Senior Software Engineer
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
#LI-Onsite
Who We Are
2K publishes some of the most popular video game franchises on the planet including Mafia Borderlands BioShock NBA 2K WWE 2K Evolve XCOM and Sid Meiers Civilization.
The Core Technology group is responsible for identifying common problems across the company and building solutions to those problems. We fill our team with individuals who enjoy a challenge enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and want to take ownership and responsibility for products. If you are passionate about working in the game industry and implementing cool features for our game products come join our team.
What You Will Do
Design and develop robust scalable and highly performant backend microservices and APIs.
Own the maintenance and evolution of key service domains ensuring reliability performance and alignment with long-term technical strategy.
Collaborate closely with product managers designers and game teams to translate complex requirements into clear technical deliverables and milestones.
Optimize infrastructure and runtime costs to deliver a seamless player experience while maintaining operational efficiency.
Continuously reduce technical debt by driving refactoring efforts automating workflows and modernizing legacy systems.
What You Bring
58 years of experience designing and building backend systems and microservices using Go (Golang) or Java.
Strong understanding of transport protocols (HTTP gRPC) and API design best practices.
Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or Amazon ECS.
Proficiency with both relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL databases including schema design and query optimization.
Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g. GitHub Actions Jenkins ArgoCD).
Solid grasp of distributed systems concepts and microservice design patterns.
Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
Familiarity with monitoring logging and observability frameworks.
Experience with agile software development methodologies.
Knowledge of authentication and authorization standards (OpenID Connect OAuth 2.0 JWT).
Understanding of secure coding best practices and compliance frameworks (e.g. GDPR SOC 2).
Experience conducting performance profiling load testing and bottleneck analysis.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Demonstrated ownership mindset and product-oriented approach to problem solving.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
Bonus Items
Passion for gaming and building technology that powers player experiences.
Experience developing online service platforms or backend systems for AAA games.
Bonus points for hands-on experience building microservices with Go (Golang).
As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform their essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing only use accounts.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
2K publishes titles in today's most popular gaming genres, including shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, sports, casual, and family entertainment.
