Sr. Software Engineer (Backend)

Voldex is a leading gaming company focused on Roblox, the most exciting ecosystem in gaming today. We are home to several of Roblox's top games, including Brookhaven, Driving Empire, and NFL Universe Football. With over 145 million monthly active players across our games, we are the #1 Roblox developer by audience size. Founded in 2015, we have since grown to 70 full-time remote team members across the globe.

Our strategy is to acquire and sustainably grow games on Roblox. Our acquisition strategy is backed with significant capital from firms including The Raine Group, Makers Fund, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), QIA, Dune Ventures, and MIT.

Our top games include:

• Brookhaven, #1 Roleplay game on Roblox and the most popular game on the Roblox platform

• Driving Empire, the #1 driving game on Roblox where we’ve brought real cars into the game in partnership with automakers

• NFL Universe Football, the #1 American football game and top grossing sports game on Roblox.

About the Role:

Voldex is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to build backend services for our library of live service games. Your work will impact the fun of millions of users (over 140 million MAU!)!

As an engineer at Voldex, you will have the opportunity to partner closely with our highly-skilled team of engineers, product managers, artists, game designers, and more.

What You'll Do:

• Make new backend services and maintain existing APIs and infrastructure

• Work with a team experienced with building cloud infrastructure serving millions of daily users

• Contribute to the development of new in-game features, web services and bug fixes

• Write clear, clean, and efficient code

• Collaborate with other disciplines (production, design, etc) to define and develop in-game features for current and upcoming titles

What You Bring to the Team:

• 3+ years professional software development experience

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in computer science or related field

• Prior development experience with Golang and Docker

• Strong grasp of AWS (Lambda, S3, ECS, EC2, Fargate)

• Familiarity with Node.js, VueJS and NextJS

• Effective communication and collaboration skills

• Ownership mentality

Bonus Points for:

• Game jams, game modding, and passion projects related to game making

Voldex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status

Permanent Voldex employees enjoy the following benefits:

💰 Competitive compensation - above-market salary + profit sharing + stock options

⛳️ Retirement benefits  - company contribution to your retirement plan (401k, RRSP, Pension), depending on country!

🩺 Medical, dental, and vision benefits - depending on the country, there may be additional benefits (Life, ADD, etc…)

🏖 Flexible PTO - vacations + Federal / Bank Holidays

🌎 Remote First - we have always been remote and will remain that way including work from home/anywhere 

🎮 In-person get-togethers, virtual company-wide game events, Robux allowances, and so much more!

🎓Professional Development - Reimburse the costs of courses, materials, and anything to help further their training and growth

🎉 Work with awesome people and impact millions of daily players

Want to learn more about Voldex? Read about us here:

• Voldex Acquires Brookhaven, most visited game on Roblox 

• Driving Empire & Nascar: Brand Partnership 

• Voldex & NFL: Brand Partnership 

• Our partners at Andreessen Horowitz share why they've invested in Voldex