Server Engineer – Senior, Principal
Bonfire Studios
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Irvine • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $237,500 - $290,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
BootstrapD3.jsDockerGoJavaScriptKubernetesRedisTypeScript
About the role
- Building infrastructure that is:
- Functional — prioritizing an amazing player experience.
- Reliable — minimizing downtime and ensuring stability.
- Scalable — ready to support player demand at any scale.
- Maintainable — services you build are also services you help operate.
- Available — ensuring features run smoothly across multiple platforms.
- Collaborating closely with the game team building our client and server in C#.
- Designing, reviewing, and iterating with other engineers to keep our systems robust and player-focused.
- Developing and running infrastructure in Golang, containerized with Docker and orchestrated with Kubernetes.
- Automating deployment and testing with CI/CD pipelines.
- Using observability and monitoring tools, while also building custom tooling (HTML/TS/Bootstrap/D3.js) to improve operations.
- Keeping services as stateless as possible for reliability and scalability, and using Memorystore (Redis Cluster) and Firestore when persistence is needed.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a focus on server-side development.
- Skilled at designing and implementing backend features that support great player experiences.
- Enjoy building tools and services that make the entire development team more efficient.
- Thrive in collaborative, cross-disciplinary environments where your input shapes both technology and game direction.
- Have an entrepreneurial spirit — you take initiative, self-direct projects, and pitch in wherever you’re needed.
- Are adaptable and excited to pick up new technologies, not just stick with what you know.
- Carry a genuine passion for games and the craft of building them.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
- Equity and full benefits package
- Extra perks to make work (and life) better
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
C#GolangDockerKubernetesCI/CDHTMLTypeScriptBootstrapD3.jsRedis
Soft skills
collaborationinitiativeadaptabilityproblem-solvingcommunicationcreativityteamworkself-directionpassion for gamescross-disciplinary collaboration