Backend Engineer (NY)

Everyrealm is looking for a Backend Engineer based in New York City to play an integral part in building and scaling our products.  

About Everyrealm

Everyrealm is a technology company that creates innovative solutions for avid social gamers, with offerings across a variety of categories, including identity, ranking, relationships, and events. We also publish community-driven video game titles. In addition, we manage three venture-style investment funds that invest in related businesses and technologies. We are a collaborative and multidisciplinary team with different backgrounds, working together to build new products that foster social connection in virtual worlds. We believe that bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and experiences creates a richer and more inclusive work environment, which ultimately leads to more innovative products and ideas.

Responsibilities

• Create REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Maintain CICD pipelines and application infrastructure with AWS CDK and Github Actions, ensuring it is responsive and scalable.
• Implement code on an AWS Serverless (first, not only) stack using Typescript (Rust if necessary).
• Integrate with external APIs both transactionally and bulk for big data.
• Build authentication workflows in Auth0 using web2 and web3 credentials.
• Work with the technology and product teams to implement new features and enhancements to existing code.
• Collaborate with frontend developers to create seamless, user-friendly experiences.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and find solutions in a timely manner.
• Write clean, modular, and well-documented code for a variety of applications and services.
• Ensure the backend systems are secure, optimized, and easily maintainable.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.

• 5+ years of experience with modern backend technologies such as Node, Rust, Go, or, even, Java. Recent and at least 1 year experience with Typescript.
• Proficient with Git.
• Experience designing, building, and consuming REST and GraphQL APIs using AWS API Gateway and Apollo. 
• Experience with serverless and event-driven architecture using AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and EventBridge. Similar experience with ECS or EKS is acceptable.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, object-oriented programming, functional programming concepts, and software architecture.
• Expertise in databases and data modeling, including SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks and methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Bonus experience: Unity, Unreal Engine, LLMs, AI/ML, scaling gaming engines on cloud platforms (EC2).