SDE 3 at pocket gems · Remote, Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 7 - 11 years · ₹2L - ₹15L / yr · Remote friendly · Posted 27 Jun 2022

Infrastructure
Pocket Gems wants to build the greatest games and interactive entertainment in the world.
That’s the mission our founders began within an apartment above a pizza shop back in 2009
and we continue it today.
Pocket Gems has grown to over 250 people in San Francisco. With $155 million in backing from
Sequoia Capital and Tencent, we’re constantly breaking new ground with graphically rich mobile
games, fun new genres of mobile entertainment, and innovative technologies like our mobilefirst Mantis Engine.
Our products have been downloaded over 325 million times by players around the world. We
have several flagship products including the most recent - Adventure Chef Merge Explorer, a
casual merge and explore game. Some of our other ongoing hits include Episode, a mobile
storytelling network and platform, and War Dragons, a visually stunning 3D real-time strategy
game.
Pocket Gems is home to some of the most massive and delightful mobile-first games, like War
Dragons and Episode. Those games need a solid backend platform, to function critical tasks to
delight our players, and is supported and optimized by our Central Engineering team. As a Sr.
Software Engineer on the Central Infrastructure Team, you will build microservices that acts as
the core of all our games, facilitate the processing and recording of billions of events per day,
support critical systems for marketing, finance. You will be responsible for some of our biggest
projects as you build APIs and infrastructure that scales to millions of players in real-time
games.
What You’ll Do:
• Implement flexible, reusable, and scalable solutions to improve our data pipeline
• Develop microservices for critical infrastructure like A/B tests, Offer recommendation, etc
that is mission-critical to the business
• Develop microservices for our games such as real-time communication platforms,
leaderboard, etc
• Build and maintain integrations with third-party APIs that you suggest or write yourself
• Build scalable web tools (including open source tools) to support data analysis and
visualization for the company and influence what we build for our games’ players
What You Bring to the Central Infrastructure Engineering team:
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience (including 3+ years backend experience)
• A degree in computer science, engineering, or relevant field
• Experience leading complex projects, preferably involving distributed systems
• Deep experience with AWS, GCP, or Hadoop, and related backend technologies is a
plus
• Strong skills in data structures, algorithms, software design, and OOP
• A love for delighting users, both internal and external, with reliable tools, data, and
creative and highly technical solutions to their problems
Extra Gems for:
• Experience in working with microservices

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● Participating in code reviews, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting to ensure the quality and reliability of applications.
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- Must have experience on RESTful Web-Services
- Must be good in problem solving, Data structures and Algorithms.
- Strong understanding of Web Architectures, E-commerce solutions
- Strong understanding of any MySql / Postgresql
- Strong understanding of any Redis / Memcached / Mongodb / Elasticsearch
- Hands-on experience on GCP / AWS would be an added advantage
- Hands-on experience on Kubernetes / Docker would be an added advantage
- Basic knowledge of version control system like Git / Mercurial / Bitbucket
- Writes well managed and clean codes
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- Work closely with QA team to determine testing requirements to ensure full coverage and best quality of product.
- Take up the opportunities to mentor and guide junior team members in excelling their jobs.
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- B.E. /B.Tech. in Computer Science or MCA from a reputed university.
- 3-12 years of experience in software development, with emphasis on JAVA/J2EE Server side programming.
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- Good communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Desired Skills Experience:
- Knowledge of Python, Django Framework or REST API.
- Knowledge of Docker and Redis.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate is a plus.
- Experience with Fast API.
- Exposure to CI/CD practices.
- Awareness of Shell scripting
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