Gala Games is hiring a Remote Senior Backend Engineer
\nGala\n\nGala is creating entertainment that empowers on the blockchain. Across our family of brands, including Games, Music, Film, and VOX, we're empowering creators and fans to build the future of entertainment.\n\nPowered by talent from around the globe, our fully remote organization believes in making bold moves to create products that have never been seen in the marketplace. Gala was founded by Eric Schiermeyer (gaming legend and co-founder of Zynga) and Michael McCarthy (the Creative Director behind viral gaming hits such as Farmville 2). Since then, Gala has grown to be a leader in Web3 entertainment.\n\nUnder the Gala brand, we have a growing roster of reputable partners across Gaming and Entertainment, including DreamWorks, AMC, and NBCU. Plus, legendary game developers Peter Molyneux and Will Wright and music greats like Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Kings of Leon, and BT.\n\nOur values are based on openness and ownership and the ability to deliver games, experiences, and opportunities to people worldwide. We are breaking down barriers to bring our communities joy, entertainment, and real-world value.\n\nAt Gala, we work remotely with flexibility; we have a great time with our colleagues and love getting things done. While working here, you'll imagine and create new and exciting things for the world to enjoy. Your talents and efforts will improve our audiences' lives in the real world.\n\nAnd this is just the beginningโฆ\nThe Role\n\n\nWe are excited to announce we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Back-End Engineer with a strong background in data to join our dynamic Music team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in rebuilding and optimizing data-related processes, working closely with the engineering team to ensure seamless integration of data solutions. This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the intersection between music, technology, and blockchain.\n\nYou will be a part of a company of super-achievers who work together to bring forth the evolution of entertainment. The ideal candidate has prior game dev experience, excellent people skills, business acumen, and an exemplary work ethic. We want someone with experience and passion for web3, cryptocurrency, and NFTs. We would love someone with a deep passion for games, strong product management skills, and an impressive track record for working in a fast-paced, evolving, creative-minded environment.\nResponsibilities\n\n\n\n\n* Read and understand existing data processes implemented in Databricks and efficiently rebuild and optimize them.\n\n* Collaborate closely with the engineering team to integrate data solutions seamlessly into our platform.\n\n* Take ownership of translating basic product requirements into robust and scalable back-end systems.\n\n* Demonstrate a proactive "go-getter" attitude, moving quickly to implement solutions and meet project deadlines.\n\n* Work on systems that interact with various stakeholders, requiring effective communication and collaboration skills.\n\n* Provide technical leadership, guiding the team on best practices in coding, data management, and system architecture.\n\n* Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, contributing to the continuous improvement of our technology stack.\n\n\n\nEssential Skills and Qualifications\n\n\n\n* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.\n\n* Proven experience as a Senior Back-End Engineer with a focus on data-related projects.\n\n* Strong proficiency in coding and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Javascript).\n\n* Proficiency in NoSQL Database (e.g., Mongo), translating SQL to Aggregation.\n\n* Experience with Databricks UI, Managing Databricks Notebooks, Delta Lake with Python, Delta Lake with Spark SQL, Delta Live Tables, Unity Catalog\n\n* Must have hands-on experience with high-velocity, high-volume stream processing: Confluent Kafka and Spark Streaming\n\n* Experience with real-time data processing and streaming techniques using Spark structured streaming and Kafka\n\n* A data engineer participates in all phases of the Data Engineering life cycle and will be able to work independently, architect solutions, and perform data ingestion development and support duties.\n\n* Ability to perform segregation between BI analytics vs data engineering workflows that feed development. \n\n* Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.\n\n* Proactive and results-driven, with a "get stuff done" mentality.\n\n* Self-motivated, stellar work ethic, fun collaborator\n\nExcited by problem-solving\n\n\nFearless\n\n\n\nNice-to-Have Skills and Qualifications\n\n\n\n* Experience working successfully in a remote environment\n\n* Experience in the music or entertainment industry is a plus.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n#LI-RD1\n#LI-Remote\n\n \n\nGala is an equal-opportunity employer and adopts a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination.\n\nWe are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.\n\nWe aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.\n\nEmployee Benefits\n\n\n* Competitive Salary\n\n* Flexible Working Hours\n\n* Unlimited PTO\n\n* Fully Remote and Location Independence\n\n* US Based Employees 100% covered for employees (Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance)\n\n* Paid Parental Leave\n\n* Employee Assistance Program and several more\n\n\n\nNEXT STEPS\n\n\nIf you have the experience, passion, and drive to join our team, then please submit a resume by clicking the apply button below!\n\n\n\nGala does not accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. We will not consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from vendors including, and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies. Gala will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Web3, Music, NoSQL, Senior, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n
$60,000 — $105,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n
๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐ We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nWorldwide
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\nWeโre a highly skilled team of software engineers who are building an awesome product and moving fast. We value people who take initiatives, and empower everyone at Klue to make a real change in the product or processes. \n\n\nWe are looking for Backend Engineers to work with our team to deliver high quality products in the most efficient way.\n\n\n๐กFAQ \n\n\nQ: Klue who?\nA: Weโre Klue and from a technical perspective, Klueโs mission is to descale huge amounts of data to the human level, so people can process it and make use of it. Klue is that trusted intermediary, right now itโs proven for sales enablement, but tomorrow itโs all teams enablement.\n\n\nQ: What level of experience are we looking for?\nA: Right now we are looking for senior level experienced Back-End Engineers. \n\n\nQ: What is our development team working on?\nA: As part of our backend team, we are concerned with data storage and retrieval and the infrastructure to enable that. Hereโs what our development team is working on and the opportunity for motivated Software Engineers to dig into, alongside us:\n- Big Data - lots of data \n- Ingesting thousands of news articles, web pages, marketing and sales data points per day. The challenge is indexing them for a long period of time and making them searchable and ready for different analysis.\n- Expanding our Rails REST API and offering public APIs to enable integrations.\n- Architect infrastructure for a scalable, resilient and robust service. We are migrating from a monolith architecture to K8S-hosted microservices. \n\n\nQ: What is our current tech stack?\nA: Python (Flask), Ruby (Rails), PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, GCP, AWS, Tensorflow, Keras, Docker, Kubernetes.\nWe code review all changes, continuously integrate, pay down technical debt, and aim for high automated test coverage. We love microservices and, while we mostly use Python, Ruby, Google Cloud Platform, Linux, JavaScript, and React, new services can be built using whatever tools make sense to get the job done and support our game-changing innovation.\n\n\nQ: Are you HYBRID FRIENDLY ๐คฉ ?\nA: YES! Our hub is in Vancouver, BC, and most of our engineering is located in PST. Ideally, this role would be located in a Canadian timezone. We currently have team members in a couple of other hubs across Canada (Toronto & Winnipeg) and other countries.\n\n\n\nQ: What skills do you bring? \n* Expertise in at least one of the general programming languages like Python, Ruby, Go, Rust, Javascript, or similar.\n* Expertise in relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL\n* Experience in designing REST APIs\n* Experience using NoSQL databases such as Elasticsearch or MongoDB is a plus\n* Experience using Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP is a plus\n* Bonus if you have Data Engineering interest and experience; ETL Pipelines, Snowplow, Snowflake, Big Query Redshift, Airflow, or equivalent.\n\n\n\nQ: What motivates our current team right now?\n* The type of work. Challenging, stimulating and meaningful work. New and relevant tech stack. We know engineers/developers especially want to work on hard technical and innovative problems.\n* The inspiration from skilled and proven leaders.\n* Entrepreneurial fingerprints on what will be a future billion dollar company anchored in Canada.\n* Culture, team, and the work environment.\n* High degree of autonomy and accountability.\n* High degrees of transparency and high quality communication.\n\n\n\nQ: What are the people at Klue like?\n* Builders\n* Intellectually Curious\n* Ambitious\n* Objective Oriented\n* Check us out!\n\n\n\nQ: What about total compensation & benefits?\n* Benefits. We currently have extended health benefits starting on your 1st day.\n* Time off. Take what you need. We want the team to prioritize wellness and avoid burnout. Vacation usually falls into 3 categories: recharging, life-event, & keeping a work-life balance. Just ensure the required work gets done and clear it with your team in advance. You need to take at least two weeks off every year. The average Klue team member takes 2-4 weeks of PTO per year.\n\n\n\n\n$140,000 - $175,000 a yearWe gather compensation benchmarking data across the BC & Canadian Tech Industry and use that data to build a range for our current team and future talent. Your exact salary is determined by experience level, skill, capabilities, and internal pay parity.\nIf you feel like this role is a great fit and have questions about comp, get in touch and weโre happy to discuss further. There is always an ongoing conversation around compensation.\n\n\nโฌ๏ธ โฌ๏ธ โฌ๏ธ โฌ๏ธ โฌ๏ธ\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLastly, we take potential into consideration. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted in lieu of the specifics listed above. If you know you have what it takes, even if thatโs different from what weโve described, be sure to explain why in your application. Reach out and letโs see if there is a home here for you now or in the future.\n\n\nWeโve made a commitment to support and contribute to a diverse environment; on our teams and in our community. Weโre early in our journey; we've started employee led resource groups, committed to Pay Up For Progress, and use success profiles for roles instead of 'years of experience'. We continue to scale our efforts as Klue grows. Weโre proud to be an equal opportunity employer and have dedicated that commitment to our current and future #kluecrew. During the interview process, please let us know if there is anything we need to make more accessible or accommodate to support you to be successful.\n\n\nAll interviews will be conducted via video calls. We work in a hybrid model of WFH (remote) and in-office. Weโre excited to meet you and in the meantime, get to know us:\n\n\n ๐ Pay Up For Progress & 50 - 30 Challenge & Klue Blog\nโ โ Win-Loss Acquisition (2023)\n๐ ฐ๏ธ Series A (2020)\n๐ Series B (2021)\n๐ Culture, culture, culture! \n๐ง Winning as Women & Competitive Enablement Show\n๐ Glassdoor\n๐ About Us\n๐ฅ Twitter\n๐ธ Instagram\nโ๏ธ LinkedIn\n๐ฆ Wellfound (AngelList) \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Video, Education, Cloud, NoSQL, Ruby, API, Senior, Marketing, Sales, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n
$60,000 — $105,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n
๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐ We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nToronto, Canada
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