Senior Backend Engineer

Company Overview

At Seedworld Studios, we're on a mission to revolutionize the gaming experience with our upcoming AAA metaverse game, Seedworld, which combines the enchanting worlds of Fantasy and Steampunk. Seedworld Studios is seeking a talented and passionate Senior Backend Engineer to join our Product Engineering department. As a member of our team, you will play a crucial role in the development of our product application that supports one of the biggest metaverse projects in the industry. You will report to the Head of Engineering and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to bring our vision to life.

Key Responsibilities

Development and Maintenance: Lead the development and maintenance of backend services using Node.js and TypeScript. This includes writing clean, efficient, and scalable code.
API Design and Management: Design and manage RESTful APIs and integrate third-party APIs to support business processes and data exchange.
Database Management: Work with MongoDB, including design, development, and optimization, ensuring data integrity and security.
Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize application performance, focusing on server-side logic, database interactions, blockchain interactions, and integration with front-end components.
Code Review and Quality Assurance: Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices. Implement unit and integration tests to maintain high-quality code.
Collaboration with Frontend Developers: Collaborate closely with the frontend developers in the team to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
Troubleshooting and Debugging: Troubleshoot and debug applications, providing effective solutions to ensure minimal downtime.
DevOps and Deployment: Work with DevOps practices, including continuous integration, continuous deployment, and cloud services (like AWS).
Security Practices: Implement robust security measures, including data protection and authentication mechanisms.
Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other team members, fostering a collaborative team environment.
Research and Development: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, and apply this knowledge to improve existing systems, particularly in back end engineering but also in the web3 & blockchain space.
Scalability and Maintenance: Ensure that backend systems are scalable, maintainable, and can support growth.
Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of the systems developed and ensure it's kept up to date.
Team Structure
You will be an integral part of a multi-disciplinary product development team, alongside front end / back end / test engineers, UI/UX designers, product owner and Web3 subject matter experts.
Company Culture
Fully remote, global operation.
Agile work environment.
Strong emphasis on user-centric development.
Proud of the products we build, but always looking for improvements.
Requirements
Experience: 6+ Years of experience working as a Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer.
Proficient in back end development: Experience with Typescript for backend REST APIs, using frameworks like Express or NestJS, MongoDB, and REST API best practices.
Web3: Interest on Web3 ecosystem, wallets & transactions, IDOs & ICOs, DeFi (staking, farming, liquidity pools), omnichain.
User-centric: Experience working on a user-centric product development environment.
Technical leadership: Experience mentoring and coaching other developers, fostering a quality and continuous learning environment.

Desirable
Strong knowledge of Web3 ecosystem and blockchain.
Experience with payment platforms / providers or similar high risk environments.
Understanding of AWS infrastructure and infrastructure as code.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar, or related education.
Career Development Opportunities
Opportunities for rapid growth and advancement into roles with more technical responsibility or management positions.

Location
100% remote
Timezone: flexible, but working hours must be in the range between 9AM and 10PM (UTC time).

Benefits
21 days of holidays / year + local bank holidays.
Sick days.
Budget for training / courses.
Budget towards purchasing work equipment such as laptop.

Salary
Up to $7000 USDC