Backend Engineer - Web Services

Description

You will be a core contributor to the Web Services team, designing, developing, and maintaining the high-performance, scalable backend services that power the entire mod.io ecosystem. This role ensures reliable, fast API access for game clients, developers, and users globally. You will use modern technologies to build robust systems, directly contributing to the platform's stability and future scalability under global traffic and high concurrency.

About mod.io

We believe that User-Generated Content (UGC) is an exciting new frontier for game engagement and longevity. Our service empowers developers and publishers to unlock the potential of their player base by fostering vibrant modding ecosystems, and facilitating in-game marketplaces for paid UGC. Backed by leading investors like Tencent, Play Ventures, Makers Fund, and LEGO, we're dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technology that supports both creators and studios.

Requirements

• Understanding and actioning the technical requirements for integrating mod.io middleware with game clients, mod creators, payment providers, and stores which is reflected in your contributions.
• Working alongside our frontend, metrics and in-game development teams to understand, define and develop our REST API to fit their needs.
• Testing and implementing your code with a strong attention to detail and maintainability.
• Reviewing code of other team members as if you wrote it yourself.
• Delivering clean, performant, tested and secure code that will be used by millions of concurrent players all around the world on some of the biggest games available.
• Keeping your house clean, your code may be open sourced on Github and must be well documented for our community to fork and adapt as they need.
  

Culture

• Be a doer in a Start-up like, Scale-up company, be ready to pull your sleeves up and tackle any task small or project scale. Be it provisioning a new laptop for another team member or helping us build a new Cloud environment and feature for millions of users.
• Embody our values, be awesome and work with awesome people. Set an example for others to follow, which strives for and delivers the best outcomes for our partners and prospects.
• Embrace feedback, ensuring constructive feedback is given and received in the right way. Speak freely, we’re a smallish company of 50 people, we need to solve hard problems together and get to the point quickly.
• Provide clear communication, own your work, and have fun.