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In this role, you will work with online systems related to player progression, social interaction, game orchestration, monetization and authentication.\nThe challenges you will solve are similar to those found in distributed data-intensive platforms, but applied to live service games. Most of your time will be spent in a small number of core services, as part of a complex, interconnected gaming ecosystem.\nYou are expected to take responsibility, ownership and identify what needs to be done. You will be part of a highly collaborative environment where you work together across teams to bring the best experience to our players.\nOur core technologies include Go, C++, Unreal Engine 5, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), SQL (using Google Spanner), Redis, Kubernetes, and Bazel.\nWhat you will do\nDesign, build, and maintain live service functionality supporting multiple games, such as messaging, VOIP, lobbies, inventory, matchmaking and microtransactions\n\nWork with distributed backend systems in a live service environment handling millions of players’ data\n\nCollaborate both within your team and with various other teams to build highly-scalable, secure and reliable online services in our games\n\nInnovate, and explore new technologies. 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