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Through its portfolio of businesses, including Skillz, RZR, and Beamable, FIRY operates at the intersection of content, identity, commerce, and performance marketing.\nIf you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career!\nSkillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.\nAt Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!\nAbout the Role:\nAs a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll design, build, and operate the distributed backend services that power real-time gaming experiences. You’ll work across the full development lifecycle in an agile environment, from technical design through deployment and production operations. You’ll raise the bar for engineering quality, operational excellence, and customer impact.\nThis role suits someone who enjoys hard technical problems in low-latency, high-throughput systems, communicates clearly with engineers and leadership alike, and takes ownership of outcomes, not just tasks.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nDesign, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services in Golang and/or Java.\nBuild and evolve distributed, multi-tiered systems using caching layers (Redis, Memcached) and relational databases.\nDevelop low-latency, real-time applications that support live competitive gameplay.\nSet the standard for operational excellence and drive measurable improvements in customer SLAs and system KPIs.\nBalance paying down technical debt with shipping customer value.\nExplain technical challenges, trade-offs, and solutions through design documents, reviews, and presentations to audiences ranging from engineers to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.\nDeploy and run services on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.\nMentor teammates and build a culture of ownership, quality, and accountability within the team.\nWork with product, design, and other cross-functional teams to turn business needs into solid technical solutions.\nWhat We’re Looking For:\n5+ years of professional software development experience in Golang and/or Java.\nStrong experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, caching (e.g., Redis, Memcached), and relational databases.\nExperience building low-latency, high-performance applications in real-time systems.\nProficiency with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).\nHands-on experience with Kubernetes or similar container technologies.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience.\nCore Competencies\nSolid computer science fundamentals: object-oriented design, algorithm design, data structures, problem solving, and complexity analysis.\nStrong knowledge of public cloud services and modern service architectures.\nExcellent communication skills across formats (technical design docs, code reviews, external-facing presentations) and audiences (engineers, managers of managers, cross-functional teams).\nComfort working in a fast-moving agile environment where every team member contributes across the full development lifecycle.\nNice to Have\nExperience in the gaming industry. 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