What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer / Developer position at VANTA Partners, Inc?
Senior Software Engineer
Our Client is seeking a Senior Level Software Engineer who will be full-time in our Buffalo, NY location. The ideal candidate should be a motivated individual who can personally take a project from the design and planning phase and see it through launch. You should have strong experience working with and deploying highly scalable microservices. Sound just like you? Sweet… keep reading.
We’re looking for humble but ambitious, solution-oriented professionals, who are decisive and aren’t afraid to experiment. Like us, you take play seriously; you’re passionate about games, and gaming. We embrace those who see things differently, aren’t afraid to experiment, and who question the status quo.
That's where you come in.
Key Responsibilities:
- Building and shipping highly scalable web services used by millions of players worldwide
- Be able to take new products and features from the design phase to production
Requirements
- Experience working with, profiling, and debugging micro-services and RPC calls (GRPC, Thrift, etc...)
- A working knowledge of Docker
- Experience deploying apps to AWS, and knowledge of how to take advantage of various AWS services (SQS, S3, Elasticache)
- Experience with automated testing
- Experience with NoSQL databases like DynamoDB, Cassandra, Redis, etc...
- Strong experience with multi-threaded statically typed languages (C# or GO experience preferred)
- Strong Linux experience, and familiarity with the command line
- Must have very strong communication skills, as we work with different teams all over the globe
- Must commute, or be willing to relocate to, Buffalo, NY
- Must be able to legally work in the United States
Bonus Points:
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with loadtesting frameworks
- Experience with modern Javascript frameworks. Typescript experience is also a plus!
- Love experimenting with new frameworks, and technologies
- Proven ability to get things done while managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Passionate gamer
- Active member of the gaming community
Perks:
- Competitive compensation
- 100% individual and family coverage of medical, dental, vision insurance
- Competitive amount of Paid Time Off for all employees
- 401K match, covered life insurance
- Video Game Budget of $300/year
- Tasty catered lunches and fully stocked kitchen
- Lots of company Swag
Salary : $300