AddressSoftware Engineer
VGW is a fast-growing technology company and creator of market-leading online social games. With offices across Australia, USA, Canada, Malta and the Philippines we are on a mission to be the biggest gaming company in the world!
Due to major growth we are expanding our Engineering team in the USA and currently looking for a Software Engineer to join the team. The Engineering team has a base in Colorado however this role has the option to be based fully remotely.
What you should know about our Engineering team:
- We make room to do things the right way, rather than hacking stuff in
- You own your projects: you build it, you ship it, you run it
- We were born in the cloud: practices and principles like CI/CD, IaC, O11y and CyberSec are part of what we do
In terms of our tech stack, we're hosted on AWS (mostly ECS, some EKS) containerised in Docker. In the containers, we run Node using TypeScript.
Key responsibilities of the Software Engineer will include:
- Become an expert in our stack:
- Microservices: Typescript/Node/Express.
- Datastores: Postgres, Redis, Mongo.
- Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS.
- Build and maintain microservices to support our successful range of over 80 games.
- Work closely with our product team to build new games, features and supporting services for millions of users.
- Build internal tools for our Customer Service and Quality Control teams.
What you will bring to the role:
- Experienced with AWS, API integration and cloud based architecture
- Experience in Javascript and/or Typescript
- Containerisation (Docker and/or Kubernetes would be great)
- A collaborative approach to Software Engineering with our product team to build new games, features and supporting services for millions of users.
- An inclination to learn from and the patience to teach your colleagues
About VGW
VGW has been disrupting the online gaming world since 2010 and we're only getting started. We've assembled an incredibly talented global team who bring their passion, energy and expertise to build games that people love.
At VGW, we have a modern approach to getting work done and a focus on creating an environment where amazing people can do amazing work. That means giving you the flexibility you need, providing spaces that will keep you comfortable and finding opportunities for you to keep learning and growing.
Find out more at www.vgw.co
If you want to join a team that does things differently apply today and we look forward to seeing what you can bring to our team.
Base compensation for this role is $155,000 and benefits include accrued PTO, 9 paid company holidays, 401(k) company matching, health, dental, vision coverages, and the ability to work remotely!
