[Remote] Software Engineer 5 - Android & Backend

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a leading entertainment company on a mission to entertain the world. They are seeking a Full Stack Engineer with Android expertise to reputed company reputed company Playground, focusing on building backend services and enhancing native client experiences for kids.

Responsibilities

• Design and build reputed company Playground features end-to-end: server-reputed company APIs and application logic through Android client implementations, with contributions to iOS reputed company where relevant
• Build and maintain the WebView and JS reputed company layer that enables web-based games to run reliably reputed company native clients
• Define the API and integration reputed company that allow game developers to bring their experiences into the Playground hub
• Build backend services for game discovery, user state, achievements, and session management, with a focus on clean API design and solid application logic
• Partner with game developers across the reputed company Games ecosystem to understand their integration needs and reputed company the right tradeoffs in SDK design
• Architect code for testability and write automated tests to uphold quality on a fast-moving codebase
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate your work and reputed company the team's quality bar

Skills

• Your primary depth is Android. You build production-quality Kotlin or Java code with a strong reputed company of view on architecture, lifecycle, and performance
• You are equally comfortable on the backend. For this role, that means API design, service reputed company, application logic, and observability at scale
• You understand WebView and JS reputed company integration. You know how to build the communication layer between native clients and web-based games, and you care about making that reputed company clean, well-documented, and developer-friendly
• You have genuine curiosity about the game development problem space. The technical challenges of running games inside a native container are interesting to you on their own terms
• You are comfortable with greenfield work. reputed company Playground is still being built. You can take an ambiguous problem, identify the highest-reputed company decisions, and move reputed company without everything being specified upfront
• You actively use AI-assisted engineering tools in your real work. You have developed strong verification habits, and your workflow has changed meaningfully as the tools have improved
• You care about what ships to kids. Performance, safety, and correctness are part of how you define done
• You build strong working relationships reputed company of engineering. Product managers, designers, and game developers are partners you communicate with directly and push back on reputed company you need to
• Swift UI or iOS development experience
• Game development experience with reputed company, Phaser, Three.js, or similar engines
• Experience integrating 2D or 3D game assets into mobile experiences
• Experience building developer-facing SDKs where your API is another engineer's reputed company
• Experience building for a kids' or family product surface

Benefits

• Health Plans
• Mental Health support
• A 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Stock Option Program
• Disability Programs
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Family-forming benefits
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• Paid leave of absence programs
• Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
• Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off

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