Hello!

We are Innersloth, a growing team of 19 remote workers scattered across North America. We released Among Us in 2018 and The Henry Stickmin Collection in 2020, both of which saw huge popularity, so we want to try that again with a new game!

We’re looking for a C# programmer to help us create and improve backend systems that will affect Among Us and any future online titles. Among Us has a stable backend that we would like to support and extend. Our next game will have some brand new components we'd like to slot into existing systems such our account system or auto-scaling. You'll work with our Lead Backend Engineer and external partners to make all our highly-scalable dreams come true!

We especially encourage marginalized groups and people from underrepresented backgrounds, genders, and locations to apply. Diverse voices make Innersloth better, and we strive to continue creating a diverse and welcoming space from the ground up.

Your hard work will directly affect hundreds of millions of players around the world. This might sound intimidating, but it's new for all of us! So don’t worry, it’s also really, really cool. You'll get to solve these challenges with our growing, friendly, indie team.

What we're looking for

Experience and self-motivation are extremely important for this position. Whether you’ve been working in AAA, have spent years shipping indie games, or have a pile of side projects you’ve worked on over the years, as long as you show an aptitude for diving into technical/programming tasks and getting them done, we want to hear from you!

Backend/Server-authoritative experience. We're looking for someone who understands networked applications and scalable systems with an emphasis on synchronizing real-time multiplayer games. You may need to dip into HTTP at times, but this offer is primarily for gameplay systems. A few of the technologies you should know or be willing to learn are: ASP.NET, Hazel, NATS Messaging, MongoDB, Postgres, Kubernetes, Docker, Multiplay, Linode, and Ubuntu.

The following points outline the experience and skills that we strongly prefer. None of these are strict dealbreakers, but reflect the type of experience we feel would lead to finding the right candidate for this position

• 5+ years of experience working as a programmer in C#
• Excellent knowledge of server-side programming
• Experience and comfort diving into an existing codebase
• Strong bug hunting and squashing skills
• Experience with real-time multiplayer games, particularly server-authoritative models
• Experience with physics state synchronization is a huge plus
• Experience creating maintainable, scalable systems
• Excellent people skills and a kind approach to working with others
• Experience using version control (we use GitHub)
• Comfort with Go and/or Typescript is a plus

What you'll be doing

• Implementing networked gameplay from the server or framework perspective
• Extending matchmaking
• Improving anti-cheat
• Deploying server-side applications
• Working with and reviewing the work of peers and external partners
• Taking on technical challenges and finding your own solutions

Applying for a job during a pandemic?

All Innersloth employees are working remotely right now, and some of us are intending to be remote employees forever. We want to reassure you that we care about your safety, comfort, and a proper work-life balance.

Because of all of that:

• We will provide you with all the equipment you need to create your perfect workspace at home (a desk, headset, webcam, snack box, PC etc)
• We can offer you a remote job, forever. We are loosely located in the Pacific timezone, but have no expectations of you moving for work
• We can offer you job stability. Because of the success of Among Us, Innersloth has a long financial runway, an active community, lots of plans in the pipeline, and rosy days ahead of us!

Our Offer

• Full time job from the safety of your home. Your 40 hour work week has to include our core hours of 10am-2pm PT and we actively discourage overtime and weekend work
• We are comfortable working with local HR companies or creating subsidiaries over time to better support staff in other countries
• Competitive salary with regular adjustments for inflation or changes in responsibility
• Benefits (or in-kind), appropriate for the role. Health, retirement, vacations, etc. We work with external HR groups where we can and adjust compensation where we can't
• A guarantee that your job is safe and stable for a few years - regardless of what's happening around us, we have a very healthy financial runway
• A growing collection of friendly, diverse workmates and partner companies

Recruitment process

Click the button below (you've wanted to do it for a while now, haven't you?) and apply! Applications are open through Sept 30th.

You'll get an email from us to acknowledge receipt, and then another email to let you know if you've made it to stage 2.

Stage 2 will be a video chat with 2-3 people from the team to get context on your experience, personal goals, and what you could bring to the company.

Stage 3 will be a "culture fit" chat with a 2-3 people from the team that you might interact with less frequently. This is less formal and helps us maintain a friendly atmosphere.

Then you'll get a nice job offer or a little feedback to help you grow and try again in the future. <3

Wow, you made it to the end! We really look forward to hearing from you. Please press the button below and send us your application!