As a Senior Engineer at Starform, your primary role will be to partner with our Game Designers to create great online gameplay. You will continue to evolve our technical platform for building scalable connected games, as well as contribute to the development of new back-end services, graphics rendering techniques, workflow tools, and robust APIs and frameworks. We're looking for an experienced Software Engineer who is comfortable working on game features, maintaining and improving the content pipeline, observing live data, and deploying servers. You will collaborate with and learn from others while tackling a variety of tasks.

Someone who is goal-oriented, values accountability, self-motivates, and is a true team player will thrive in our dynamic environment. Beyond building tech, you’ll have a voice and an opportunity to help determine what goes into our games. You have the knowledge and ability to visualize how things could work, and can translate those ideas into functioning solutions. You will inspire and motivate others around you to help achieve the vision of the game.‍

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RESPONSIBILITIES

• Involvement in all areas of game development (gameplay, UI,  back-end logic, etc.)
• Contribute and support new ideas to game design
• Communicate clearly, consistently, and proactively with the team
• Collaborate with other engineers and gather feedback on technical ideas 
• Work both independently and as part of a team to develop software solutions from scratch
• Learn new technologies, when appropriate, to meet the needs of the product vision
• Contribute positively to the culture of the team ‍

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‍REQUIREMENTS

• You have played a key role in shipping one or more mobile or PC games and have a wide understanding of different game technology areas: you know all the pieces required to build a game, even if you’re not an expert in each area
• Passionate, committed to tasks, and takes initiative 
• Experience using a variety of languages (we use Kotlin, Lua, C#, TypeScript and C++)
• Comfortable with no-SQL databases, AWS, analytics, and exploring data in a big data environment (Redshift, etc.)
• Experience with connected / online gaming, Unity, and graphics (OpenGL etc.)
• Authorized to work in the United States

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At Starform, we celebrate diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our team, our products, and our community. Starform is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

COVID-19 Hiring Note: We’ve temporarily transitioned to a work-from-home model. This role is expected to begin as a remote position, but will be located in Seattle and so you must be willing to relocate to the Seattle area

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WORKING AT STARFORM

Want to be a pioneer and bring bold new ideas to life for millions of players? Join us and help create iconic, memorable experiences that will be loved by players for years. The following core values guide our work each day:

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If you love games and are passionate about playing and building them, and you’re looking for a job that provides you ownership, and an opportunity for impact, you’re in the right place. We work together to achieve the best results. Every one of us has a genuine opportunity to contribute to making the best games.

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‍ABOUT STARFORM

Starform was founded in 2018 with the goal of doing product development in lockstep with our players. Our team has played key roles in launching games played by hundreds of millions of players. We've also skinned our knees a few times along the way. Starform is our vision for putting all the lessons together to build amazing products and make the best place to build games.