Game Developer

Energy Innovation Corp; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 79,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

VentureCore in Madison, WI is seeking a Game Developer to own a technology service end to end, from requirements through on-call rotation. You will work to untangle release blockers and drive dashboards that executives actually use, while tuning queries to prevent timeouts as data scales.

The role emphasizes strong collaboration, multi-priority management, and a proactive, data-driven approach to performance and reliability in a fast-paced team setting.

Qualifications

• 3 years of game development experience
• Ability to balance multiple priorities
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Own a technology service end to end from requirement to on-call
• Untangle dependencies that slow Madison releases
• Pull telemetry into dashboards for leadership review
• Tune queries to prevent timeouts under load
• Defend uptime during off-hours
• Migrate Work-Life Balance stack out of the WI region
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events
• Build GitLab CI dashboards to inform engineers with numbers

Skills

Strong rapport-building

Communication discipline

Pattern recognition

Multitasking

Organizational skills

Tools

Next.js

GitLab CI

Job description

If you've ever rewritten a function three times because the second version still bothered you, our Game Developer opening in Madison, WI will feel like home. Here you'll combine 3 years of know-how with $79,000 - $104,000, full project ownership, and a team that has your back.

Key Responsibilities

• Own a technology service end to end, from Work-Life Balance schema to on-call rotation
• Untangle the Work-Life Balance dependency knots that have slowed Madison releases for months
• Pull Work-Life Balance telemetry into dashboards VentureCore leaders actually open
• Tune Work-Life Balance queries until the WI database stops timing out under load
• Defend VentureCore uptime through the 2 a.m. Madison pages nobody volunteers for
• Pull VentureCore's Work-Life Balance stack out of the WI region before the migration deadline
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Next.js
• Build GitLab CI dashboards so VentureCore's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers

What You'll Bring

• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• Comfort being measured against a clear mid-level bar
• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
• The communication discipline to over-share early and trim later
• Pattern recognition earned across many technology engagements
• Sharp organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple workstreams

The scrappy-but-steady culture at VentureCore is what keeps our Madison, WI team building remarkable things together. You'll find a flat structure where the best argument wins, regardless of title.

We pay $79,000 - $104,000 and protect it with coaching, coverage, and a flexible setup so your Work-Life Balance grows without burning you out.

Confirmed unfilled today, VentureCore continues its search in real time.

The team in Madison, WI is one strong Game Developer away from complete, and that could be you.