Game Developer

Energy Innovation Corp; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Business Advisory Corp in Santa Rosa, CA is seeking a Game Developer who owns end‑to‑end technology systems, integrating services and deciding between Kafka purchases or builds to ensure production readiness.

You will collaborate with QA, apply Ansible and Google Cloud, and keep Kafka configurations aligned across environments to handle holiday traffic while enjoying a competitive salary and flexible benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience integrating third‑party services and internal tools.
• Ability to manage full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production.
• Knowledge of cloud libraries and tooling in Google Cloud.
• Comfort with freelance cadence of a Santa Rosa-based operation.

Responsibilities

• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the stack.
• Decide when to buy Kafka versus build it for the Santa Rosa stack.
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions.
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and Google Cloud libraries.
• Apply Ansible and Google Cloud to solve engineering challenges.
• Wrangle Kafka config across environments so Santa Rosa staging mirrors production.
• Maintain uptime during Santa Rosa holiday traffic.

Skills

Kafka

Google Cloud

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Tools

Kafka

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Google Cloud

Job description

You can write Organization that works or Google Cloud that lasts; our Game Developer role at Business Advisory Corp is for engineers who insist on both. Cut to the chase and you get $105,000 - $149,000, a technology mandate, and Business Advisory Corp colleagues who treat ownership as the default.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the Business Advisory Corp stack
• Decide when to buy Kafka versus build it for Business Advisory Corp's Santa Rosa, CA stack
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Google Cloud libraries
• Apply Ansible and Google Cloud to solve delightfully-weird engineering challenges
• Wrangle Kafka config across environments so Santa Rosa staging mirrors production
• Keep the technology Google Cloud service humming through Santa Rosa's holiday traffic surge

What You’ll Bring

• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
• Comfort with the freelance cadence of a Santa Rosa-based operation
• Working understanding of both Ansible and GitHub Actions in real-world settings
• The kind of attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly

Business Advisory Corp keeps technology systems running for clients who never think about them, which is the deeply collaborative Santa Rosa, CA point. Accountability here is shared, so wins belong to the team and setbacks become lessons.

Start strong at $105,000 - $149,000, grow with a mentor, settle into benefits, and enjoy flexibility that finally fits Santa Rosa.

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