Senior Back-End Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Eleventh Hour Games is seeking a skilled Back-end Engineer to join their remote team, focusing on the development of features and optimization of online services for their game, Last Epoch. Candidates should have strong experience in C#, cloud services, and online games. The position offers the chance to work in a collaborative environment with flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage and a 401K plan.

Benefits

Flexible fully remote working arrangements

20 vacation days, 10 sick days, 5 floating holidays

90% paid health coverage premiums for employees + dependents

Dental and Vision coverage for employees + dependents

401K for U.S. based employees

Team-focused environment with casual game nights

Qualifications

• 5+ years developing/supporting online services.
• 2+ years in an industry role.
• Demonstrable command of C#.

Responsibilities

• Develop online game features such as in-game economy and matchmaking.
• Diagnose and fix issues in live game services.
• Expectation of weekly on-call rotation for emergency service.

Skills

C#

Online services development

Cloud services

CI/CD

Back-end service development for online games

Tools

Unity

Job description

Job Description

Salary:

What is your role?

As a Back-end Engineer for Eleventh Hour Games, you'll be responsible for a wide range of tasks across many parts of Last Epoch's back-end services. This includes new feature development, debugging, and optimization for player data, chat, and other key online services. You will be encouraged to use your experience and expertise to provide innovative solutions and drive best practices across the back-end team. The perfect candidate has excellent communication skills and autonomy, as you will be working with a fully remote team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of developing/supporting online services, 2+ years within an industry role
• Demonstrable command of C# or similar
• Experience with cloud providers (Azure specifically a plus)
• Experience with CI/CD, working on a live service with a regular release cadence
• Knowledge of back-end service development for online games

Pluses

• Familiarity with multiplayer online games and ARPGs in particular
• At least 1 shipped title
• Experience with Unity

Responsibilities

• Develop online game features such as in-game economy, leaderboards, and matchmaking
• Diagnose and fix issues in live game services
• Deploy multiple backend services
• Expectation of weekly on-call rotation for emergency service notifications (PagerDuty)

Why Eleventh Hour Games?

Eleventh Hour Games is a fast-growing indie studio focused on top-down action RPGs. We value open communication, close-knit teamwork, and opportunities for ownership and growth. Our mission is to gather and empower the next generation of creators to forge extraordinary games. With our debut title, Last Epoch, we are moving fast into the next chapter of adventure!

Benefits include:

• Flexible fully remote working arrangements
• Team-focused environment, including casual game nights
• 20 vacation days, 10 sick days, 5 floating holidays at the start of each year (increased with company tenure)
• 90% paid health coverage premiums for U.S. based employees + dependents
• Dental and Vision coverage for U.S. based employees + dependents
• 401K for U.S. based employees

Eleventh Hour Games is committed to equal opportunity employment. We ensure reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. If needed, please contact [e-mail]. Note that general employment questions cannot be processed here.