Senior Backend Software Engineer

A16Z GAMES; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA Options

Company-paid Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Accident Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Supplemental Life Insurance

Pet Insurance Discount

401(k)

Flexible Spending Accounts

Discretionary Vacation Days

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Time

Paid Bereavement Leave

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

A16Z GAMES is seeking a skilled backend engineer in Los Angeles to design and maintain Java-based services for order lifecycles, payments, and device synchronization with POS systems.

You will optimize event-driven architectures and APIs to ensure low latency and consistency across cloud services and physical devices, collaborating across teams to deliver robust solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS is required.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience with relational or NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Java backend services for order lifecycles, payments, and device synchronization for restaurant POS systems.
• Optimize event-driven systems and APIs to ensure low latency and consistency across cloud services and physical devices.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Backend System Design

API Design

Microservices

Distributed Systems

PostgreSQL

CockroachDB

Redis

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

Kafka

Flink

Offline-first Architecture

Concurrency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

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Job description

Design and maintain Java backend services for order lifecycles, payments, and device synchronization for restaurant POS systems. Optimize event-driven systems and APIs to ensure low latency and consistency across cloud services and physical devices.

Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 3+ years of professional software engineering experience. Candidates must have a deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and experience with relational or NoSQL databases.

Key Skills:

• Java
• Kotlin
• Backend System Design
• API Design
• Microservices
• Distributed Systems
• PostgreSQL
• CockroachDB
• Redis
• AWS
• Google Cloud
• Azure
• Kafka
• Flink
• Offline-first Architecture
• Concurrency

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• HSA Options
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance Discount
• 401(k)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Discretionary Vacation Days
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Bereavement Leave
• Paid Parental Leave