Senior Backend Engineer

We're looking for a talented and passionate Senior Software Engineer to join Wildlife's Cloud Economics team in São Paulo (Brazil).

As a Senior Software Engineer you will be responsible for producing the algorithms, models and automated tools needed to scale up the optimizing and alerting processes for Infra usage and costs. This person will also design and build intra-area solutions throughout the Operations department to reduce manual tasks and increase efficiency.

We know that the work we do has a high impact on our company's success and culture. The right person for this position is curious by nature, and comfortable in a “take the initiative” environment, loves solving problems, and can thrive in a fast and growing business.

What you'll do

• Be part of a high-output team, directly contributing to company results.
• Work closely with stakeholders to devise solutions that meet business and technical expectations.
• Design, develop, and maintain custom tools and software solutions to capture efficiencies in the usage of our technological resources (e.g. rightsizing models, anomaly detection systems).
• Integrate various support tools, databases, and platforms to ensure seamless data flow and information accessibility for Telemetry projects.
• Identify opportunities for automation within our processes and implement solutions that increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all tools, processes, and workflows to facilitate knowledge sharing.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Solid experience in software development and solution design.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Solid experience with at least Python and SQL
• Experience in designing, implementing and monitoring distributed systems.
• Experience with large scale services handling high volume of requests or data.
• Experience with cloud computing services such as AWS.
• Experience with API integrations.
• Intermediate / Advanced level of English.

More about you

• You are a resourceful person with a go-getter attitude.
• You are flexible, thriving in radically changing environments.
• You are not afraid to propose and explore new initiatives.
• You are a determined and metrics oriented engineer who wants to deliver results.
• You are passionate about working on and solving problems.
• You are a team player. You're willing to help out wherever needed.

Plus:

• Experience with frontend development.
• Experience developing platform products.
• Business knowledge about the games industry.

About Wildlife

Wildlife is one of the leading mobile game developers and publishers in the world. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around the globe. Today, we have offices in Brazil, Argentina, Ireland, and the United States. Here, we create games that will excite, intrigue, and engage our players for years to come!

Equal Opportunity

Wildlife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We're committed to providing accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.