Software Engineer II - Online (Apex Legends)

Reporting to a Engineering Lead as a Software Engineer - Online Services you'll be responsible for:

• Maintenance, and support of backend services and infrastructure; these backend services power key features on APEX Legends including Matchmaking, Commerce, Authentication, Progression, and more.
• Write code to support feature development on APEX Legends online features.

Our Software Engineers / SRE's are more generalists as opposed to specialists - meaning you'll move between different domains of technology in the game's online space as you grow your understanding of our technology ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Development:

• Hands-on development in multiple areas of technology in the game (mostly backend - PHP/Lua, occasionally client/server - C++).
• Author Technical Design Documentation (TDDs) to explain your vision of the architecture for new systems and features, expressing not only WHAT you're building, but WHY you're building it.
• Collaborate with other engineers in the wider APEX team on feature discussions / requirements gathering, architecture and design reviews, code reviews, and similar.
• Grow a depth of expertise of Respawn's game technology across Client, Server, and Backend.

SRE / DevOps:

• Perform / support deployments, updates, and similar to/for services and infrastructure.
• Support ad-hoc DevOps needs, and build automation systems to reduce manual toil.
• Provide hands-on technical support during service affecting events.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as one/more of a Software Engineer / SRE / DevOps engineer.
• Experience collaborating across a team of engineers.
• Grasp of Linux systems, networking, and security.
• Public cloud experience with one of AWS / GCP / Azure.
• Experience working with Databases.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language and ready for more.
• Relevant experience in backend / service development and operations, and familiarity with Game Client / Game Server development.

Bonus:

• Shipped at least 1 AAA title in a large (100+ person) game team.
• Shipped at least 1 Live Service game with high scale (1M+) concurrency.
• Experience with first person shooters.
• Proficiency in C++, PHP, Lua.