Principal Software Engineer (Backend-Focused/Full-Stack) (Mobile Gaming)

Location: Hybrid role based in Austin, Texas; San Mateo, California; or Toronto, Canada.

Salary: $133,900–$183,900 USD per year in California; $114,300–$164,300 CAD per year in Ontario.

Company

hirify.global is a global interactive entertainment company and a label of Take-Two Interactive, developing mobile games including Words With Friends.

What you will do

• Architect, develop, maintain, and optimize gameplay functionality, APIs, server-side systems, and user-facing features for high-scale mobile games.
• Build backend services primarily with C# and Ruby on Rails, while supporting Unity and C# frontend features.
• Design database schemas, manage data storage, and deploy applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Write unit and integration tests, debug systems, participate in code reviews, and maintain technical documentation.
• Support live operations and deployments on a rotational basis while identifying performance bottlenecks and optimizing code and memory.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, engineers, and content teams; contribute to architecture, improve development workflows, and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of full-stack development experience, with the majority focused on server-side development.
• Expert knowledge of at least one server-side language: C#/.NET, Node.js, Python, Java, or Ruby on Rails.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL, cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and a modern frontend framework such as React, Angular, Vue.js, or Unity.
• Expertise with Redis or Memcached, containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and performance monitoring tools.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Experience with Git and Agile development methodologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Experience leading small technical projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Work as an individual contributor under a Technical Lead or Manager within a distributed engineering team.
• Benefits package supporting employees’ health, financial needs, and work-life balance.
• Regular roles may include bonus or equity awards in addition to base pay and benefits.
• Employment is at-will, and compensation may vary based on market location, qualifications, experience, and business considerations.

Hiring process

• The position is for an existing vacancy; hirify.global does not use artificial intelligence to screen candidates.
• Recruitment communication is conducted through official company email domains, not third-party messaging applications, and no financial exchanges are requested during hiring.