Founded in 1999, Evil Geniuses shaped the history of esports with our long-running legacy. Our success is rooted in the freedom to choose our own path. As EG eyes the future, our commitment to excellence will drive our continued dominance across elite gaming as we attract top talent and steadfast partnerships. Today, we seek people who share that same drive and dedication, that same grit and passion that makes Evil Geniuses legendary. We will always fight to make our space a place for all. Join us and Live Evil.
As the first engineer of EG’s product team you will join an experienced data science and engineering team to develop exciting new tools for gaming and esports. You will use the latest and greatest technologies to build breakthrough web and mobile analytics experience used by our coaches and players. The result of your work will be enjoyed not only by our professional esports players and coaching staff, but also thousands of gamers worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain the GraphQL API and frontend codebase for our gaming analytics web application
- Work with head of technology to prioritize product features and backlog
- Build and scale a back end built on TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and Redis on AWS deployed using Terraform
- Create data ingestion pipelines using Python that run on AWS
- Work closely with data science team to help deploy data science models and code into production
- Define system architecture and infrastructure, own and implement specific components of it, and help shape the overall user experience of our gaming analytics platform
- Develop rich looking responsive user interfaces that have a heavy focus on video playback and visualization using React Js
- Develop data centralization pipelines to support the needs of the Sponsorship and Marketing team
- Write system documentation, code documentation, and tests for the code you write
- Explore different ways in which Evil Geniuses analytics software can be monetized
Requirements
- 3+ years of software development experience
- 1+ years of experience with React Js and Python
- 1+ years of experience developing GraphQL APIs using Typrescript
- Extensive experience with databases, we use PostgreSQL and Redis
- Experience using Terraform
- Experience creating test suites for full stack applications
- Knowledge and experience with continuous development
- Experience using and developing applications to run on AWS infrastructure
- Video streaming experience is a plus
- Entrepreneurial mindset and a love of data
- Knowledge and interest in sports analytics is a plus
Be Bold. Be Unique. Be Fearless. BE Genius.