Forge alternate worlds that deepen players' lives! We're a game development studio based in Los Angeles, dedicated to the idea that online games can deliver deeper, more meaningful experiences.
Opportunity
Build the backend cloud-native platform that powers Palia, our upcoming community sim game from Singularity 6, a new AAA game studio founded by veterans across the industry.
Note: We are seeking engineers with a range of experience levels.
Note: This position is open to fully remote candidates.
Responsibilities
You’ll develop and maintain online services, primarily in Rust, ranging from matchmaking to social graphs to payment systems. If you’re up for it, you’ll dive into the Unreal C++ code and pick up some game programming too!
Qualifications
- You have 3+ years of experience developing scalable backend services. We program in Rust, though you’ll also see Java, Kotlin or Python. Experience in Scala, Go, C#, or TypeScript is applicable.
- You’re competent with a modern infrastructure including AWS, docker, k8s, service meshes, etc. You may not be a network engineer, but you’re not above inspecting packets.
- You’ve developed the product sense and judgement to know when to “build vs buy” solutions. You want to solve problems, not merely write code.
- You’re not above doing the dirty work. You’ll wrangle Jenkins. You’ll be on-call. You remove friction for other engineers and team members.
Location:
- On-site in Los Angeles, CA (once back in office) unless noted above
Benefits:
- Health, Vision, Dental, 401k Matching, and Equity
- Relocation Assistance
Job Vertical:
- PC and Console Games
About Us
With our first project, we’re exploring new styles of game design and tackling difficult technical problems to create a game that’s beautiful and intricate, delivering far more than superficial entertainment or basic wish fulfillment, an experience that becomes a meaningful part of your life. Our vision is to create a compelling virtual universe filled with rich and diverse gameplay experiences and social interactions that will keep you playing for years, evolving along with you and the rest of the community. We want our players to feel valued as well as a true sense of belonging.
Sounds ambitious? We think so too. If you’re interested in the challenge of building a new genre, in making rewarding interactive and community experiences filled with amazing art and world class technology to support this living world, join us on the journey.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
To all recruitment agencies: Singularity 6 does not accept unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our careers alias, or any Singularity 6 employee. Singularity 6 will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes.
