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Pixel – [Stealth Co] – Senior Back-End Engineer

Foundation Capital

Foundation Capital

Software Engineering
Remote
Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2022

About Pixel:

Pixel is building the platform to empower players across digital economies providing them tools to discover the best games and trade NFTs within them. We enable players, guilds, games and investors to connect and thrive together across these new emerging worlds.

Pixel is backed by world-class investors including Hack.vc, Foundation Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital, Firstmark Capital, Distributed Global, FJ Labs, FundersClub, 6th Man Ventures, Myelin, 17Sigma, Animo, Afore VC, Shana Fisher (3K VC), Daniel Vogel (CEO Bitso), Ken Nguyen (Founder Republic), and many more.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a team member who is passionate about shipping the products that millions of players across metaverses will interact with on a daily basis. You care deeply about building a solid infraestructure for a highly scalable product.. As one of the first members of the team, you will help lay out the technical foundation on which Pixel is built.

You will:

  • Design and implement the applications that players, games, and investors interact with
  • Implement the processes to ensure continuous and safe deployment cycles
  • Keep the highest coding standards ensuring performance, clarity and maintainability
  • Mentor newer team members and help them excel at their careers
  • Work with the design and leadership team to craft solutions to address our users’ needs
  • Shape the future of crypto and gaming with new innovative open solutions

Must Haves:

  • 5+ years of industry experience building rich web applications
  • Strong experience building backend services (no language preference)
  • Experience with Python, Go or Java
  • Knowledge of engineering best practices -coding standards, testing frameworks, continuous deployment-
  • Attention to detail and upholding yourself and others to the highest bar
  • Elementary knowledge of web3
  • Strong communication skills
  • Bias for action

Pixel perks:

  • Potentially life-changing ownership in Pixel
  • Flexibility to work from wherever you want within our time zone range
  • Health insurance
  • Workspace budget so you can design your own workstation from home

Bonus points:

  • Previous experience in web3 projects
  • Contributions to open-source projects

Pixel is an EEO

  • We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

If this role seems like a good fit for you, we would love to hear from you! Send us a note with your resume and portfolio link to careers@pixelgg.com

Foundation Capital is an equal opportunity employer.