Staff Software Architect

Primary Focus (Hands-On Development):

• Design, build, and optimize backend systems and APIs supporting live games, writing production code consistently.
• Integrate LLMs and Generative AI into game features and internal tools, building the necessary technical scaffolding.
• Improve application performance and observability through profiling, optimization, and implementing logging and monitoring.

Technical Leadership and Standards:

• Set and evolve engineering standards for CI/CD, security, code quality, and cloud cost management (FinOps).
• Mentor Tech Leads and senior engineers through design reviews and direct feedback to build a culture of ownership.
• Act as the technical conscience for security and privacy, defining SLOs and leading incident response and post-mortems.

Collaboration and Business Alignment:

• Partner with Product, Finance, and Legal to align technical plans with business goals, translating engineering trade-offs.
• Own the SR&ED engineering incentive process and define the studio's roadmap for AI adoption and vendor evaluation.
• Operate as the most senior technical IC, personally executing deep technical work to raise the bar for the entire engineering organization.