Senior Server Engineer
New York, NY

Job Description

Overview

Topps is seeking a senior server engineer to help design and build the microservices platform that drives features in all of our apps.

You will be working on our Python microservice platform as well as our Unity3D app.

Your mission will be to create efficient, quality code that drives high quality apps and delivers outstanding experiences to our users.

Topps is one of the most enduring and respected brands in the United States. We are building a world-class digital group to deliver the highest quality mobile sports and entertainment apps to fans all over the world.

We are on a mission to dramatically lift the quality of our apps and modernize the Topps brand. We are looking for people with the passion, talent and focus to begin creating the highest quality mobile apps around sports properties such as MLB, NFL & NHL, and entertainment brands such as Star Wars, Marvel and Disney.

Join our dynamic & entrepreneurial team and be a driving force as we transform one of the most storied entertainment brands into the world leader of digital collectibles.

Why you will love it here:

* Work with the world's top sports and entertainment properties
* Work with a passionate, confident and humble team
* Fun office atmosphere
* Independence and lack of bureaucracy that clears the way for you to do your best work
* Competitive compensation & benefits. We build great teams and take care of them

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

* Develop features and functionality in a microservices architecture
* Develop robust code to be used by millions of users
* Independently create complete solutions from scratch
* Support & contribute product ideas

Qualifications

Requirements include:

* 5+ years of lead development work on high-traffic mobile applications
* Solid understanding of memory management and data structures
* Expert level in Python, SQL and Linux
* Experience in Microservices architecture

Extra Credit:

* Familiarity with AWS and Elastic Beanstalk
* Familiarity with MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, Flask
* Full stack knowledge (Unity3D, C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
* Passion for collectibles and the brands that Topps represents