Data/Backend Engineer

Loaded and Open World are market leaders in gaming talent management and strategic brand consultancy – in any of our business endeavors we aim to provide high-value services to support the development, marketing, and growth of the video gaming industry and community. 

Over the past 7 years, we have facilitated partnerships with world-leading brands such as Netflix, Universal Music Group, Pepsi, Activision, Amazon, Spotify, Gillette, Google, Journey's, and Adidas to either build or deepen their connection to gamers.

We believe that gaming is one of the great connectors, and the communities that grow here change lives, move the culture forward, and bring tremendous value to the brands, creators, and fans that participate in it.

It's time for our team to grow, and we're looking for creative minds, committed hearts, and forward-thinking humans to join us and make the work we do the most impactful it can be. 

If that ignites or intrigues you, keep reading...

We're looking for Data/Backend Engineer

The Loaded Product team is looking for a talented Engineer who will work alongside our pipeline engineer to warehouse and make available data to our various analytics products.

Reporting to an engineer turned VP of Product, the ideal candidate must be very pragmatic, productive, open-minded, and passionate about the space and the innovations they are making to it.

On any given day you might...

• Design and develop sophisticated warehousing schemas, storage systems, and processes
• Work closely with the data science team to programmatically generate and make available insights and calculations
• Architect and provision cloud-based infrastructure in an AWS environment.
• Assist in the develop APIs that support our product initiatives
• Collaborate with coworkers and stakeholders to design and scope new features and roadmap - acting as a gatekeeper for feasibility as it relates to data and its availability as well as being a resource for determining efficient pathing.
• Assisting in efforts to hire and build out our engineering team and process.
• Researching and making long-lasting architectural and design decisions for company-wide tech offerings.

Ideally, you have...

• A pragmatic, productive, and creative development and design philosophy.
• A passion and pride for the work they do and the problems that they solve
• The ability to work autonomously, taking ownership of projects and confidently moving them forward.
• Opinionated but open-minded and established views about development solutions/processes/architecture/patterns and the ability to express them productively
• Expertise in building scalable solutions in a modern development environment.
• Experience contributing to and designing data-heavy products.
• The ability to work on a very lean and high-impact team. There are no NPCs at Loaded, only main characters.

You earn bonus points if you...

• Have strong expertise in the storage and gathering of user data and the privacy considerations that must be made
• Are able to meaningfully contribute to existing Laravel + Python backend services
• Have experience building applications and tools in the Discord/live streaming/gaming ecosystem
• Are an avid Discord user
• Have a strong understanding of live streaming content and/or consume it often.
• You have worked in or around marketing/management/gaming and understand the nuances of the industries.
• Build side projects in your spare time.
• Are a LIRIK sub.

The most important qualities that a candidate can have are passion, enthusiasm, and most importantly, curiosity. If you feel like you would do a great job, do not let self-doubt or imposter syndrome deter you from applying.

Benefits

● Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

● Company-paid life insurance, short term and long term disability insurance

● 401k plan with 4% company matching

● Flexible work schedule

● Unlimited PTO

● Dog-Friendly Office

● Cell Phone, and Internet Service coverage

● Team Events, expensable Lunches & Coffee

Loaded Holdings, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status