Wizards of the Coast (Skeleton Key studio) is hiring a Full Stack Engineer to help build the next iteration of tabletop product development tools for Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and Duel Masters. In this Software Development Engineer I role, you will join the Business Systems Engineering (BSE) team to develop and support meaningful internal studio systems with mentorship opportunities from senior engineering staff.
What You'll Do
- Participate in problem-solving sessions to understand our creative studio's biggest challenges and opportunities.
- Partner on innovative solution-space brainstorming sessions.
- Produce prototypes to prove feasibility.
- Design, develop, and support various services and features that meet business, technical, and functional requirements.
- Collaborate with other engineers to produce detailed documentation for the team, live operations, architects, network engineers, SREs, end users, and system administrators.
- Continuously develop and improve your skills to remain current and relevant.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum of 3 years working in software engineering.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology; or comparable work experience.
- Experience in technical-design and developing feature-rich cloud-native web applications in a full stack capacity.
- An in-depth understanding of CS theory and fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, and design patterns).
- Experience with Go, JavaScript frameworks, SQL, NoSQL, JSON, XML, GraphQL, and building RESTful API endpoints.
- Experience with AWS, containerization, CI/CD.
- Experience working in an Agile methodology framework of Scrum or Kanban.
- An established portfolio exhibiting a high standard of craft that underscores extensibility, interoperability, usability, security, performance, and stability.
- Outstanding communication and a standout colleague who effectively contributes to engineering discussions with technical and non-technical teams and individuals.
- Foundational knowledge of Magic: The Gathering game play and mechanics.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity of Product Lifecycle Management systems (PLM), Digital Asset Management systems (DAM), and Content Management Systems (CMS).
- Experience in Kubernetes, Akamai, and Terraform or related technologies.
Technical Stack
- Languages & Frameworks: Go, JavaScript frameworks
- Data Formats & APIs: JSON, XML, GraphQL, RESTful API
- Databases: SQL, NoSQL
- Infrastructure & Tools: AWS, containerization, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Akamai, Terraform
Team & Environment
You will be a member of the Business Systems Engineering (BSE) team within the Digital Innovations department.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $124,800.00 to $157,200.00
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid Vacation & Holidays
- Generous 401(k) Match
- Paid Parental Leave
- Volunteer & Employee Giving Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Product Discounts & More
Wizards of the Coast is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment and makes all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, or any other legally protected status.
