About this Role
At Fandom, we put fans first. As the largest fan entertainment site with 300 million monthly uniques, we are excited in taking the next steps in becoming a truly integral part of the entertainment fan experience—not only by accelerating the creation of the reference content we are known for but also by helping fellow fans connect over their passions through new avenues of content creation while aiding the discovery of their next favorite entertainment titles.
This Senior Software Engineer will be part of our D&D Beyond team. D&D Beyond is an official digital toolset for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition, and aims to enhance the D&D experience by making game management easier for players both at the table and between sessions. Players can create, manage, and keep track of characters, as well as browse all of the official rules in the compendium. We’re also giving players the ability to create custom homebrew content to use in the toolset.
Our D&D Beyond team is seeking an experienced back-end engineer that is passionate about server-side technologies and creating the highest quality D&D tools in the market. This involves working with a cross-functional team on a day-to-day basis and participating in establishing best practices for the organization via the Back-end Chapter. You will have the opportunity to delight millions of users with the products you help create, while shipping code to production multiple times a week.
You Will...
- Build high-quality systems with modern web technologies such as .NET Core, TypeScript, DynamoDB, and serverless technologies
- Maintain and breaking down our monolithic stack built on ASP.NET Framework and SQL Server
- Give quality feedback on code reviews for peers
- Write maintainable, and unit-tested code at scale
- Research and learn new technologies and sharing your knowledge with your peers
- Participate in on-call rotations for full-stack infrastructure
- Learn and grow your skills while teaching and mentoring your peers
- Build official digital tools for Dungeons & Dragons
- Architect highly scalable and resilient systems collaboratively designed with experts
- Work on a fast-growing, extremely customer-focused product
- Work within a cross-functional team of experienced and passionate people
- Learn and grow your skills while teaching and mentoring your peers
- Delight millions of users with the products you help create
- Ship code to production multiple times a week
You Have...
- 4+ years of software engineering/web development experience focusing on the back-end
- Demonstrated team ownership over individual silos
- Practiced continuous improvement
- Valued delivering software value as quickly as possible
- Enjoyed the challenge of solving problems across the full web stack
- A lack of fear to experiment, fail, and learn from your mistakes
- Consideration of the big picture and think long term about solutions
- Understanding of best practices regarding performance and caching
- Practice seeking out and offer constructive feedback
- Worked on an agile and cross-functional team
- Comfort with challenging team members and the status quo
- A passion for growing as a team member
Bonus Points if You Have...
- Serverless computing experience
- React/front-end development experience
- Opensearch/Elasticsearch experience
- Data migrations at scale
- Test-driven development
- AWS infrastructure integration and management
Benefits & Perks
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision
- Training (unlimited Udemy + more)
- Flexible working hours and time off
- Equity & Retirement Programs including 401K match
- Paid Parental Leave
About Fandom
Fandom is the world’s largest fan platform where fans immerse themselves in imagined worlds across entertainment and gaming. Reaching more than 315 million unique visitors per month and hosting more than 250,000 wikis, Fandom.com is the #1 source for in-depth information on pop culture, gaming, TV and film, where fans learn about and celebrate their favorite fandoms.
Fandom is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Fandom is a global entertainment media brand powered by fan passion. The fan-trusted source in entertainment, Fandom provides a home to explore, contribute to, and celebrate the world of pop culture.
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