Software Engineer

About the Company

Rockstar Games creates world-class entertainment experiences. The Information Systems team creates and maintains production software tools used by all game development disciplines to support the creation of all Rockstar Games projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions to help meet the challenges of fast paced game development
• Contribute towards the team’s software design guidelines
• Collaborate with other Rockstar technology teams across worldwide studios
• Develop a strong understanding of systems and learn new technologies to advance applications

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in Java backend development
• Strong command of Java from low-level optimization to high-level architecture
• Deep expertise in Spring Boot ecosystem and JPA/Hibernate
• Proven experience designing and scaling RESTful APIs
• Solid understanding of MySQL or other major RDBMS with query-tuning experience
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and change data capture (CDC) pipelines
• Proficient in Java performance profiling and debugging
• Comfortable in Linux environments with strong communication and production-support skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Directed Acyclic Graphs and Graph Databases
• Familiarity with media processing tools like FFMPEG
• Exposure to version control, CI/CD systems and build automations
• Experience with service-oriented architecture and multi-tier server applications
• Exposure to Caching Systems, Spring Cloud, and Swagger
• Experience with data warehousing solutions like Snowflake or Apache Doris
• Familiarity with Debezium