Co-Op, Backend Engineering

If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move

Why Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.
• Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.
• Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays, including a company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Years, to help you recharge and pursue your passions.
• Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free daily breakfast and catered lunch, snacks,a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more.
• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.
• Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth.

Responsibilities

• Participate in code reviews, deploy service changes
• Release features to live production
• Create feature test cases,
• Identify and communicate risks

Key Competencies

• Problem-Solving Ability: Demonstrated capacity to decompose intricate technical challenges into actionable steps and propose efficient solutions.
• Programming Aptitude: Proficient coding and debugging skills in Go / Java emphasising clean, efficient, and modular code development. Passionate about writing scalable and efficient code, prefers to automate tasks when possible, and enjoys working on side projects outside of work/school.
• Database Management: Ability to understand, design, and optimize database structures, especially for MySQL and DynamoDB, ensuring data integrity and efficiency.
• System Design Thinking: The aptitude to conceptualise and design distributed, event-driven, and highly scalable backend systems, focusing on performance and resilience.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to communicate effectively in a technical team setting, understanding and respecting code review feedback, and participating actively in design discussions.

Experience

• Education: Currently enrolled in a related degree program at an accredited college or university.
• Backend Development Experience: Prior involvement, either through academic or side projects, using Java / Go to develop backend systems.
• Database Projects: Historical engagement with or academic courses on MySQL, DynamoDB, or similar database systems showcasing data model, CRUD operations, or optimisation tasks.
• Academic or Coop Achievements: Achievements from previous internships, Coop experiences, or academic recognitions that highlight their technical capabilities and growth mindset. Participation/achievement in Hackathons is a plus.

Location: Bangalore HQ

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Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. We look forward to having you on board

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.