Software Engineer (Remote)

We’re a language-agnostic company. Our stack uses a combination of different languages, and we’ll train you as long as you’re willing to learn.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
• Integration of data storage solutions on a bare-metal server fleet
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization

Minimum Qualifications

• Able to quickly learn syntax of the Ruby language
• Ability to churn out clean and readable code
• Front-end technologies, such as Javascript, HTML5 and CSS3
• Familiarity with automated testing and continuous integration
• Problem-solving and organizational skills
• The ability to prioritize your workload and to work strict deadlines;
• Motivation and enthusiasm;
• Self-confidence and the ability to persuade;
• The ability to use your initiative and be productive
• Attention to details
• Team-working skills
• An open-mind and a ‘can do’ attitude

Mission

To quantifiably increase our revenue over 1 year by shipping code into our microservice architecture in production to deliver customer-facing features for our 580+ paying subscribers based in North America.

Outcomes

1. Reduce preventable issues by 25% by using Bash Shell and manning the Crisp customer support desk by end of month 1
2. Write documentation for both technical & non-technical people to follow
3. Design and roll out at least 1 project alongside company stakeholders that drives top-line revenue for the company by at least 16% by month 3
4. Follow Basecamp’s Shape Up process for planning new projects
5. Work alongside design & marketing departments
6. Develop clear understanding of microservices, asynchronous workers, and software design patterns
7. Write production-ready code with battle-hardened tests deployed into production every 6 weeks

Bonus Points

1. Implement observability solution(s) across a bare-metal server fleet using Netdata to to keep anomaly detection speed within 1 minute
2. Implement access control solutions using Teleport Access Plane to minimize security-related server outages
3. Convert Ansible Playbooks into Shell commands to be executed by Brooce to reduce command execution time on our bare-metal fleet by 80%

Perks and Benefits

About Hostari Philippines, Inc.

Hostari’s mission is to reinvent the configuration system of the everyday gamer to provide them with a customized entertainment experience just the way they like it. We do this by taking a new approach to configuring game servers and delivering software-as-a-service that outdates legacy technology, is quick to implement, and is designed for the end-user.

We aren’t an agency. There is no pitching to stakeholders outside of our company. We build software that is truly ours for customers in North America. We ship quickly, and you will see firsthand how your work directly affects our customers.

We aren’t a BPO. There is no script that you read or a manual that you need to go through. Every team member at Hostari is expected to think critically about our current business context to drive the product further everyday.

More than 580 customers use Hostari’s game server configuration platform to enable a hassle-free, no-nonsense gaming experience. We raised $200K on a $3.5MM valuation from Filipino investors, and right now we’re scaling the number of games that we host, perfecting our configuration platform, and exploring upmarket SaaS solutions. It’s a great time to join!