Senior Engineer - Backend Services

Fastpoint Games is looking for a Senior Engineer for its
Backend Services team.

The ideal candidate can both lead a team or work in a group;
likes a fast-paced, startup environment; is highly motivated and enjoys new
technology and new challenges.

We’re looking for:

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Experience with Ruby and/or Ruby on Rails

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Extensive experience in building distributed,
web-based applications and working with web-services

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Background in platform-oriented architectures

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Excellent troubleshooting and critical thinking
skills

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A true passion for Sports and/or Fantasy Sports

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Better than average experience with XML (DOM and
SAX) processing

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At home on the linux command line

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Experience using Oracle or Postgres

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Experience with multi-threaded or multi-process
programming models in the real world, not in the “hello world”

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Someone who has experience working in environments where
there is more going on than just page views

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Familiarity with the full SDLC, version control
and all the other aspects of professional development

At Fastpoint Games, we’ll offer you:

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Ownership of large projects

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Ability to play a critical role in a rapidly expanding
company

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Competitive compensation with both salary and stock
options