Senior Server Engineer - Experience

We’re looking for someone who’s interested in designing and building the backend tech that powers the VRChat community. VRChat’s mission is to enrich the world through immersive social connection, and we’re doing this by developing a “live” platform that’s constantly updated and evolving, so you’ll see your work have an immediate impact on our massive global community of users.

As a Server Engineer you’ll be joining a full-stack team of Engineers as an expert in cloud application development. Help us build the services and experiences that empower our users to connect to and create their part of the VRChat universe. If you’re interested in the data layer behind new feature development, then this role could be right up your alley.

VRChat offers a first-of-its-kind, game-changing platform that provides an endless collection of social VR experiences and gives the power of creation to its robust community. With over 250,000 worlds and growing, VRChat’s vision is to enable users to bring their imaginations to life and help shape the metaverse anywhere in the world on any device. 

VRChat has raised around $100M to date with the support of our investors, which include: Makers Fund, Anthos Capital and HTC. We have a great team which includes people from: Netflix, Twitter, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox, Google, Amazon, Unity, Spotify, Discord, Uber, eBay, Robinhood, Twitch, Zynga and TikTok. 

Come and join the mission!

Responsibilities:

• Work within a full-stack team of Engineers to develop a scalable backend and infrastructure for VRChat

• Design, implement, and maintain systems involving REST APIs, websocket APIs, databases, caching systems, mailing systems, payment processing, queueing systems, networked storage, logging systems, cloud orchestration, and more

• Work with cross-functional collaborators to ensure technical excellence in service of meaningful user experiences

• Be available to occasionally jump into action to solve an outage, even at inconvenient times

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Five or more years of experience iteratively developing and designing scalable and modular backends and infrastructure for websites, SaaS products, online games, or similar systems

• Able to architect applications and features (for example, social features and search)

• Experienced with using cloud providers at scale, such as AWS or Google Cloud

• Able to work in a variety of languages and technologies, specifically backend JavaScript, C#, Mongo, and Redis

• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Bonus Points:

• Demonstrated interest in VR, online communities, or be a VRChat user and creator!

• Knowing how our platform and community works will be helpful for this role

• Experience with social networks and social data, financial system integration, or recommendation and discovery systems

• Experience working on consumer products, e-commerce, or two-sided marketplaces

Benefits:

• Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company offering flexible working hours in combination with core hours supporting real-time collaboration

• Health Benefits

• 401K for US & Group RRSP for Canadian Employees

• Stock Options

• Generous paid holiday schedule

• Unlimited/Flexible vacation time

• Paid parental leave benefits

VRChat is an equal-opportunity employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

VRChat fosters a diverse, creative, and collaborative environment where anyone can contribute to any of the ongoing projects or direction of the roadmap at any time. If you’re a passionate team player who wants to have an impact on a dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you!

All job offers are subject to satisfactory referencing and background checks.