Software Engineer (Shop Pod)
Job description
About Us
We are a dynamic game development team dedicated to creating rich, engaging player experiences and vibrant seasonal content. We build systems that power live game ecosystems, ensuring seamless transactions, reliable architectures, and engaging shop experiences for millions of players.
Role Overview
As a Software Engineer in the Shop Pod, you will partner closely with product owners and fellow engineers to expand, optimize, and maintain our shop technology stack. You will play a vital role in bringing UI wireframes to life, building robust back-end and server functionality, and supporting the team in shipping seasonal content, new shop offers, and live-ops updates.
Key Responsibilities
Shop Stack Evolution: Work closely with shop product owners and engineers to ship updates, optimize tech infrastructure, and build out scalable shop features.
UI & Frontend Implementation: Bring wireframes, prototypes, and user interfaces to life within the shop experience.
Offer & Feature Support: Extend existing shop tech to support new offer mechanics, monetization features, and seasonal content drops.
Backend & Cloud Development: Develop underlying back-end systems, server-authoritative logic, and database functionality to back frontend shop features.
Live-Ops & Issue Resolution: Monitor, diagnose, and repair emergent live issues affecting the shop to ensure uptime and seamless player transactions.
Job requirements
Required Qualifications
Unity Engine: Proven experience developing and shipping mobile applications in Unity.
Data Management: Direct experience creating persistent data schemas, handling data migration, and managing schema versioning.
Server-Authoritative Architecture: Demonstrated ability crafting server-authoritative features paired with client prediction.
Cloud & Backend Services: Hands-on experience implementing backend logic and deploying services in AWS.
Core Tech Stack: Strong proficiency with Git, .NET, and C#.
Mobile Development: Background in mobile game development lifecycle and performance optimization.
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)
Experience with web technologies such as React / Next.js.
Familiarity with Vue.js.
Experience incorporating AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code) into software workflows.
Proven Unity experience, data management, server-authoritative architecture, AWS backend, Git, .NET, C#, mobile development.
Key Responsibilities
- developing shop features
- implementing UI
- maintaining backend systems
Skills & Tools
Unity, Git, .NET, C#, AWS, React, Next.js, Vue.js, Claude Code
Job Details
- Category: Software Development
- Seniority: Mid Level
- Commitment: Contract
- Workplace: Remote — United States or Austin or New York City or Buenos Aires or Santiago or Mexico City or São Paulo
- Languages: English
About TransPerfect
A dynamic game development team creating engaging player experiences and seasonal content. — Industry: Information Technology