Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Posted Jun 20

AcadArena is the home of campus gaming across the Philippines and Southeast Asia. We’re building a better future for student gamers by creating a place for them to play, connect, and earn.

Though our team started in 2019 as a group of volunteers, we've grown into a venture-backed 30+ team that creates communities, platforms, and experiences that have brought hundreds of thousands of students into gaming and the metaverse.

Our vision is to create a place where students around the world can achieve their dreams — a university without borders.

About The Team

Software Engineers at AcadArena work on our Product team, building out the machinery that powers our community as a whole — including our global student platform for games and scholarships, our new suite of Discord support tools and MMO-lite experiences, and more.

As a member of our Product Team, you’ll be working with a diverse, global team of engineers, designers, researchers, and product managers to build and shape the tools we need to serve our global network of students and leaders.

As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, we’re looking for someone who can provide both engineering experience and proficiency to the team.

Your Responsibilities

  • Develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software across our suite of products.
  • Define design and architecture of new features with scalability in mind.
  • Maintaining of and contributing to the companies internal documentation.
  • Work with Product and UX team to scope and design new products and features

Your Qualifications

  • Proficient Full-Stack Developer: 4+ years of industry experience. Familiar with:
  • React, NextJS
  • Postgres, Firebase
  • Serverless Infrastructure (AWS, GCP)
  • Conceptually proficient: Has knowledge and working proficiency with:
  • DRY principles
  • Serverless Architecture
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Agile Development
  • Effective Team Player: Has a proven track record in shipping projects from scratch while working with and/or leading a team.
  • Goal Oriented: Laser-focused on directives and tasks. Able to contribute to sprint planning and estimations.
  • Values-Driven & Youth Focused. You strongly believe in youth empowerment and have a good grasp of their needs and struggles.
  • Strong Communicator: Proficient writing, communication and presentation skills in both English and ideally, a SEA language.

Your Pluses

  • Strong understanding of gaming, esports, and/or communities
  • Experience working in startups with a lean and close-knit team
  • Familiar with regional culture and trends in SEA, Brazil, or South Korea
  • Familiar with Discord API + Bot Development.
  • Proficiency in any of the ff. languages:
  • Bisaya
  • Hiligaynon
  • Mandarin
  • Vietnamese
  • Bahasa Indonesia

AcadArena is a Southeast Asian campus gaming start-up building the place where students play, connect and earn through gaming and the metaverse. We're backed by an all-star cast of investors including Iterative, 1KX, Hashed, Kevin Lin (Twitch), Kun Gao (Crunchyroll) and Holly Liu (Kabam).