About the role
Company Overview
Nintendo of America
Nintendo’s mission is to create smiles through unique entertainment experiences. The company delivers this mission by partnering closely with Nintendo Co., Ltd., to bring iconic franchises including Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, and Splatoon across the Americas through video games, hardware systems, and collaborations on entertainment initiatives like feature films and theme parks. Nintendo is an equal opportunity employer offering a welcoming and inclusive environment.
Summary
This role is part of the Digital Marketing department, supporting Nintendo’s online web infrastructure and associated applications by designing, architecting, deploying, and maintaining these systems for Nintendo.com.
Tech Stack
- Terraform
- AWS (including EKS, ECS, CloudFront, Lambda, S3)
- Fastly
- Sentry
- Linux
- Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/Terraform)
- Version control tools (svn, git)
- Application performance monitoring (APM) technologies
Description of Duties
- Design, build, and maintain reliable and scalable applications on Linux servers, both On-prem and cloud, to support internally or externally developed applications.
- Partner with development teams by providing infrastructure assistance and guidance from the early phases of product development.
- Collaborate with engineers in peer teams to develop solutions that meet operational goals, leveraging automation and process.
- Submit software fixes for deficiencies within the area of expertise or operational responsibility.
- Own, drive, and hold accountability for KPIs pertaining to reliability, resiliency, durability, and uptime; contribute to defining SLOs.
- Lead and direct efforts for requirements gathering, building and implementing test plans, performing quality reviews, and fixing operational issues.
- Troubleshoot, evaluate, and resolve system and application challenges.
- Build automation to reduce the cost of errors, improve CI/CD processes, and increase developer efficiency.
- Perform peer review of solutions developed by others, and potentially other teams, ensuring that best practices and internal standards are being followed.
- Run Infrastructure as Code with CloudFormation/Terraform.
- Participate in 24x7 on-call cycle to support and troubleshoot products and solutions in multiple environments.
Requirements
- Minimum of five (5) years of related experience in various system development technologies, patterns, and practices.
- Experience with automation methodologies such as continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD).
- Proficiency in the setup, configuration, maintenance, and upgrading of one or more server operating system families (Linux, Windows, BSD, etc).
- Proficiency with version control tools (svn, git, etc).
- Proficiency with cloud-based web services platforms (AWS, Azure) and services (CloudFront, Lambda, S3, etc).
- Proficiency with application performance monitoring (APM) technologies.
- Some experience with SDLC processes (code review, release management, etc).
- Some experience with networking equipment, protocols (TCP/IP, SSL, etc) and troubleshooting tools.
- Ability to write code in at least one language (Bash, JavaScript, etc.); comfortable implementing both functionality and tests, and reviewing others’ code.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience writing, documenting, bundling, and publishing code for reuse by others is extremely helpful.
- Experience with content delivery networks (CDN) is a plus.
- Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Working Conditions and Benefits
- Location: Hybrid in Redmond, WA. Requires regular onsite work. Not open to fully remote status.
- Compensation: Base pay range of $108,450—$173,550 USD.
- Incentives: Potential for a semi-annual discretionary performance bonus.
- Benefits: Comprehensive package includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and paid time off.
- Culture: Nintendo values teammates who support one another, stay curious, communicate openly, ask questions, and take initiative.