Weekend

Weekend

Senior Software Engineer, Studios

San Francisco · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 27 days ago
TypeScriptReactGitAWSCI/CDUnityUnreal Engine

About the role

  • Our games attract millions of users every month, with family favorites like Jeopardy!, Song Quiz, CoComelon: Sing and Play with JJ, and Wheel of Fortune.
  • We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars.
  • The founders went through Y Combinator in 2018 and landed a spot on the 2022 YC Top Companies List.

Responsibilities

  • Own game features end to end from idea through prototype, production, and beyond. Much of our stack is TypeScript and React. Some other technologies in play are Unity, AWS GameLift Streams.
  • A track record of collaborating closely in team environments (not just solo shipping), including working directly with product and design to shape what gets built.
  • We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience shipping and owning real-time or game-adjacent products at scale.
  • Comfort working across CI/CD pipelines and multi-platform compatibility.
  • Experience with Unity and/or Unreal Engine.

Skills

  • The final offer amount may depend on experience, education, skills, and location.
  • Weekend is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.
  • If any reasonable accommodation is needed, please reach out to your hiring contact.

Compensation

  • Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Benefits

  • Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Weekend, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!
  • We offer unlimited paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.
  • Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.
  • A full breakdown of our benefits is here https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQTxulbgcRPV6OPHv2mj4X-RYAo9eKk4KQwNZYRJDpBsBHXbMpwCOBvploBJxW3zUZJm36-YU4TXoYK/pub!
  • Make life easier for yourself and your collaborators: improve processes, speed up the deployment pipeline, broaden test coverage, etc. sharing knowledge as you go so the whole team ships faster.
  • For Pay Transparency: The final offer amount may depend on experience, education, skills, and location.

Company info

  • Weekend https://www.weekend.com/ is the leading developer of voice AI games for smart TVs. Our games attract millions of users every month, with family favorites like Jeopardy!, Song Quiz, CoComelon: Sing and Play with JJ, and Wheel of Fortune.
  • We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We're building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of "AI-powered games."
  • Weekend was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2024. The founders went through Y Combinator in 2018 and landed a spot on the 2022 YC Top Companies List. We're a quickly-growing team headquartered in Union Square, San Francisco.
  • Weekend https://www.weekend.com/ is the leading developer of voice AI games for smart TVs.
  • We're building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of "AI-powered games."
  • Weekend was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2024.
  • We're a quickly-growing team headquartered in Union Square, San Francisco.
  • Weekend is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Studios team, embedded on Jeopardy or Song Quiz.
  • You'll work across the full game development lifecycle - from prototyping new features to shipping production-quality experiences - using TypeScript, React, and AWS GameLift Streams.
  • This role is critical to maintaining development velocity on two of our most strategically important titles.
  • This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our Bay Area office 3 times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate for on-site work.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.
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