Software Engineer (Remote)

Software Engineer | Muus Collective, Inc. | United States

At Muus Collective, we believe digital fashion will change the way we express personal style, driving more conscious consumerism and allowing more people to attain the wardrobe of their dreams. Muus Collective is a female-founded studio building fashion-centric, community-driven experiences spanning mobile games, entertainment and e-commerce. In partnership with REVOLVE, we recently launched BELLEMINT, a revolutionary mobile fashion game where players cultivate and hone their personal style – as a muse, designer or stylist.

Muus aims to allow everyone to go beyond a physical reality and express themselves in a safe and rewarding environment by creating a space where fashion enthusiasts can style with digital versions of real world fashion items, engage with like-minded communities, and drive social impact through play. We’re empowering community to create, engage, and share their personal style, all while contributing to the social good.

****Who We Are****

At Muus Collective, we are a team that thrives on fresh perspectives and new ideas. We feel we do our best work when we can show up as our true authentic selves. We believe in collaboration, both among our team and our community. We strive for a playful environment, where our team can enjoy doing what they love alongside people that make them laugh. We are committed to driving social impact anywhere we can – both digitally and IRL.

****Opportunity for Impact****

Muus Collective is looking for a Backend Engineer to build and evolve the core services that power our innovative fashion game. In this role, you’ll drive the development of high-performance, scalable, and secure backend systems that bring our creative vision to life. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering and DevOps teams to make key architectural decisions, ensuring a seamless and reliable experience for players. From designing efficient APIs to delivering stable live operations, your work will directly shape a vibrant gaming experience that fuses technology, fashion, and fun.

**Responsibilities**

* Develop core services that power the game using best practices to ensure performance, scalability, and security

* Peer review teammates’ code to maintain quality and uniformity across the codebase

* Create and execute unit, functional, and load tests on developed code

* Write clear documentation and testing notes for QA teams to validate your work

* Collaborate with backend and DevOps engineers to make architectural decisions for the platform

* Support server releases and address live operations issues to maintain a bug-free player experience

* Participate in Agile ceremonies, including kickoffs, standups, retrospectives, and planning

****Professional Qualifications****

* 8+ years of experience working in a modern programming language (DotNet, C#, Python, NodeJs, etc)

* 5+ years of working with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc)

Some experience with NoSQL databases (Redis, MongoDB, etc)

* 5+ years creating and supporting secure and scalable services

* 5+ years working with Agile development practices

* 5+ years working with cloud services (Azure, AWS, etc)

* Played a key engineering role in the successful launch of a game or product

* Strong written and verbal communication skills-particularly over messaging platforms and video conferencing

****Nice to haves****

* Game development

* AI

* Automation

* CI/CD pipelines

* Data analytics

This is a fully remote, hourly contract role for up to 40 hours per week.

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