Lead Software Engineer - Brookhaven

Voldex

Voldex is a leading gaming company focused on Roblox, the most exciting ecosystem in gaming today. We are home to several of Roblox's top games, including Brookhaven, Driving Empire, and NFL Universe Football. With over 160 million monthly active players across our games, we are one of the biggest Roblox studios by audience size. Founded in 2015, we have since grown to 95+ full-time remote team members across the globe. Responsibilities: * Lead, mentor, and develop a team of four analysts embedded across Brookhaven, Driving Empire, and NFL Universe Football, providing clear direction, feedback, and growth opportunities. * Own the analytics function's centralized roadmap covering tooling, instrumentation, automation, and enablement priorities. * Partner with each game team's product manager and analysts to maintain a prioritized backlog of analytics work aligned to their roadmap. * Establish and maintain high standards for analytical methodology across the portfolio, including A/B testing governance, telemetry design, and data storytelling. * Identify and drive opportunities to automate reporting, improve self-serve access to data, and incorporate AI tooling to raise the team's output. * Ensure the team is producing clear, decision-oriented outputs that are trusted by game leads and leadership. * Create systems for knowledge sharing across the analytics team, including regular analysis reviews, shared documentation, reusable templates, cross-game learnings, and opportunities for analysts to present work to one another. Requirements: * 5+ years of experience in analytics or data science, with at least 2 years managing or leading an analytics team. * Demonstrated ability to develop analysts at multiple levels, with a track record of raising the quality and impact of a team's output. * Deep expertise in A/B testing and experimentation: hypothesis design, power analysis, statistical significance, and communicating results to non-technical stakeholders. * Advanced SQL skills and fluency across a modern data stack including data warehousing, BI tooling, and analytics engineering. * Strong understanding of consumer product KPIs, particularly retention, engagement, and monetization in a live service or F2P context. * Clear point of view on where AI and automation can improve how an analytics team operates, with experience driving adoption. * Excellent cross-functional communication skills; able to translate data into decisions for both technical and executive audiences. Nice to Have: * Experience in games, particularly live service, mobile F2P, or UGC platforms such as Roblox or Fortnite. * Familiarity with dbt for analytics engineering and data modeling. * Python proficiency for deeper analysis or automation. Bonus Points for: * Familiarity with Roblox as a platform, either as a developer, analyst, or player. * Experience working with licensed IP in a gaming context. Tech Stack: While experience with the following tech stack is NOT expected or necessary for candidates, please see below Voldex’s tech stack in case you are interested: * Snowflake * Tableau * dbt * Python * AWS * We offer licences for Claude Code, Codex, and ChatGPT Location/Level: * Remote - Canada * Travel - 2 to 3x / year (onboarding, RDC + possible team meet-ups) * Time Zone - must be willing to work EST/PST hours Voldex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status Permanent Voldex employees enjoy the following benefits: 💰 Competitive compensation - above-market salary + profit sharing + stock options ⛳️ Retirement benefits  - company contribution to your retirement plan (401k, RRSP, Pension), in Canada, UK and USA! 🩺 Medical, dental, and vision benefits - depending on the country, there may be additional benefits (Life, ADD, etc…) such as Canada, UK and USA. 🏖 Flexible PTO - vacations + Federal / Bank Holidays 🌎 Remote First - we have always been remote and will remain that way including work from home/anywhere  🎮 In-person get-togethers, virtual company-wide game events, Robux allowances, and so much more! 🎓Professional Development - Reimburse the costs of courses, materials, and anything to help further their training and growth 🎉 Work with awesome people and impact millions of daily players Want to learn more about Voldex? Read about us here: * Voldex Acquires Brookhaven, most visited game on Roblox  * Driving Empire & NASCAR: Brand Partnership  * Voldex & NFL: Brand Partnership  * Our partners at Andreessen Horowitz share why they've invested in Voldex

Voldex

Voldex is a leading gaming company focused on Roblox, the most exciting ecosystem in gaming today. We are home to several of Roblox's top games, including Brookhaven, Driving Empire, and NFL Universe Football. With over 160 million monthly active players across our games, we are one of the biggest Roblox studios by audience size. Founded in 2015, we have since grown to 95+ full-time remote team members across the globe. ROLE OVERVIEW 🏎️ Driving Empire is one of the largest driving games on Roblox, with billions of visits and a passionate global community. We're looking for a 3D Generalist to help shape the world players explore every day—from houses and city environments to props, roads, event spaces, and partnership content. In this role, you'll create high-quality, performant 3D assets that align with Driving Empire's distinctive visual style while meeting the technical demands of a live Roblox experience. You'll collaborate closely with the Art Lead and game team, bringing creativity, craftsmanship, and optimization expertise to everything you build. If you're passionate about Roblox creation, love building immersive worlds, and enjoy seeing your work reach millions of players, we'd love to hear from you!   WHAT YOU’LL DO * Design, model, and deliver high-quality 3D models covering areas such as buildings (interior and exterior) and environmental assets, individual items and props, and partnership collaborations * Follow defined art-production pipelines, processes, and documentation to ensure efficient creation, optimization, and integration of items into the game * Collaborate closely with the art lead to address artistic challenges, ensuring assets are completed on time, efficiently, and within the defined technical performance budget * Apply creativity and player insights to asset creation, ensuring each asset aligns with the art lead’s direction and the game team’s goals * Implement feedback from the art lead to ensure all items meet quality standards, align with the artistic vision, and satisfy technical requirements   WHO YOU ARE * 3+ years of professional experience as a 3D Artist in Roblox, or equivalent freelance/independent game development experience * Strong Roblox Studio experience with a deep understanding of optimization and performance best practices * Strong knowledge of mesh topology, efficient asset creation, and optimization techniques * Portfolio showcasing Roblox environments, buildings, houses, map locations, or similar stylized game worlds * Ability to adapt to and execute within an established art style * Strong communication skills and a collaborative, feedback-oriented mindset Nice to Have * Passion for cars and car culture! * Experience working with licensed IPs and established brand guidelines * Experience building roads, cities, or large-scale environments   TECH STACK You may use some or all of the following tools: * Maya/Blender/3DsMax * Roblox Studio * Substance Painter/Designer * Photoshop or Equivalent * Marmoset Toolbag * ZBrush or Equivalent   Voldex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status Permanent Voldex employees enjoy the following benefits: 💰 Competitive compensation - above-market salary + profit sharing + stock options ⛳️ Retirement benefits  - company contribution to your retirement plan (401k, RRSP, Pension), in Canada, UK and USA! 🩺 Medical, dental, and vision benefits - depending on the country, there may be additional benefits (Life, ADD, etc…) such as Canada, UK and USA. 🏖 Flexible PTO - vacations + Federal / Bank Holidays 🌎 Remote First - we have always been remote and will remain that way including work from home/anywhere  🎮 In-person get-togethers, virtual company-wide game events, Robux allowances, and so much more! 🎓Professional Development - Reimburse the costs of courses, materials, and anything to help further their training and growth 🎉 Work with awesome people and impact millions of daily players Want to learn more about Voldex? Read about us here: * Voldex Acquires Brookhaven, most visited game on Roblox  * Driving Empire & NASCAR: Brand Partnership  * Voldex & NFL: Brand Partnership  * Our partners at Andreessen Horowitz share why they've invested in Voldex

Aker Systems

Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.  We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.  The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.  We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.  We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don’t hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend services for a government client leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies. This involves designing, developing, documenting and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability.  * Design, develop, document and deploy new or enhanced features to our backend services that meet functional / non-functional business requirements  * Actively participate in the team’s elaboration and estimation of user stories  * Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team’s momentum  * Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross-functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them  * Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines  * Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns  CORE COMPETENCIES The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater in Computer Science or a related field. An equivalent of at least 5 years of working experience in a developer capacity is also acceptable for this position.  You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; * JAVA programming experience as the core language, including Spring Boot. * Fluent in writing JAVA coding. * Experience with Kafka or a similar platform. * Experience with Scala and Spark. * Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3 * Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews * Working in Agile development and/or DevOps teams * Using GitHub/GitLab for source control * Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks * Experience in Big Data technologies * Experience in Public Cloud services, such as AWS Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunities Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.