Company: StartPlaying (NULL) Location: Onsite Role Type: Permanent Rating: 4
tartPlaying.Games (W20) Software Engineer
Gavin Morgan 7 months Alright, you kick down the door; it's so old and rotted your foot goes right through it. Your momentum carries you through into another soot-blackened chamber, surprising the orcs inside who start from their... I dunno, chairs? Do Orcs sit in chairs? Oh wow, I am not prepared for this campaign.
I am, however, prepared to design and deploy industrial grade application code in a rapidly moving, collaborative startup environment having done in all 10+ years of my professional life. Oh, but there's a twist--I am also actually a competent GM. That "flubbed" narrative was a mere rhetorical device! I have been running TTRPGs for years: most recently a modular system called Cortex Prime--previously under Fandom (of DnDBeyond fame), since acquired by Dire Wolf Digital--as well as D&D 5e, with aspirations to run Vampire, and Traveller.
Oh, gosh, I could talk about this stuff all day. Would love to hear your perspective on the viability of VTTs and smaller projects like dddice.com, as well as the TTRPG social media landscape in which your customers are embedded, and all that. Also especially curious how you gather feedback and build product roadmaps through this space.
Damn, I just organized my first strangers-over-the-internet game last night through a Discord group. I hadn't realized you were YC! Or I would have taken a closer look in the last two years.
Nathaniel Tucker 7 months Hey Gavin, honestly you reached out during the perfect time! Your experience looks great and I'm 100% sure you'd love working at SPG. Just make sure you apply through our job site: https://apply.workable.com/startplaying/ - we only use workatastartup for sourcing!
Gavin Morgan 2 days Nathaniel, something fell through the cracks with Dan, but as I am back on this platform again I thought I'd ping you and see if there's not still an open role at SPG.
Nathaniel Tucker 15 hours Hey Gavin, thanks for reaching out again. :-)
Dan was one of our temporary recruiters that a16z lent us when we were doing our big recruiting push. So I think he's moved to another company at the moment.
I've sent your info to Gab, who will put it in our database. And we will reach out as soon as we open a new role. Just confirm you're looking for any backend or full stack software development rules?
Hey Gavin, thanks for reaching out again. :-)
Dan was one of our temporary recruiters that a16z lent us when we were doing our big recruiting push. So I think he's moved to another company at the moment.
I've sent your info to Gab, who will put it in our database. And we will reach out as soon as we open a new role. Just confirm you're looking for any backend or full stack software development rules?