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Do you want to work for a world-class video game company focused on development for some of the biggest games in the industry?

Our client's mission is to break down barriers in the video game industry and make game tech available to all game developers regardless of size. This fully remote studio are looking for developers from across the globe to join their diverse team. We are assisting in their search for their next Senior Online Game Backend Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Design, architect, and build Go / Golang and Python services and its associated infrastructure (eg. identity, matchmaking, networking, storage, metrics, logs, etc) for an online game backend.

• Develop, maintain, deploy, and optimize game backend services working with online protocols (eg. REST, WebSockets, etc)

• Support as a primary interface between Clients and the studio itself.

• Participate with other departments providing development, documentation, influence strategy and overall direction for an online environment through your contributions

• Collaborate in peer education and self study

• Learning is one of our core values, as such, mentor others within your team and/or across departments

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 5+ years of online game backend development experience with Go / Golang and Python.

• 3+ years experience in the games industry.

• 1+ shipped AAA console or PC titles.

• Experience with AAA game backend services (eg. EOS), platforms (eg. AWS Gamelift), and frameworks.

• Experience with cross-platform and crossplay online multiplayer.

• Design and develop services and infrastructure components on AWS.

• Experience scaling, load testing, troubleshooting, and debugging online services.

• Great with lateral thinking and motivation to work independently and on a team as well as the ability to work directly with teams across multiple territories and time zones.

• Game Systems and Network Engineering knowledge.

• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation from the beginning of a project through completion.

• Dedication, teamwork and professionalism.

• The ability to handle high pressure situations, with composure and diplomacy

Please note: This studio is unable to offer visa sponsorship.

In return you'll get a comprehensive benefits package and create groundbreaking games from the comfort of your own home. For a confidential chat and/or to apply for this role, please get in touch with Jake Proffitt.

Jake works on mustard's Gaming recruitment desk focusing on Game Programming, Game Development and Quality Assurance, working closely with Indie and AAA studios to find the best talent in the UK's ever growing gaming sector.