Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

Join MPG as a Senior Backend Engineer, working fully remotely from the UK or EU, to contribute to world-class multiplayer game projects. You’ll build and deploy backend services in collaboration with external co-dev clients, help define scalable solutions, and maintain high standards within a people-first, globally distributed team. What You'll Do

• Construct systems, write code, and manage deployments for backend services serving large concurrent user bases.

• Deliver, deploy and help integrate backend services alongside external co-dev clients as part of industry-leading game projects.

• Collaborate with the team lead and stakeholders to estimate and prioritise work; iterate on solutions to fit requirements.

• Maintain high standards and processes: tests, CI/CD, and documentation; contribute to continuous improvement.

• Help and support team members in day-to-day work; understand, maintain and expand existing code and develop new features or systems.

• Communicate progress and revised delivery times to the project lead and producer.

• Work across distributed teams and align with security considerations and best practices.

• Apply Gen AI for code generation where appropriate and beneficial. What We're Looking For

• Experience in game development and having worked on at least two game titles in a commercial setting developing server backends for AAA games, free-to-play (mobile) games, casino apps or similar.

• Production experience with at least one of Java, Golang, C#, C++, Kotlin; experience with Python, Node.js and React is desirable.

• Experience with cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure; having an AWS Certification (Associate or above) would be advantageous.

• Experience with infrastructure as code tools, e.g. Terraform.

• Ability to create supporting documentation, designs, comments, etc.

• Excellent time management and ability to work autonomously.

• Experience building distributed applications.

• Attention to detail with ability to comprehend and follow direction.

• Clear communicator with the ability to verbalise conceptual thoughts and the willingness to accept constructive critique.

• Experience with Git or Perforce, or other source control software.

• Ability to adapt to new tools, languages, and concepts as required by the project.

• Knowledge of Microservices and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), especially Kubernetes and Docker.

• Experience building a CI/CD pipeline to validate and test code.

• Awareness of security/cheating implications of technology choices.

• Experience using Gen AI for code generation.

• Beneficial: Demonstrable database experience with both SQL and NoSQL; understanding of how a backend service integrates with the game (unreal/unity useful but not required); experience with high-scale distributed applications and hundreds of thousands of concurrent users; understanding of how to use LLMs to process and query structured and unstructured data. Nice to Have

• Demonstrable database experience with both SQL and NoSQL.

• Understanding of how a backend service integrates with the game – Unreal or Unity would be useful but not required.

• Experience with high-scale distributed applications with a concurrent user base ranging in the hundreds of thousands, with high uptime and performant services.

• An understanding of how to use LLMs to process and query structured and unstructured data.

• Experience using Gen AI for code generation. Compensation & Benefits

• Flexible working: Remote-friendly long before it was the norm, with core hours that support both great work and real life.

• Support & wellbeing: Mental health first-aiders, therapy and coaching via Myndup, plus private medical insurance.

• Pension & life cover: A strong pension plan and life insurance to support your future and protect your family.

• Time for you: Minimum 25 days’ holiday, a paid winter break, and 3 volunteering days each year.

• Parental leave: Family-first policies that support parents and caregivers with flexibility and balance.

• Levelling up: Annual L&D budget, expert talks, game jams, and mentoring opportunities to help you grow. Application

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