Principal Backend Engineer, Climax Studios

• Experience in game development and having shipped multiple live games (or similar products) with a high concurrent user count
• Proven experience architecting distributed applications with a high concurrent user base (hundreds of thousands), ideally proven with a released title or robust load tests
• Production experience with at least one of Java, Golang, C#, C++, Kotlin; experience with Python, Node.js and React is desirable
• Strong database experience, with the ability to work effectively with both SQL and NoSQL databases
• Proven experience with cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure; having an AWS Certification (Professional level) would be advantageous
• Proven experience building backend infrastructure using infrastructure as code tools, e.g. Terraform
• Proven experience using Kubernetes and Docker to build products at scale
• Ability to independently architect and design online services based on a specification
• Ability to navigate changes calmly and manage multiple pieces of potentially confidential information
• Excellent time management and ability to work independently
• Strong communicator with the ability to discuss technical strategy with non-technical stakeholders and adapt to client needs
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines from scratch or improving existing client solutions
• Awareness of security/cheating implications of technology choices

Desirable

• We are looking for a highly experienced Principal Backend Engineer
• You’ll be working in a team of backend engineers across MPG to spearhead the delivery and deployment of backend services for industry-leading game projects
• You will act as a key engineering contact for external co-dev clients, collaborating with the Technical Director and Lead to architect solutions that balance technical idealism with production pragmatism
• You will define the technical architecture for major game titles, ensure implementation quality, and mentor the engineering team
• Individual contribution: architect systems, write code, deployments, etc
• Act as the engineering contact point between MPG and the client, working alongside the Project Manager and Engineering Leadership
• Translate client requirements into tasks for yourself and team members
• Make the right trade-offs to design systems based on performance, time, and budget
• Mentor and delegate pieces of work to other team members to help develop them as engineers
• Create estimated cost spreadsheets for online services based on projected concurrent users
• Enforce engineering best practices across teams: modular design, code quality, testing
• Work with the Lead and Production to communicate risks, benefits, and future roadmaps
• Active mentorship of the engineering team towards professional accreditation (e.g., AWS Certification) and technical leadership