Senior Game Backend Engineer

Offworld Industries Ltd.; New Westminster; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental benefits

2 weeks of paid vacation

Wonderful colleagues!

Job summary

Offworld Industries Ltd. is seeking a seasoned Game Backend Engineer to own the live-service microservice backend for Squad. You will stabilize, modernize, and expand the proprietary backend on Tencent InGame PaaS, bridging Vancouver and Tencent teams across time zones.

The role requires 5+ years in backend software engineering with multiplayer game experience, strong Node.js/TypeScript skills, and fluency in Mandarin and English. Office-based, 12-month contract with potential extension.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering, with at least 3 years focused on high-concurrency multiplayer game servers or live-service platforms.
• Proficiency in Node.js/TypeScript within a microservices environment.
• Deep understanding of stateful backend scaling, memory management, and distributed caching strategies.
• Strong NoSQL database experience, particularly in high-throughput read/write scenarios.
• Bilingual fluency: native Mandarin for Tencent GCloud teams and professional English for Vancouver team meetings, docs, and reviews.
• Willingness to coordinate across time zones (China morning hours vs Pacific Time).

Responsibilities

• Audit and remediate existing stateful scaling logic and implement robust zero-data-loss shutdowns during scaling events.
• Own partially implemented backend systems and connect backend logic to frontend RPC calls.
• Modernize infrastructure by decoupling hardcoded config and migrating to containerized CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish a zero-failure testing culture and build automated integration tests for critical paths (IAP validations, data syncs, permissions).
• Coordinate directly with Tencent infrastructure teams and Vancouver team during overlapping hours for architecture and live-ops responses.

Skills

Backend engineering

High-concurrency multiplayer

Node.js/TypeScript

NoSQL databases

Mandarin

English communication

Tools

Tencent InGame PaaS

Midas SDK

WeGame SDK

ACE SDK

Tencent GCloud

Job description

About Offworld:

Offworld Industries Ltd. (Offworld) is the independent studio behind the successful military first-person shooter game, “Squad”. Offworld was formed in 2014 by more than 15 developers who had worked together on the well-known Project Reality mod for Battlefield 2. The founding purpose of the team was to bring a standalone successor of this acclaimed mod to market and build a game development studio and a livelihood from that foundation.

Fast forward to 2026, Offworld has more than 150 employees and is rapidly growing. We have been expanding the studio into serving as a publisher supporting mods and have released our newest title, "Starship Troopers: Extermination", a 16-player PvE first-person shooter based on the 1997 cult-classic film.

We are built on passion, unified spirit, and continuing efforts to break the mold. We strive to become a leader in creating large-scale multiplayer games and supplying others with the ability to do the same. We are looking for a talented Game Backend Engineer to take technical ownership of our live-service game’s microservice backend. You will play a critical role in stabilizing, modernizing, and expanding a proprietary backend infrastructure built on the Tencent "InGame" PaaS.

This role requires Node.js/TypeScript expertise, an understanding of stateful microservice architectures, and the ability to act as the primary technical bridge between our core development team in Vancouver and Tencent’s GCloud/InGame infrastructure teams in China.

If you are passionate about making great games and a team player, we are looking for you!

Job Duties:

• Architecture Stabilization: Audit and remediate existing stateful scaling logic. Implement robust graceful shutdown protocols and dirty-cache synchronization to ensure zero data loss during scaling events.
• Feature Completion: Take ownership of partially implemented systems and drive them to completion, wiring backend logic to frontend RPC calls.
• Infrastructure Modernization: De-couple hardcoded database versioning and configuration from the codebase. Replace legacy shell-script deployments with modern, containerized CI/CD pipelines.
• Quality Assurance: Establish a "zero-failure" testing culture. Build automated integration test suites to rigorously test critical paths, including Midas IAP validations, custom data syncs, and guild permission systems.
• Cross-Border Collaboration: Be in direct contact with Tencent’s infrastructure support teams. You will coordinate with our Vancouver team during overlapping hours to align on architecture, code reviews, and live-ops incident response.

Requirements:

• Experience: 5+ years of professional backend software engineering, with at least 3 years focused on high-concurrency multiplayer game servers or live-service platforms.
• Core Tech Stack: High proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript within a microservices environment.
• Stateful Architecture: Deep understanding of stateful backend scaling, consistent hashing, memory management, and distributed caching strategies.
• Databases: Strong NoSQL database experience, particularly in high-throughput read/write scenarios.
• Communication: Bilingual fluency. You must have native-level Mandarin to effectively communicate with Tencent GCloud teams, and professional-level English for meetings, documentation, and code reviews with the Vancouver team.
• Time Management: Willingness to accommodate meetings scheduled for China morning hours while working in the Pacific Time zone.

Preferred Qualifications

• DevOps: Prior experience with Jenkins for ensuring a flawless deployment pipeline.
• Tencent Ecosystem: Prior hands-on experience deploying to the Tencent InGame PaaS
• Database: Direct experience with TcaplusDB table configuration and data management.
• Tencent SDKs: Familiarity integrating and securing Tencent-specific SDKs, including:
  • Midas (Real-money payments and currency management)
  • WeGame (Authentication and Access Tokens)
  • ACE (Anti-profanity and content moderation)
• Mandarin: proficient in Mandarin

This is a full-time,fixed-term 12-monthcontract position,with the requirement to work from our office three days per week. There is the possibility of an extension or transition to a permanent role based on the needs of the business.

The typical salary range for this position is$110,000 - $135,000 CADper year and is subject to change. The final agreed upon salary is based on work location and may vary depending on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

This role offers:

• Extended health and dental benefits
• 2 weeks of paid vacation
• Wonderful colleagues!

Offworld Industries is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, language, citizenship, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, physical and/or mental handicap, financial ability or any other characteristic protected by law.