Senior Game Backend Engineer: Live-Service & Concurrency

Jobtailor; New Westminster; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own and scale live-service game infrastructure. The role focuses on high-concurrency multiplayer servers, robust scaling, and microservice architectures, with strong Node.js/TypeScript skills and Mandarin/English communication abilities.

You will audit, optimize, and own backend systems, while collaborating with Tencent teams and the Vancouver office to ensure reliability and rapid incident response.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• At least 3 years focused on high-concurrency multiplayer game servers or live-service platforms.
• High proficiency in Node.js and JavaScript/TypeScript within a microservices environment.
• Deep understanding of stateful backend scaling, memory management, and distributed caching strategies.
• Strong NoSQL database experience in high-throughput read/write scenarios.
• Native-level Mandarin fluency and professional-level English for meetings and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Audit and remediate existing stateful scaling logic.
• Implement graceful shutdown protocols and dirty-cache synchronization to prevent data loss during scaling events.
• Take ownership of partially implemented systems and complete them by connecting backend logic to frontend RPC calls.
• Decouple database versioning and configuration from the codebase.
• Replace legacy shell-script deployments with containerized CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish automated integration testing for Midas IAP validations, data synchronization, and guild permission systems.
• Coordinate with Tencent infrastructure support teams.
• Collaborate with the Vancouver team on architecture, code reviews, and live-operations incident response.
• Take technical ownership of the live-service game’s microservice backend.

Skills

Node.js Proficiency

JavaScript/TypeScript

High-Concurrency Backend

Microservices Architecture

NoSQL Experience

English Proficiency

Mandarin Proficiency

CI/CD Pipelines

Distributed Caching

Tools

Jenkins

Tencent InGame PaaS

TcaplusDB

Tencent Midas

WeGame

ACE SDK

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own and scale live-service game infrastructure. The role focuses on high-concurrency multiplayer servers, robust scaling, and microservice architectures, with strong Node.js/TypeScript skills and Mandarin/English communication abilities.

You will audit, optimize, and own backend systems, while collaborating with Tencent teams and the Vancouver office to ensure reliability and rapid incident response.