Principal Backend Engineer - Remote-friendly Online Games

Climax Studios; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer to architect and deliver backend services for extensive game projects. The role involves mentoring, working closely with clients, and ensuring high-quality technical implementation. Ideal candidates should have experience with distributed applications, cloud platforms, and good communication skills. Flexible working options, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work culture are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working

Mental health support

Strong pension plan

Minimum 25 days’ holiday

Parental leave policies

Training and development budget

Qualifications

• Experience in game development with multiple shipped live games.
• Ability to independently architect online services.
• Excellent time management skills to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Architect systems, write code, and deploy services.
• Act as the engineering contact point between MPG and the client.
• Make trade-offs based on performance, time, and budget.

Skills

Game development experience

Architecting distributed applications

Production experience with Java, Golang, C#, C++, Kotlin

Strong database experience (SQL/NoSQL)

Experience with AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure

Experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform)

Experience with Kubernetes and Docker

Strong communication skills

Job description

A leading game development company is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer to architect and deliver backend services for extensive game projects. The role involves mentoring, working closely with clients, and ensuring high-quality technical implementation. Ideal candidates should have experience with distributed applications, cloud platforms, and good communication skills. Flexible working options, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work culture are offered.