Senior Backend Engineer — Flexible Hours & Scalable Servers

Pixel Toys; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary, reviewed annually

25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Company Pension scheme

Regular socials and staff development

Flexi-time working hours

Job summary

A leading mobile gaming studio in Royal Leamington Spa is looking for a Senior Server Engineer to build high-performance infrastructure for their upcoming AAA title. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with C#, server application development, and cloud platforms like AWS. Responsibilities include optimizing server technologies, mentoring junior team members, and contributing to architectural design. They offer a competitive salary, generous leave, and a progressive, inclusive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Years of experience in server application development.
• Strong mastery of C# and architectural coding patterns.
• Experience with AWS cloud platforms and database solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build high-performance infrastructure for AAA mobile titles.
• Contribute architectural vision and optimize server technologies.
• Mentor junior engineers and ensure coding best practices.

Skills

C#

Server application development

Agile methodologies

Database solutions

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Observability tools (Datadog, Kibana)

CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Codebuild)

Job description

A leading mobile gaming studio in Royal Leamington Spa is looking for a Senior Server Engineer to build high-performance infrastructure for their upcoming AAA title. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with C#, server application development, and cloud platforms like AWS. Responsibilities include optimizing server technologies, mentoring junior team members, and contributing to architectural design. They offer a competitive salary, generous leave, and a progressive, inclusive workplace culture.