Senior Game Tech Engineer

Code Wizards Group; Reading; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Code Wizards Group in Reading, United Kingdom, is seeking a Senior Game Tech (Software) Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable backend services for online games. You will own services end-to-end, influence architecture, and drive production readiness in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.

Ideal candidates bring experience across JavaScript/TypeScript, C#/C++, Python, and a strong AWS background including serverless, API Gateway and WebSockets, plus exposure to liveOps and frontend

Formación

• Senior software engineer with backend focus across multiple languages and platforms.
• Proven ability to design scalable, reliable backend services and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of APIs, architecture principles and production operations.
• Hands-on AWS experience including serverless, queues, API gateways and WebSockets.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and modern tooling like Git/JIRA.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and distributed systems.
• Contribute to architecture, technical strategy, and key engineering decisions.
• Own services end-to-end from concept to production and live operations.
• Write clean, high-performance code aligned with best practices.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams in a distributed environment.
• Participate in client-facing calls to gather requirements and demos.

Conocimientos

Backend engineering

Cloud architecture

Distributed systems

AWS

Team leadership

JavaScript/TypeScript

Herramientas

Git

JIRA

Perforce

DevOps

Descripción del empleo

Code Wizards Group are global leaders in Game Tech, building and running the systems behind modern online games. From scalable backend services and data analytics to embedded co-development and DevOps support.

We partner with studios to accelerate delivery and improve performance, powering everything from indie mobile titles through to AAA console and PC games, operating at scale across a wide range of platforms and services.

In a period of growth, we’re expanding our engineering team and seeking a Senior Game Tech (Software) Engineer.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about building high-quality systems and enjoys working in a fast-moving, collaborative environment. If you’ve always wanted to work in the games industry, this is an opportunity to apply your engineering expertise in a domain you care about.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and distributed systems
• Contribute to architecture, technical strategy, and key engineering decisions
• Own services and features end-to-end, from concept through to production and live operations
• Write clean, maintainable, and high-performance code aligned with best practices
• Collaborate with internal and external teams in a distributed environment
• Act as a technical liaison by participating in client-facing calls to gather requirements, demo new features, and provide status updates on development progress
• Mentor and support engineers, driving quality and continuous improvement

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Significant commercial software engineering experience at a senior level
• Strong backend expertise across multiple languages (JavaScript / TypeScript / C# / .NET / C++ / Rust / Python / Golang)
• Proven track record building and running scalable, reliable systems in production
• Solid understanding of software architecture, APIs and distributed systems
• Strong experience with AWS (Serverless, SQS, EventBridge, API Gateway/WebSockets) and modern tooling (Git, JIRA, DevOps)
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar) as well as NoSQL technologies (MongoDB, DocumentDB, CosmosDB, Redis, etc.)
• Proactive, adaptable and collaborative mindset with a strong sense of ownership
• Exposure to Mobile SDK development and frontend experience with React or other modern JS frameworks
• Familiarity with Perforce in addition to Git

ADDITIONAL DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Experience working within the Games Industry.
• Hands-on experience with game LiveOps platforms such as Nakama, Playfab, or custom game backend integrations.
• Must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom