Game Backend Engineer — Scalable Services & APIs

First Fun; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

First Fun is seeking an experienced backend developer to own design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing operation of core game backend services. You will implement game logic, APIs, and internal tools to support player data, progression, items, quests, and events.

You will design scalable database schemas, caching, and messaging workflows while collaborating across teams to ensure reliable integration, performance, and resilience of production services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline, with at least 3 years of backend development experience.
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, C++, Python, or C#, with experience developing and maintaining production services.
• Strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, databases, computer networks, and operating systems, with familiarity with common server-side design approaches.
• Familiarity with at least one relational database and SQL, and an understanding of common components such as caching, message queues, and inter-service communication.
• Experience troubleshooting production issues, optimizing performance, and improving service stability, with the ability to use logs, metrics, and debugging tools to identify problems.
• Strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills, with the ability to independently deliver modules, participate in code reviews, and share knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing operation and maintenance of game backend services and core modules.
• Design and implement game business logic, service APIs, and internal tools to support systems such as player data, game progression, items, quests, and events.
• Design database schemas, caching, and message processing workflows focusing on data consistency, API performance, and service reliability.
• Collaborate with the client team to define API protocols, data formats, error handling, and version compatibility for reliable integration.
• Analyze production logs, metrics, and incidents to resolve performance bottlenecks and contribute to capacity assessments and release readiness.
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and development of engineering standards to improve code quality and testing.
• Collaborate with product managers, game designers, QA, operations engineers, and other teams to break down requirements and drive issues to resolution.

Skills

Go

Java

C++

Python

C#

Data structures

Databases

SQL

Debugging

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering or related

3+ years backend development experience

Tools

Linux

Cloud platforms

Containerization

CI/CD

Monitoring

Job description

First Fun is seeking an experienced backend developer to own design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing operation of core game backend services. You will implement game logic, APIs, and internal tools to support player data, progression, items, quests, and events.

You will design scalable database schemas, caching, and messaging workflows while collaborating across teams to ensure reliable integration, performance, and resilience of production services.