Server Engineer - Early Career

First Fun; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

First Fun in Singapore invites fresh graduates to join our backend team to design and implement game server features. You will contribute to server-side services, APIs, databases, and tools that power players, items, quests, and events.

As a new engineer, you will collaborate with client engineers, game designers, QA, and other teams, participate in code reviews, and learn cloud workflows and AI-assisted tools to improve code quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/SE/IT or related field; fresh graduates welcome.
• Solid fundamentals; familiar with at least one language among Go, Java, C++, Python, or C#.
• SQL basics and relational databases; familiarity with caching or message queues preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of game server features, completing module development and bug fixes with guidance from the team.
• Develop backend services, APIs, and internal tools based on product and gameplay requirements to support game features such as player systems, items, quests, and events.
• Assist with implementing data exchange between the client and server, including API integration testing, data validation, and error handling.
• Write clear, maintainable code, follow team standards, and participate in code reviews, testing, and technical documentation maintenance.
• Assist with troubleshooting server-side operational issues, with a focus on API responses, logs, database access, and basic service stability.
• Collaborate with client engineers, game designers, QA, and other engineering teams to understand requirements and clearly communicate development progress and risks.
• Proactively learn backend technologies, cloud development workflows, and AI-assisted tools to continuously improve code quality and engineering efficiency.

Skills

Fresh graduate

Go / Java / C++ / Python / C#

SQL basics

Data structures & algorithms

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT

Tools

Go

Java

C++

Python

C#

SQL

Job description

• Participate in the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of game server features, completing module development and bug fixes with guidance from the team.
• Develop backend services, APIs, and internal tools based on product and gameplay requirements to support game features such as player systems, items, quests, and events.
• Assist with implementing data exchange between the client and server, including API integration testing, data validation, and error handling.
• Write clear, maintainable code, follow team standards, and participate in code reviews, testing, and technical documentation maintenance.
• Assist with troubleshooting server-side operational issues, with a focus on API responses, logs, database access, and basic service stability.
• Collaborate with client engineers, game designers, QA, and other engineering teams to understand requirements and clearly communicate development progress and risks.
• Proactively learn backend technologies, cloud development workflows, and AI-assisted tools to continuously improve code quality and engineering efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline. This role is intended for fresh graduates.
• Strong software development fundamentals, with familiarity with at least one of Go, Java, C++, Python, or C#.
• Understanding of foundational concepts in data structures, algorithms, databases, computer networks, and operating systems.
• Ability to use SQL for basic data queries and an understanding of relational databases; familiarity with caching or message queues is preferred.
• Understanding of common network protocols such as HTTP and TCP/IP, with the ability to use logs and debugging tools to analyze basic service issues.
• An interest in software development and the gaming industry, with strong communication and analytical skills and a collaborative mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience through a backend development internship, coursework project, open-source contribution, or personal server-side project.
• Familiarity with Linux, cloud platforms, containers, caching, message queues, or common web service frameworks.
• Experience using coding assistants, automated testing tools, or other AI development tools, with the ability to verify the correctness of generated code.

Why Join Us

You will contribute to the development and iteration of game server features, collaborating with client engineers, game designers, and QA to turn game requirements into stable, functional production services while gaining engineering experience on real projects.