Remote Lead Game Services Engineer

Game Companies; San Mateo (CA); Remote; USD 169,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Game Companies in California seeks a Lead Game Services Engineer to lead the backend engineering team, own the architecture of studio-hosted services, and drive large-scale live-service solutions. You will manage engineers across US and EU studios and guide critical backend decisions.

This role is based in San Mateo, California and is open to fully remote candidates. You will collaborate with the Director - Online Services to align service strategy with game roadmaps and ensure reliable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of server-side development experience and a relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Led or managed backend engineers on a shipped AAA title, preferably live-service or competitive multiplayer.
• Fluent in C#, proficient in Python or Go.
• Strong grasp of distributed systems, concurrency and scalable service design.
• Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or DocumentDB, and Redis.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend engineering team: 1:1s, goals, performance feedback, and hiring.
• Plan backend work: backlog, estimates, sprint priorities for online services roadmap.
• Set engineering standards for code review, testing, documentation and on-call readiness.

Skills

C#

Python

Go

Distributed systems

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Unreal Engine

MongoDB

DocumentDB

Job description

Game Companies in California seeks a Lead Game Services Engineer to lead the backend engineering team, own the architecture of studio-hosted services, and drive large-scale live-service solutions. You will manage engineers across US and EU studios and guide critical backend decisions.

This role is based in San Mateo, California and is open to fully remote candidates. You will collaborate with the Director - Online Services to align service strategy with game roadmaps and ensure reliable