Senior Network Platform Engineer – Remote Live Backend

Turtle Rock Studios, Inc.; California; Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

Retirement plan matching

Flexible work arrangements - In-House,

Hybrid and Remote options

Generous time off

Company events

Fully stocked kitchen

Job summary

Turtle Rock Studios, based in Orange County, CA, is seeking a Senior Network Platform Engineer to build and operate the online infrastructure behind our next AAA title. This hands-on role lets you own backend distributed systems, shape technical direction, and mentor engineers while working in a flexible North America arrangement including in-studio, hybrid, or remote options.

You’ll design and operate large-scale services, integrate cloud APIs, optimize costs, and collaborate with stakeholders

Qualifications

• 5+ years in backend, network, or distributed systems.
• Proficiency with databases and caching layers.
• Strong Linux and command-line skills.
• Security mindset across layers (network, code, DB).
• Good collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems.
• Own the shipping lifecycle for services in production.
• Integrate external APIs and cloud platforms.
• Analyze and optimize platform costs from design to production.
• Help guide engineering standards, practices, and runbooks.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in on-call support.
• Collaborate with cross-team stakeholders to land new features.
• Play the game.

Skills

Backend engineering

Kotlin / JVM

Database experience

Concurrency & async

Linux CLI

Networking fundamentals

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Turtle Rock Studios, based in Orange County, CA, is seeking a Senior Network Platform Engineer to build and operate the online infrastructure behind our next AAA title. This hands-on role lets you own backend distributed systems, shape technical direction, and mentor engineers while working in a flexible North America arrangement including in-studio, hybrid, or remote options.

You’ll design and operate large-scale services, integrate cloud APIs, optimize costs, and collaborate with stakeholders