Principal Backend Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Contribute individually by architecting systems, writing code, and managing deployments.

• Serve as the engineering liaison between MPG and the client, collaborating closely with the Project Manager and Engineering Leadership.

• Transform client requirements into actionable tasks for yourself and your team.

• Make informed design decisions based on performance, timelines, and budget constraints.

• Guide and assign tasks to team members to foster their development as engineers.

• Develop cost estimates for online services based on anticipated concurrent user volumes.

• Promote engineering best practices across teams, focusing on modular design, code quality, and testing.

• Collaborate with the Lead and Production teams to communicate risks, advantages, and future project plans.

• Actively mentor the engineering team toward achieving professional certifications (e.g., AWS Certification) and technical leadership roles.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in game development with a track record of launching multiple live games (or similar products) with a significant concurrent user base.

• Demonstrated expertise in architecting distributed applications accommodating a high number of concurrent users (hundreds of thousands), ideally evidenced by a released title or comprehensive load tests.

• Production experience in at least one of the following languages: Java, Golang, C#, C++, Kotlin; familiarity with Python, Node.js, and React is a plus.

• Strong database skills, proficient in both SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Proven experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure; an AWS Certification at the Professional level is a plus.

• Demonstrated ability to build backend infrastructure utilizing infrastructure as code tools, such as Terraform.

• Proven experience in using Kubernetes and Docker to develop scalable products.

• Capability to autonomously architect and design online services based on specifications.

• Ability to manage changes calmly and handle multiple potentially confidential information pieces.

• Exceptional time management skills and the ability to work independently.

• Strong and effective communicator, able to discuss technical strategies with non-technical stakeholders and adjust to client requirements.

• Experience in creating CI/CD pipelines from scratch or enhancing existing client solutions.

• Awareness of the security and cheating implications related to technology choices.

• Familiarity with using Gen AI for code generation.

• **Beneficial**

• In-depth knowledge in at least one key area of backend technology, such as DevOps, Microservices, or Cloud Architecture.

• Understanding of backend service integration with games; experience with Unreal or Unity is beneficial but not mandatory.

• Knowledge of utilizing LLMs to process and query both structured and unstructured data.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working: Remote-friendly long before it became standard, with core hours that balance work and personal life.

• Support & wellbeing: Access to mental health first-aiders, therapy and coaching through Myndup, along with private medical insurance to ensure your health and support.

• Pension & life cover: A robust pension plan and life insurance to secure your future and protect your family.

• Time for you: A minimum of 25 days’ holiday, a paid winter break, and 3 volunteering days each year to support causes you care about.

• Parental leave: Family-oriented policies that provide flexibility and balance for parents and caregivers.

• Levelling up: An annual learning and development budget, expert talks, game jams, and mentoring opportunities to enhance your skills and career.