Software Engineer – Backend Services
Climax Studios
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Individual contribution: construct systems, write code, deployments, etc.
- Work with the team lead and stakeholders to estimate and prioritise work
- Work alongside peers to iterate on solutions that fit requirements
- Keep the project lead and producer apprised of revised estimates and delivery times
- Champion and maintain high standards and process: tests, CI/CD, documentation
- Help and support team members in day-to-day work
- Understand, maintain and expand existing code and develop new features or systems
Requirements
- Experience in game development and having worked on at least one game title in a commercial setting developing server backends for AAA games, free-to-play (mobile) games, casino apps or similar, with a large number of concurrent users
- Production experience with at least one of Java, Golang, C#, C++, Kotlin
- Experience with one or more cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure; having an AWS Certification (Associate or above) would be advantageous
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools, e.g. Terraform
- Strong database experience with both SQL and NoSQL
- Experience building distributed applications
- Experience with Git or Perforce, or other source control software
- Ability to adapt to new tools, languages, and concepts as required by the project
- Knowledge of Microservices and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), especially Kubernetes and Docker
- Have used or built a CI/CD pipeline to validate and test code
- An understanding of how to use LLMs to process and query structured and unstructured data
- Experience using Gen AI for code generation
- Ability to independently create supporting documentation, designs, comments, etc
- Excellent time management and ability to work independently
- Attention to detail with ability to comprehend and follow direction
- Clear communicator with the ability to verbalise conceptual thoughts and the willingness to accept constructive critique.
Benefits
- Flexible working: Remote-friendly long before it was the norm, with core hours that support both great work and real life.
- Support & wellbeing: Mental health first-aiders, therapy and coaching via Myndup, plus private medical insurance to help you stay healthy and supported.
- Pension & life cover: A strong pension plan and life insurance to support your future and protect your family.
- Time for you: Minimum 25 days’ holiday, a paid winter break, and 3 volunteering days each year to give back to causes you care about.
- Parental leave: Family-first policies that support parents and caregivers with flexibility and balance.
- Levelling up: Annual L&D budget, expert talks, game jams, and mentoring opportunities to help you grow your skills and career.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaGolangC#C++KotlinSQLNoSQLTerraformMicroservicesKubernetes
Soft Skills
time managementindependenceattention to detailclear communicationadaptabilityteam supportconstructive critiquedocumentationproblem-solvingcollaboration
Certifications
AWS Certification