Server Engineering Lead

Frontier Developments

Server Engineering Lead for developing online experiences with a focus on high quality game performance at Frontier. Overseeing a team while engaging in programming and system administration tasks.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeCambridge • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsFirewallsLinuxOpen SourcePHPPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading the development of major game features and systems
Contributing technically through hands-on programming, systems administration, and wider technical responsibilities
Managing and mentoring developers, providing feedback and guiding them with their documentation
Designing and implementing systems using clean, maintainable, and well‑documented code
Collaborating with project leadership and production to define the contents for key deliverables and milestones, and working with stakeholders to deliver the technical and creative vision for the project
Maintaining secure and reliable online services across cloud and on‑prem environments
Developing and supporting tools that enable non‑technical teams to create content and manage the game’s online services effectively.
Contributing to operational incident response during core hours, with additional participation in evening and weekend on‑call support as required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience of object-oriented programming in a dynamically typed script-based language, such as PHP, Python or Typescript
A genuine passion for video games.
A track record in the development of quality high performance, high availability server systems
Safely and confidently navigate a mature codebase, bringing clarity, structure, and engineering judgement to complex systems
Extensive experience in developing distributed systems with open source components such as databases, caches, firewalls, load balancers and networks.
Experience of Linux systems administration
Expertise in people management and leadership skills with a passion for developing individuals and teams.
A history of handling the non-coding technical aspects of development, such as branch management, TRC analysis, bug/crash triaging, and so forth.
A proactive approach to collaborative learning and knowledge sharing with colleagues.

Benefits

Comp & perks

success-based annual bonus
share option schemes
life assurance
private family healthcare
flexitime working hours
enhanced maternity/paternity leave
in-house subsidised catering
support with relocation
Cycle to Work scheme
free bike servicing
social activities and events

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Hard Skills & Tools

object-oriented programmingPHPPythonTypescripthigh performance server systemshigh availability server systemsdistributed systemsLinux systems administrationbranch managementbug triaging

Soft Skills

people managementleadershipmentoringcollaborative learningknowledge sharingfeedback provisionguidanceproactive approach