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Backend Server Engineer (MMORPG) - GCP

1 hour, 38 minutes ago
United Kingdom
Contract
Senior
Backend Engineer
Software Development
Grafana Helm Kafka Kubernetes Microservices MongoDB PostgreSQL Prometheus Redis Terraform WebSockets
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SpiderWares

SpiderWares

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Description

  • Build, optimize, and scale backend services for real-time multiplayer gameplay.
  • Manage deployments and autoscaling for stateful game servers using GKE, Helm, and Kubernetes.
  • Improve observability through monitoring dashboards, alerting, and incident response.
  • Scale MongoDB and PostgreSQL under high concurrent load.
  • Optimize Kafka event streaming for player actions, game state, and service communication.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks before they affect players.
  • Improve resilience and prevent cascading failures across services.
  • Collaborate on architectural decisions with a small senior engineering team.

Requirements

  • Hands-on production experience with Kubernetes, ideally GKE.
  • Experience scaling distributed systems under load.
  • Experience with at least some of MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, or pub/sub systems.
  • Comfort with monitoring stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, or equivalent.
  • Infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform or Helm.
  • Self-directed working style.
  • GitHub or LinkedIn portfolio.
  • Experience with game backends or real-time multiplayer systems (preferred).
  • Experience with stateful server architectures or dedicated game servers (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Istio service mesh (preferred).
  • Experience with custom game server orchestration on Kubernetes (preferred).
  • Previous work at a game studio, especially on live service or MMO titles (preferred).

Benefits

  • 100% remote work with significant overlap to UK GMT/BST hours.
  • Contract role initially for 4–8 weeks, with extension likely post-launch.
  • Full-time preferred, with flexibility for exceptional candidates.
  • Competitive salary or monthly rate.
  • Join a close-knit indie team of 25.
  • Play a key role in building a major virtual world for millions of players.

Interested in this position?

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