We’re working with a well-established game development studio based in Guildford as they recruit for a Senior Backend Programmer to work on a new unannounced AAA project.

With a leadership team of industry veterans, the studio is building a strong, positive culture in an ultramodern studio space in Guildford, with a world-class team who are about to embark on an exciting project.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will report to the Lead Backend Programmer and handle designing and developing scalable and robust systems to support the studio's new free-to-play game being made in Unreal Engine.

Your responsibilities…

• Design and build scalable and robust systems to enable and support the game

• Collaborate with other stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements

• Mentor junior team members

• Contribute to the development of deployment infrastructure

• Work closely with fellow devs and producers

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role…

• Experienced in designing and developing microservice architectures for scalable, maintainable backend systems

• Proficiency in Kotlin, including familiarity with Spring Boot or similar frameworks

• Solid understanding of RDBMS and NoSQL databases

• Experience with real-time communication protocols (e.g., WebSockets, gRPC) and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)

• Expertise in test-driven development with a focus on high-quality outcomes

• Experience developing game backend architectures (state management, real-time player interactions, high load), including systems that support matchmaking, leaderboards, in-game economies, etc.

• Strong independence, analytical abilities, and a sense of ownership

• Proven track record of delivering highly scalable systems into production

• Excellent communication skills in English

• Experience with Unreal Engine is a plus but not essential

Perks and benefits include...

• 25 days annual leave

• Health insurance for you and your family

• Life insurance

• Pension

• Wellbeing perks

• Employee discounts package

• Social events