Backend Engineer

At The Multiplayer Group (MPG), we create world-class multiplayer experiences through Co-Dev and Full-Dev partnerships. Our people-first culture supports a diverse, global team in a welcoming and flexible work environment. With teams spread worldwide, we prioritise connection—both online and in person. Giving back is central to who we are, with a focus on local communities, education, and sustainability.

We are looking for a deeply talented, fully remote Senior Backend Engineer. You’ll be UK or EU based and you’ll be working in a team of backend engineers across MPG. We deliver, deploy and help integrate backend services alongside external co-dev clients as part of industry leading game projects, and collaborate to define solutions and implement features on time and to a high standard. 

We’re also growing our pool of AWS Certified engineers - and we encourage you to study for the certification using your Learning & Development budget when you join us.

Requirements

• Experience in game development and having worked on at least two game titles in a commercial setting developing server backends for AAA games, free-to-play (mobile) games, casino apps or similar 

• Experience releasing at least two backend services with a large number of concurrent users

• Production experience with at least one of Java, Golang, C#, C++, Kotlin; experience with Python, Node.js and React is desirable

• Experience with 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

• Ability to create supporting documentation, designs, comments, etc

• Ability to discuss technical and production matters 

• Excellent time management and ability to work autonomously

• Experience building distributed applications

• 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 

• 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