Senior Backend Developer

4 weeks ago

Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom Aardvark Swift Recruitment Ltd Full time
Senior Backend Developer

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.

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
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Health insurance for you and your family
  • Life insurance
  • Pension
  • Wellbeing perks
  • Employee discounts package
  • Social events

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