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Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

World MakersCambridge, United Kingdom
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

We are a dynamic video game startup based in Cambridge, UK, dedicated to creating immersive and innovative gaming experiences. We are seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure) to join our team and help us develop and maintain our cutting-edge game technologies and systems.

At World Makers, a Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure) will have the opportunity to work on the backend systems and infrastructure that powers our online multiplayer games. This includes developing microservices and cutting-edge distributed systems, developing infrastructure as code pipelines, and deploying services to be used by millions of players worldwide.

Whilst we believe in-person collaboration is important and to be encouraged, this can be a remote role for the ideal candidate.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain and optimise services and distributed systems that are used by thousands of concurrent users on both cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
  • Develop and manage new features throughout their entire lifecycle, from initial concept to final release.
  • Develop and maintain systems to handle and analyse millions of daily user events for anticheat and analytics purposes.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure as code pipelines and systems.
  • Work effectively with other game development disciplines, including art and design.
  • Contribute to and drive new technical architecture and design.

Requirements

  • 5+ years professional experience in software development.
  • Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals.
  • Experience shipping code to a production environment.
  • Experience working on microservices and distributed systems.
  • Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience working on cloud platforms such as AWS / GCP / Azure and working with infrastructure as code tools such as AWS CDK and Terraform.
  • Experience running and deploying software on GNU / Linux or BSD-derived systems.
  • Experience using version control software (e.g. Git / P4)
  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
  • Bonus Skills

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Experience working on and shipping live service games.
  • Experience working on Spring Boot projects.
  • Experience deploying software / services on Kubernetes.
  • Experience working with Apache Spark and Iceberg.
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