Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Salary: £51,000 - 91,000 per year

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
• Experience building a CI/CD pipeline to validate and test code
• Awareness of security/cheating implications of technology choices
• Experience using Gen AI for code generation
• Demonstrable database experience with both SQL and NoSQL
• Understanding of how a backend service integrates with the game - experience with Unreal or Unity would be useful but not required
• Experience with high-scale distributed applications with a concurrent user base ranging in the hundreds of thousands, with high uptime, and performant services
• An understanding of how to use LLMs to process and query structured and unstructured data

Responsibilities

• Individual contribution: construct systems, write code, deployments, etc.
• Work with the team lead and stakeholders to estimate and prioritise work
• Work alongside peers to iterate on solutions that fit requirements
• Keep the project lead and producer apprised of revised estimates and delivery times
• Promote and maintain high standards and process: tests, CI/CD, documentation
• Help and support team members in day-to-day work
• Understand, maintain and expand existing code and develop new features or systems

Technologies

• AI
• AWS
• Azure
• Backend
• C#
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Docker
• Git
• Golang
• Support
• Java
• Kotlin
• Kubernetes
• Mobile
• NoSQL
• Python
• React
• SQL
• Security
• Terraform
• Unity
• Unreal
• Web
• microservices
• NodeJS
• GameDev
• DevOps
• GitHub

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We at The Multiplayer Group (MPG) create world-class multiplayer experiences through Co-Dev and Full-Dev partnerships. We have a people-first culture, a diverse global team, and a welcoming, flexible work environment with teams spread worldwide and a strong emphasis on connection both online and in person. Giving back is central to who we are, with a focus on local communities, education, and sustainability. This is a fully remote Senior Backend Engineer role for candidates based in the UK or EU, working within a team of backend engineers across MPG on industry-leading game projects and an internal tool used across the company. We offer flexible working, support and wellbeing benefits, private medical insurance, a strong pension and life cover, generous holiday and a paid winter break, volunteering days, family-friendly parental leave, and an annual learning and development budget with expert talks, game jams, and mentoring opportunities.

last updated 28 week of 2026