Remote Server Software Engineer

Salary: £57,000 - 97,000 per year

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience with Java
• Strong project management skills
• Demonstrable experience within Minecraft
• Microphone for use with TeamSpeak
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills

Responsibilities

• Join our Server Internals development team
• Maintain and improve our custom, cleanroom Minecraft: Bedrock Edition compatible server stack for The Hive and SkyBlock: Horizons
• Work with our server stack written in Java 21
• Contribute as a self-motivated team member with strong project management skills

Technologies

• Hive
• Java

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We are Hive Games, a UK-based studio creating interactive content for established games. We operate The Hive, the largest Minecraft: Bedrock Edition server with millions of monthly players, and as a Microsoft Vendor and Minecraft Partner, we contribute directly to the Minecraft franchise through projects like Chunker World Converter. We are also developing SkyBlock: Horizons, an ambitious open-world MMORPG coming to Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. We are an established company founded in 2013 with 8M+ monthly active users, and we offer a small, agile, global team with a flexible remote work environment, full-time hours, and a stable team with strong tenure. We also provide generous time off and fair sick leave policies for UK applicants.

last updated 28 week of 2026