Senior Backend Engineer

ProjectOverview:High-concurrency,low-latencymultiplayergamebackend.Cross-platform infrastructure demanding real-time synchronization and robust persistence.

CoreMandate:Definethedistributedarchitecturestrategy.Youareresponsibleforensuring independentscalabilityacrossdiversecomputelayerswhileprotectingcoredatabasesunder extreme load.

Key Responsibilities:

DistributedSystems:Designandtunedecoupledcomputelayerstoseamlesslyhandle stateless HTTPAPIs, stateful WebSockets, and UDP gameplay.

Real-TimeConnectivity:Managepersistent,long-livedconnectionstodrivelow-latency features like live matchmaking, presence tracking, and social interactions.

AsynchronousPipelines:Architectscalable,event-drivenqueueingmodelstoactas shock absorbers for massive end-of-match write spikes before database insertion.

InfrastructureOrchestration:Handlethesecureintegrationandtokenhandoffsforedge- deployed dedicated game servers, alongside managing high-speed, isolated caching clusters.

Requirements:

BackendSpecialist:Proventrackrecordofdevelopinghigh-throughputmicroservices using performance-oriented languages (like Golang).

Data Protection: Deep understanding of connection pooling and multiplexing strategies to protect relational databases from connection exhaustion during high concurrency events. ArchitecturalAgility:Abilitytoevaluatetechnicalblueprintsandadaptcomputeworkloads

based on real-world needs (e.g., dynamically migrating core matchmaking logic to

asynchronous workers as complexity grows).

CloudIntegration:Comfortabledeployingstandardapplicationcomputeonmanaged container services and utilizing distributed tracing for infrastructure observability.

Minimum5yearsexperience:Atleastoneshippedmultiplayertitlewithaheavyemphasis on real-time state management and distributed services architecture.