Server Engineering Lead

Leading the development of major game features and systems

Contribut ing technically through hands-on programming, systems administration, and wider technical responsibilities

Managing and mentoring developers , providing feedback and guiding them with their documentation

Designing and implementing systems using clean , maintainable, and well ‑ documented code

Collaborating with project leadership and production to define the contents for key deliverables and milestones , and working with stakeholders to deliver the technical and creative vision for the project

Maintain ing secure and reliable online services across cloud and on ‑ prem environments

Develop ing and support ing tools that enable non ‑ technical teams to create content and manage the game’s online services effectively.

Contribut ing to operational incident response during core hours, with additional participation in evening and weekend on ‑ call support as required .

Extensive experience of object-oriented programming in a dynamically typed script-based language, such as PHP, Python or Typescript

A genuine passion for video games.

A tr ack record in the development of quality high perfo rmance, hig h availability server systems

Safely and confidently navigate a mature codebase, bringing clarity, structure, and engineering judgement to complex systems

Exten sive experience in developing distributed systems with open source components such as databases, caches, firewalls, load balancers and networks.

Experience of Linux systems administration

Expertise in people management and leadership skills with a passion for developing individuals and teams.

A history of handling the non-coding technical aspects of development, such as branch management, TRC analysis, bug/crash triaging, and so forth.

A proactive approach to collaborative learning and knowledge sharing with colleagues.