Principal Online Architect
21 days ago
Build A Rocket Boy is looking a Principal Online Architect to oversee and drive the architecture, scalability, and operational excellence of our online gaming infrastructure. This crucial role requires a blend of architectural, technical/engineering and leadership experience to help guide our engineering teams towards delivering a robust, scalable online platform.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in architecting, developing and running high-volume live services within the gaming industry or similar high-demand environments.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee and drive the architecture and infrastructure of our online gaming platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability
- Work with engineering and liveops teams across back-end, full-stack, and DevOps to ensure the platform is ready for launch with millions of players
- Drive the adoption of best practices in cloud architecture, live service operations, and disaster recovery
- A mixture of archictural and hands-on engineering
Requirements:
- Deep experience in AWS or comparable cloud services, with a strong understanding of cloud architecture, services, and operational best practices.
- Proven track record of managing and scaling high-traffic online services (1000s requests per second) in a live environment.
- Experience in Go programming, with familiarity in Node.js preferred.
- Strong understanding of network architecture, security principles, and performance optimization.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and inspire a diverse team of engineers towards achieving ambitious goals
- Excellent problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving potential issues before they arise.
- Strong communication skills, capable of engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively.
Our Global Benefits & Perks
- Unlimited coaching & therapy — with Oliva, to support your mental health
- Stock Options — everyone owns a piece of our success
- Compassionate Leave — regardless of who it is, whether you’ve miscarried, or a lost a pet, you don’t need to tell us why
- Caregiver Leave — up to 5 days each year to support your loved ones
- Pension scheme — to finance those golden years
- Socials —office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties
- And even more benefits based on your location!
If you’re based in the UK
- 29 Annual Leave + 3 bank holidays - we’re flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what’s important to you
- Long Service Days - 2 extra days added on your 2nd & 4th anniversaries with us.
- Private Medical Insurance - full cover with AXA
- Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash
- Enhanced Family Leave after 2 years' service - Primary caregivers; 13 weeks full pay, 13 weeks half pay, Secondary caregivers; 2 weeks full pay
- Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too!
- Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Please note: Our benefits are reviewed annually and subject to change.
About us
Build A Rocket Boy is developing EVERYWHERE; an experience with a breadth of unimaginable gameplay adventure.
We are a mix of industry leading veterans whose credits include some of the best selling and most loved games of all time. We’re a creative digital entertainment studio with an open and progressive methodology, dedicated to delivering games of the highest calibre possible.
If you want to feel comfortable, inspired, and appreciated in your work pursuits then come join us. We have offices in Edinburgh, Budapest and can consider WFH candidates for specific roles.