Senior Backend Developer

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join us on an exciting new party title. This is a fantastic opportunity play a significant role in the cutting-edge development of new multiplayer experiences.

You will be responsible for the design and implementation of server powered gameplay features using proprietary server technologies for an Unreal Engine title. The implementations will be a mixture of client and server side, building new server APIs and consuming them within the game.

You will be expected to clearly explain the challenges and opportunities the online services platforms provide to help tech and design teams build robust, secure, and engaging experiences.

You will be helped in this and report to the Lead Programmer on the Development Team.

Within this role you will:

• Work closely with Code Leadership to plan, estimate, and write high-quality robust services and game features.
• Work with the publisher specifying requirements, investigating their technology, and troubleshooting problems.
• Use a wide variety of proprietary server technologies to develop solutions on top of.
• Write technical proposals clearly explaining your ideas and considering potential challenges and alternative approaches.
• Work with designers and gameplay programmers to design and build new server powered gameplay features.
• Liaise with developers from other companies to solve challenging problems affecting multiple titles.
• Document your work including new processes and newly created APIs.
• Contribute to regular code reviews, championing code quality and best practices.

We need you to have:

• Solid understanding of how online services are architected, built, and deployed including the frontend, backend, and DevOps.
• Experience with developing multiplayer game features such as matchmaking, parties, metagame progression systems, commerce, etc.
• Experience with developing and consuming online REST APIs.
• Experience with one or more database systems including their scalability and data integrity concerns.
• Be receptive to critical feedback, evolving designs and iteration.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Initiative.
• Willingness to learn new programming languages and technologies.
• Desire to solve problems, including in other people’s code.
• Knowledge of C++.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of Go and C#.
• Professional experience releasing multiplayer titles on console platforms (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch).
• Unreal Engine experience.
• Familiarity with application containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Familiarity with Cloud Hosting (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.)

What we offer:

• PixelAnt Games aims to foster a workplace environment that empowers our team to do their best creative work. Below is a list of the benefits we offer to ensure you reach your full potential. As we continue to grow, we are co-creating more values-driven benefits to support our team, which include:
• A values-driven culture with direct access to leadership
• Competitive salary - regularly benchmarked across the games industry
• Contract of Employment or B2B contract
• Fully transparent Annual Bonus Plan for everyone
• My Pathway - a Career Development Program to provide a clear path for you to grow
• 5 paid Learning Days a year for self-development
• Access to 4,000 Udemy Courses, GDC Vault and Gnomon platform
• Flexible working hours (our core business hours are 10:00 – 15:00 CET)
• Team-driven initiatives (team-building events, charity engagement)
• Development initiatives (Game Jams, mentor's support)
• The best working tools of your choosing - a powerful workstation or a top gaming laptop
• Possibility to join Prism – Sumo's Employee Diversity Group
• An annual game pass of your choice
• Quality merch you're going to LOVE!

Can you spare us another 30 seconds?

Great, let's talk about ourselves quickly. We're ambitious game enthusiasts who are well prepared to both have fun and work hard. We aim high, but we do not lose ourselves in the pursuit of success and further achievements. We love to learn! And over the years in the industry, we have learned that the best games are created by qualified, rested, treated with respect game developers.

Importantly, our work culture has been built on the basis of specific, true (and respected by us) values. The most important of these is "We never lie", so you can be sure that we have not overdone this announcement. We play by our own rules and we make games that we would like to play ourselves. We combine the game development world with best software delivery practices to make it more predictable and reliable. All this helps us to bring fun back to game development! Will you help us?

Where do we stand on diversity?

We hope to bring together a diverse team of people with various backgrounds and experiences, who will bring broader ideas, new perspectives, and different solutions to our table. Whoever you are, feel welcome and encouraged to apply.