You’ll be working in a team of backend engineers across MPG. We deliver, deploy and help integrate backend services alongside external co-dev clients as part of industry leading game projects, and collaborate to define solutions and implement features on time and to a high standard.
We’re also developing an internal tool used across MPG, as well as growing our pool of AWS Certified engineers – both of which you will be involved with when you join us.
What you'll be doing:
Individual contribution: construct systems, write code, deployments, etc.
Work with the team lead and stakeholders to estimate and prioritise work
Work alongside peers to iterate on solutions that fit requirements
Keep the project lead and producer apprised of revised estimates and delivery times
Promote high standards and process: tests, CI/CD, documentation
Help and support team members in day-to-day work
Understand, maintain and expand existing code and develop new features or systems
What we'll need from you:
Experience in game development and having worked on at least one game title in a commercial setting developing server backends for AAA games, free-to-play (mobile) games, casino apps or similar, with a large number of concurrent users
Production experience with at least one of Java, Golang, C#, C++, Kotlin
Experience with one or more cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure; having an AWS Certification (Associate or above) would be advantageous
Experience with infrastructure as code tools, e.g. Terraform
Demonstrable database experience with both SQL and NoSQL
Experience building distributed applications
Experience with Git or Perforce, or other source control software
Ability to adapt to new tools, languages, and concepts as required by the project
Knowledge of Microservices and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), especially Kubernetes and Docker
Have used or built a CI/CD pipeline to validate and test code
An understanding of how to use LLMs to process and query structured and unstructured data
Experience using Gen AI for code generation
Ability to create supporting documentation, designs, comments, etc
Excellent time management and ability to work autonomously
Attention to detail with ability to comprehend and follow direction
Clear communicator with the ability to verbalise conceptual thoughts and the willingness to accept constructive critique
