Soulbound

• Build and manage a dedicated Japanese channels on our Discord server from scratch, including channel structure, roles, bots, and moderation • Develop a Japanese community growth strategy targeting MMO players, guild leaders, and content creators • Identify, reach out to, and build relationships with Japanese YouTubers, streamers, and content creators who cover MMOs, pixel art games, or cozy games • Engage with Japanese gaming communities on platforms like Twitter/X (JP gaming Twitter is massive), Niconico, YouTube, and 5ch/game forums • Work with Japanese MMO guilds to bring organised groups into Soulbound. Understand how JP guild culture differs from Western guild culture and leverage that • Localise community announcements, patch notes, and event communications. Not machine translation. Native-level writing that feels right to a Japanese audience • Run community events tailored to Japanese player culture (housing contests, guild showcases, seasonal events that resonate locally) • Prepare weekly reports on Japanese community sentiment, growth metrics, content creator pipeline, and cultural insights the team should know about • Act as the cultural advisor to the wider team on anything related: what resonates, what doesn't, how to avoid missteps • Coordinate with our Community Director on cross-community events and consistent messaging

Role Description We're looking for someone to build our Japanese community from the ground up. Japan has one of the deepest MMO cultures on the planet, and we want someone who lives and breathes it. You'll be responsible for establishing Soulbound's presence in the Japanese market: - Managing a dedicated Japanese Discord channel - Building relationships with Japanese content creators and guilds - Localising our community voice (not just translating, making it feel native) - Becoming the bridge between our global team and Japanese speaking players What You'll Do - Build and manage a dedicated Japanese channel on our Discord server from scratch, including channel structure, roles, bots, and moderation - Develop a Japanese community growth strategy targeting MMO players, guild leaders, and content creators - Identify, reach out to, and build relationships with Japanese YouTubers, streamers, and content creators who cover MMOs, pixel art games, or cozy games - Engage with Japanese gaming communities on platforms like Twitter/X, Niconico, YouTube, and 5ch/game forums - Work with Japanese MMO guilds to bring organised groups into Soulbound - Localise community announcements, patch notes, and event communications - Run community events tailored to Japanese player culture - Prepare weekly reports on Japanese community sentiment, growth metrics, content creator pipeline, and cultural insights - Act as the cultural advisor to the wider team on anything related - Coordinate with our Community Director on cross-community events and consistent messaging Requirements - Native-level Japanese (reading, writing, speaking). Non-negotiable. - Fluent English (professional working proficiency minimum). - Deep personal experience with MMOs. - Understanding of the Japanese gaming content creator landscape. - Experience with Japanese online communities. - Knowledge of Japanese guild culture in MMOs. - Self-starter. Bonus Points - Previous community management experience at a game studio. - Existing relationships with Japanese gaming content creators. - Understanding of Japan's content creator agency landscape. - Played FFXIV, PSO2, Dragon Quest X, or other JP-heavy MMOs extensively. - Can create short-form video content in Japanese. - Experience localising gaming content.

Role Description We're looking for someone to build our Japanese community from the ground up. Japan has one of the deepest MMO cultures on the planet, and we want someone who lives and breathes it. You'll be responsible for establishing Soulbound's presence in the Japanese market: - Managing a dedicated Japanese Discord channel - Building relationships with Japanese content creators and guilds - Localising our community voice (not just translating, making it feel native) - Becoming the bridge between our global team and Japanese speaking players What You'll Do - Build and manage a dedicated Japanese channels on our Discord server from scratch, including channel structure, roles, bots, and moderation - Develop a Japanese community growth strategy targeting MMO players, guild leaders, and content creators - Identify, reach out to, and build relationships with Japanese YouTubers, streamers, and content creators who cover MMOs, pixel art games, or cozy games - Engage with Japanese gaming communities on platforms like Twitter/X, Niconico, YouTube, and 5ch/game forums - Work with Japanese MMO guilds to bring organised groups into Soulbound - Localise community announcements, patch notes, and event communications - Run community events tailored to Japanese player culture - Prepare weekly reports on Japanese community sentiment, growth metrics, content creator pipeline, and cultural insights - Act as the cultural advisor to the wider team - Coordinate with our Community Director on cross-community events and consistent messaging Qualifications - Native-level Japanese (reading, writing, speaking). Non-negotiable. - Fluent English (professional working proficiency minimum). - Deep personal experience with MMOs. - Understanding of the Japanese gaming content creator landscape. - Experience with Japanese online communities. - Knowledge of Japanese guild culture in MMOs. - Self-starter. Bonus Points - Previous community management experience at a game studio. - Existing relationships with Japanese gaming content creators. - Understanding of Japan's content creator agency landscape. - Played FFXIV, PSO2, Dragon Quest X, or other JP-heavy MMOs extensively. - Can create short-form video content in Japanese. - Experience localising gaming content.

• Take on an existing community of 25,000+ members. • Lead and support our amazing team of moderators and community volunteers. • Oversee and manage messaging and communications across multiple platforms concerning releases, updates, and events. • Run 2-3 engaging community events like housing showcases, outfit contests, group play sessions, and screenshot challenges. • Send personalized influencer outreach emails using our templates and targets, track responses, and follow up to build meaningful relationships. • Craft and post authentic Reddit threads in communities such as r/MMORPG, r/indiegaming, r/pixelart, and r/cozygaming to spark genuine conversations. • Prepare weekly community reports highlighting top feedback themes, sentiment trends, content performance, and growth. • Manage and cultivate activity in the Community Hub. • Collaborate with established guilds on various platforms and seamlessly integrate them into Soulbound. • Develop vibrant Discord engagement loops through guilds, factions, weekly challenges, leaderboards, and rewards to deepen player connection. • Curate a steady stream of user-generated content including fan art features, housing tours, fashion spotlights, and meme roundups. • Lead a Content Creator Program offering early access and spotlight features to celebrate and empower community creators. • Act as the essential bridge to the development team by feeding in player insights and feedback to help shape the future of Soulbound. • Create a media training and vetting program for team members who are interested in having public profiles. • Take charge of our social media channels and leverage powerful tools to schedule and share compelling content. • Collaborate with talented content creators and streamers to craft captivating content, while actively championing their work across the community.

• Build, optimise, and scale backend services powering real-time multiplayer gameplay • Work with GKE, Helm, and Kubernetes to manage deployments and autoscaling for stateful game servers • Improve observability: monitoring dashboards, alerting (Prometheus/Grafana or GCP Cloud Monitoring), and incident response • Scale distributed databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL) under high concurrent load • Optimise Kafka event streaming for player actions, game state, and inter-service communication • Identify and resolve bottlenecks before they become player-facing problems • Improve resilience and prevent cascading failures across services • Collaborate on architectural decisions with a small, senior engineering team

About Us Step into the world of Soulbound, a charming pixel-art MMORPG where your adventures unfold through exploration, crafting, home-building, guild camaraderie, and fun with friends. Imagine the nostalgic social connection of classic MMOs blended with the warm embrace of modern cozy gaming, all set in a meticulously handcrafted pixel-art universe. Our passionate indie team of 20+ is gearing up for a new launch. We’re not your typical indie studio, we move quickly, place immense trust in our team, and value what you create far more than your resume. The Role We’re searching for a community champion to not just manage but ignite and nurture our player community from scratch. You’ll be the vibrant, welcoming face of Soulbound across Discord, TikTok, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, and Steam. You will work the team to develop our strategy and campaigns, and bring those plans to life: sharing compelling content, hosting exciting events, engaging with players, reaching out to influencers, and creating an unforgettable experience where everyone feels genuinely connected to this once-in-a-generation opportunity to be part of an enduring MMO as it opens its doors. This is a dynamic, hands-on role where you might find yourself logged into Discord at 9pm, spotlighting a stunning player-built home because you can’t wait to celebrate creativity in real-time. What You’ll Do - Take on an existing community of 25,000+ members. - Lead and support our amazing team of moderators and community volunteers. - Oversee and manage messaging and communications across multiple platforms concerning releases, updates, and events. - Run 2-3 engaging community events like housing showcases, outfit contests, group play sessions, and screenshot challenges. - Send personalized influencer outreach emails using our templates and targets, track responses, and follow up to build meaningful relationships. - Craft and post authentic Reddit threads in communities such as r/MMORPG, r/indiegaming, r/pixelart, and r/cozygaming to spark genuine conversations. - Prepare weekly community reports highlighting top feedback themes, sentiment trends, content performance, and growth. - Manage and cultivate activity in the Community Hub. - Collaborate with established guilds on various platforms and seamlessly integrate them into Soulbound. - Develop vibrant Discord engagement loops through guilds, factions, weekly challenges, leaderboards, and rewards to deepen player connection. - Curate a steady stream of user-generated content including fan art features, housing tours, fashion spotlights, and meme roundups. - Lead a Content Creator Program offering early access and spotlight features to celebrate and empower community creators. - Act as the essential bridge to the development team by feeding in player insights and feedback to help shape the future of Soulbound. - Create a media training and vetting program for team members who are interested in having public profiles. - Take charge of our social media channels and leverage powerful tools to schedule and share compelling content. - Collaborate with talented content creators and streamers to craft captivating content, while actively championing their work across the community.

Role Description We’re searching for a community champion to not just manage but ignite and nurture our player community from scratch. You’ll be the vibrant, welcoming face of Soulbound across Discord, TikTok, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, and Steam. You will work with the team to develop our strategy and campaigns, and bring those plans to life: - Sharing compelling content - Hosting exciting events - Engaging with players - Reaching out to influencers - Creating an unforgettable experience where everyone feels genuinely connected This is a dynamic, hands-on role where you might find yourself logged into Discord at 9pm, spotlighting a stunning player-built home because you can’t wait to celebrate creativity in real-time. Qualifications - You've played a lot of MMOs. - You've managed a Discord community of 5000+ members. - You've managed a video game community, ideally during a game launch. - You can make short-form video content. - You understand meme culture. - You're a self-starter. - You have thick skin. - You will play the game, a lot. Requirements - Take on an existing community of 25,000+ members. - Lead and support our amazing team of moderators and community volunteers. - Oversee and manage messaging and communications across multiple platforms concerning releases, updates, and events. - Run 2-3 engaging community events like housing showcases, outfit contests, group play sessions, and screenshot challenges. - Send personalized influencer outreach emails using our templates and targets, track responses, and follow up to build meaningful relationships. - Craft and post authentic Reddit threads in communities such as r/MMORPG, r/indiegaming, r/pixelart, and r/cozygaming to spark genuine conversations. - Prepare weekly community reports highlighting top feedback themes, sentiment trends, content performance, and growth. - Manage and cultivate activity in the Community Hub. - Collaborate with established guilds on various platforms and seamlessly integrate them into Soulbound. - Develop vibrant Discord engagement loops through guilds, factions, weekly challenges, leaderboards, and rewards to deepen player connection. - Curate a steady stream of user-generated content including fan art features, housing tours, fashion spotlights, and meme roundups. - Lead a Content Creator Program offering early access and spotlight features to celebrate and empower community creators. - Act as the essential bridge to the development team by feeding in player insights and feedback to help shape the future of Soulbound. - Create a media training and vetting program for team members who are interested in having public profiles. - Take charge of our social media channels and leverage powerful tools to schedule and share compelling content. - Collaborate with talented content creators and streamers to craft captivating content, while actively championing their work across the community. Benefits - Type: Full-time, contract (with view to permanent) - Location: Remote (UK timezone preferred, EU/NA overlap required) - Hours: Flexible, but expect some evening/weekend presence. Community doesn't sleep 9-5. - Compensation: competitive - Join a small, passionate indie team of 20+. No layers of bureaucracy. Your ideas get heard. Your work gets seen.

Soulbound, a cutting-edge indie game studio based in London, building a cross-platform MMORPG with pixel art aesthetics and browser-based access. We've built infrastructure for a single-shard game world that spins up localised regional clusters for instanced combat, delivering low-latency action RPG gameplay with the flexibility for players to play with anyone, from anywhere in the world, at any time. The game features real-time player-shared worlds, co-op dungeons, 10-player raids, player housing, questing, online and offline background crafting, auction houses, and live chat. All of it running simultaneously, all of it real-time. The Role We need backend engineers who can help us scale this infrastructure for launch and beyond. You'll work directly with our CTO on the systems that keep thousands of players connected, fighting, trading, and exploring in the same world simultaneously. Our backend is 60+ microservices running on Google Kubernetes Engine. Stateful game servers, event-driven architecture with Kafka, MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases, WebSocket real-time communication, and multi-cluster orchestration. The system works at current scale, your job is making it work at 10x that. This role is perfect for a passionate individual contributor eager to tackle some of the most thrilling, challenging, and distinctive problems in contemporary software development. The real-time demands of an online MMO present a one-of-a-kind opportunity, and we’re searching for the brilliant mind ready to dive into these intricate, interconnected systems. What You'll Do - Build, optimise, and scale backend services powering real-time multiplayer gameplay - Work with GKE, Helm, and Kubernetes to manage deployments and autoscaling for stateful game servers - Improve observability: monitoring dashboards, alerting (Prometheus/Grafana or GCP Cloud Monitoring), and incident response - Scale distributed databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL) under high concurrent load - Optimise Kafka event streaming for player actions, game state, and inter-service communication - Identify and resolve bottlenecks before they become player-facing problems - Improve resilience and prevent cascading failures across services - Collaborate on architectural decisions with a small, senior engineering team

• You'll build content for Soulbound using the most advanced content creation systems in the indie MMO space. Our tooling lets you build quests in seconds that appear in the game in real time. Within your first few days, you'll be creating content — not making coffees. • Design and build quests, encounters, and narrative content using our proprietary systems • Propose content ideas and pitch them to leadership • Receive direct feedback from the creative director and leadership team • Iterate rapidly — our systems update in real time, so you'll see your work live immediately • Learn to write proposals and present ideas professionally .