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The Next-Gen Livestreaming & Entertainment Platform

Backend Server Engineer – GCP

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Location

United Kingdom

Posted

57 days ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Backend Server Engineer – GCP

Soulbound

• 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

Job Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (ideally GKE) in production
  • Real experience scaling distributed systems under load.
  • Worked with at least some of: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, pub/sub systems
  • Comfortable with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, or equivalent)
  • Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform, Helm)
  • Self-directed.
  • What Sets You Apart**
  • Experience with game backends or real-time multiplayer systems
  • Passion for MMO gaming experiences and understanding of MMO products in the market.
  • Worked with stateful server architectures (dedicated game servers)
  • Experience with custom game server orchestration on Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with Istio service mesh
  • Previous work at a game studio, especially on live service/MMO titles
  • A passion for the unique problems presented when operating a large scale MMO like this.

Benefits

  • 100% remote, must overlap significantly with UK (GMT/BST) hours.
  • Contract role, 4-8 weeks initially with extension likely post-launch
  • Full-time preferred, flexible for exceptional candidates
  • Competitive salary / monthly rate.
  • Become a valued member of our close-knit, passionate indie team of 25.
  • Play a key role in creating a groundbreaking virtual world that will captivate and welcome millions of players.

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