Lab8 has partnered with a mobile studio in London, who are on the look for a Server Engineer. This role focuses on designing, prototyping, and building server-side multiplayer systems for our successful mobile titles. It's well suited to someone who enjoys owning their work end to end and thrives in high-load environments with complex technical challenges.Responsibilities:Design, prototype, and develop server-side multiplayer systems for our games.Contribute across synchronous and asynchronous gameplay features, including tournaments, live events, matchmaking, leaderboards, DLC, and more.Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and other disciplines to tackle the challenges of delivering a high-quality, scalable, secure, and high-performance online experience as efficiently as possible.Help evolve our multiplayer services into innovative new areas across upcoming titles, leveraging modern technologies to create compelling online experiences for players.Build new online functionality that is robust, maintainable, and flexible, with scalability and rapid post-launch iteration in mind based on player feedback.Develop tools where needed to enable artists, designers, and customer support teams to manage and administer online services.Actively participate in design discussions to ensure technology is used to its full potential.Requirements:Strong technical design and coding skills using modern web technologies and frameworks, such as JavaScript/TypeScript and/or C#, Node.js, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), Kubernetes, SQL and NoSQL databases, and Redis.Broad knowledge of server and network programming fundamentals, including database design, replication strategies, load balancing, reliable and unreliable messaging, latency optimisation, and security best practices.Proven commercial experience as a server, network, or backend developer, with a track record of working in high-load production environments.Unity experience would be a bonus!The studio requires a few days in office in London. If this sounds of interest to you, please apply or email:
Job Title
Server Engineer