Backend Engineer

<p><span>At Embark, you will join the game services group, a collective of teams powering player-facing online functionality, and managing highly scalable backend systems. In this role, you will work with online systems related to player progression, social interaction, game orchestration, monetization and authentication.</span></p><p>The challenges you will solve are similar to those found in distributed data-intensive platforms, but applied to live service games. Most of your time will be spent in a small number of core services, as part of a complex, interconnected gaming ecosystem. <span><br><br>You are expected to take responsibility, ownership and identify what needs to be done. You will be part of a highly collaborative environment where you work together across teams to bring the best experience to our players.</span></p><p><span>Our core technologies include Go, C++, Unreal Engine 5, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), SQL (using Google Spanner), Redis, Kubernetes, and Bazel.</span></p><h3><span>What you will do</span></h3><ul><li><p><span>Design, build, and maintain live service functionality supporting multiple games, such as messaging, VOIP, lobbies, inventory, matchmaking and microtransactions</span></p></li><li><p><span>Work with distributed backend systems in a live service environment handling millions of players’ data</span></p></li><li><p><span>Collaborate both within your team and with various other teams to build highly-scalable, secure and reliable online services in our games</span></p></li><li><p><span>Innovate, and explore new technologies. Improve tooling, workflows, and architecture for our online systems</span></p></li></ul><h3><span>We think you bring</span></h3><ul><li><p><span>Strong programming skills and 5+ years of professional experience with Go</span></p></li><li><p><span>Experience with large-scale data-intensive systems</span></p></li><li><p><span>Experience with Kubernetes and cloud environments, preferably GCP</span></p></li><li><p><span>The ability and passion to take ownership and drive work forward</span></p></li><li><p><span>A curious mindset and comfort working in highly collaborative environment</span></p></li><li><p><span>Professional English communication skills</span></p></li></ul><h3><span>Bonus</span></h3><ul><li><p><span>Experience with cloud-native databases, specifically Google Spanner</span></p></li><li><p><span>Experience building or operating authentication systems using OpenID or similar standards</span></p></li><li><p><span>Some years of professional experience with C++</span></p></li><li><p><span>Experience working with game engines, specifically Unreal Engine</span><br></p></li></ul><p><span>At Embark we offer competitive salaries, passionate colleagues to share knowledge with and much more, but most of all we invite you to take part of a journey into the unknown, to build creative, surprising and beautiful experiences together.</span></p><p><span>We welcome game makers of all sex, class, colour, age, gender identity, education, religion, opinion, culture, nation of origin, language, sexual orientation, shape, size, and ability.</span></p><p><span>Did we leave anyone out? Well, we welcome you, too! We think that the gaming industry is made better when everyone has a seat at the table.</span></p><p><span>Be yourself at Embark and make games while doing so. Please apply with confidence. We can’t wait to hear from you (in English)!</span></p>