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Staff Backend Engineer (New Game)

1 hour, 42 minutes ago
Canada
Full-time
Lead
Backend Engineer
Software Development
AWS C# CI/CD Game Development .NET System Design Unity
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Fortis Games

Fortis Games

Fortis Games focuses on developing engaging and meaningful gaming experiences that foster collaboration, challenge players intellectually, and build strong community connections.

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
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Description

  • Develop game features from prototype through live operations while maintaining quality and stability.
  • Design, implement, and support scalable CI/CD pipelines.
  • Profile backend systems and resolve complex bugs and performance issues.
  • Perform backend load testing to ensure infrastructure can handle scale and peak player activity.
  • Collaborate with client-side engineers to build secure, server-authoritative gameplay systems.
  • Build and maintain DevOps workflows in a cloud environment, primarily on AWS.
  • Create clear technical documentation covering design decisions and system architecture.
  • Contribute to studio-wide engineering standards, code quality practices, and development guidelines.

Requirements

  • Extensive software engineering experience in the games industry or with large-scale, real-time, low-latency systems.
  • Hands-on experience with backend services for real-time multiplayer Unity games or streaming solutions using C# and .NET strongly preferred.
  • Solid experience building multi-service backends using AWS cloud infrastructure and tools.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.
  • Experience collaborating on cross-disciplinary teams with designers, artists, and engineers.
  • Self-motivated and detail-oriented, with initiative in dynamic entrepreneurial settings.
  • Strong understanding of game mechanics, systems design, and how technical decisions affect player experience.
  • Fluent English with clear written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to have a big impact on game products and the company direction at an early-stage organization.
  • Work with a seasoned leadership team of game industry veterans.
  • Join a culture that emphasizes diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion.
  • Build and grow with an accomplished cross-functional team.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer consideration for all qualified applicants.

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