Soulbound

Soulbound is a free-to-play pixel art MMORPG with a nostalgic style with fast paced combat in co-op dungeons and raids, skilling and more.

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Backend Server Engineer (MMORPG) - GCP

4 months ago

United Kingdom

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Senior

Backend Engineer

Software Development

Grafana Helm Kafka Kubernetes Microservices MongoDB PostgreSQL Prometheus Redis Terraform WebSockets

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Soulbound

Soulbound is a free-to-play pixel art MMORPG with a nostalgic style with fast paced combat in co-op dungeons and raids, skilling and more.

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Description

Build, optimize, and scale backend services that power real-time multiplayer gameplay.
Manage deployments and autoscaling for stateful game servers using GKE, Helm, and Kubernetes.
Improve observability through monitoring dashboards, alerting, and incident response.
Scale MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases to handle high concurrent load.
Optimize Kafka event streaming for player actions, game state, and inter-service communication.
Identify and resolve bottlenecks before they affect players.
Improve system resilience and prevent cascading failures across services.
Collaborate on architectural decisions with a small senior engineering team.

Requirements

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, ideally Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), in production.
Experience scaling distributed systems under load.
Experience with at least some of the following: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, or pub/sub systems.
Comfort working with monitoring stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, or equivalent tools.
Infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform and Helm.
Self-directed, with a GitHub or LinkedIn portfolio.
Experience with game backends or real-time multiplayer systems (preferred).
Familiarity with stateful server architectures and dedicated game servers (preferred).
Experience with custom game server orchestration on Kubernetes (preferred).
Familiarity with Istio service mesh (preferred).
Previous work at a game studio, especially on live service or MMO titles (preferred).
Passion for MMO gaming experiences and the operational challenges of large-scale MMOs.

Benefits

100% remote work.
Flexible scheduling with significant overlap with UK (GMT/BST) hours.
Contract role with an initial 4–8 week term and likely extension after launch.
Full-time preferred, with flexibility for exceptional candidates.
Competitive salary or monthly rate.
Opportunity to join a close-knit indie team of 25.
The chance to play a key role in building a groundbreaking virtual world for millions of players.

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