LEAD BACKEND ENGINEER (STRIKERZ)
🕹 Unknown
🧠 Lead
💰 Negotiable
⏰ Full-time
🌎 Remote / 👔 Office Paphos, Cyprus 🇨🇾 / Tbilisi, Georgia 🇬🇪
🦄 Description
Strikerz is expanding its Development Department and is looking for a highly experienced Staff-level Backend Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for hands-on development, deep technical problem solving, and shaping backend architecture for a large-scale game project. You will drive complex features from idea to production while mentoring engineers and collaborating closely with stakeholders across the company.
🚀 Responsibilities
• Actively write code and conduct R&D, taking ideas from Proof of Concept to production-ready solutions
• Take full ownership of the most complex engineering challenges and resolve critical issues
• Design and maintain scalable backend architecture to accelerate production and delivery speed
• Define and enforce architectural best practices to reduce technical debt
• Research new technologies, frameworks, and tools and validate them through PoCs
• Mentor team members, conduct deep code reviews, and assist during critical incidents
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Producers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical roadmaps
📚 Required Skills
• 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering
• 3+ years of experience in the game industry
• Strong background in backend development with hands-on client-side or gameplay experience
• Expert-level knowledge of Golang, Python, or Node.js
• Commercial experience with Unity or Unreal Engine
• Solid understanding of game loops and client-server communication
• Experience building web services, REST or GraphQL APIs, and user account or dashboard systems
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms with GCP preferred or AWS acceptable
• Strong experience with Kubernetes
• High level of ownership, self-organization, and ability to deliver results under tight deadlines
👍 Nice to Have
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Strong background in DevOps and CI/CD practices
• Experience optimizing backend systems under high load
🍪 What we offer
• Medical insurance and social benefits
• Paid sick leaves
• Remote work options
• Referral bonuses
• Sports compensation
• Online English classes
• Co-working compensation
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