Senior Backend Go Developer (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Go Developer (Gamedev): Building the core backend systems for a AAA sports simulator with an accent on performance, scalability, and reliability. Focus on optimizing and scaling high-load services that power millions of player interactions.

Company

hirify.global Games is an international game studio developing next-generation sports simulators.

What you will do

• Develop and support a game meta server, including authentication, player profiles database, matchmaking and integration with external systems.
• Participate in designing a data storage scheme for a database (OLAP/OLTP).
• Optimize and scale the system for high loads.
• Write and review code.
• Interact with related departments: DevOps, LiveOps, game designers and client programmers.
• Apply modern server application development practices, including testing, profiling and CI/CD.

Requirements

• Experience working with containerisation systems such as Kubernetes or Docker.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a team.
• You will have at least 4 years' experience developing high-load distributed systems, including at least 2 years' experience with Go.
• A deep understanding of data structures, system design and software architecture principles.
• Ability to write productive code and understanding of algorithmic complexity (big-O analysis).