SERVICES ENGINEER (MID TO SENIOR)

We are looking for a Services Engineer experienced in scalable, high-availability backend systems to architect, develop, and maintain the online infrastructure powering our games. You’ll build secure, performant, and resilient services that support matchmaking, player data, live ops, and multiplayer experiences—ensuring seamless connectivity and stability for players worldwide.

Responsibilities:

  • Write robust and reliable core backend services that scale gracefully while being easy to
    understand and operate.

Required Experience:

  • 5+ years of experience developing backend services and operating them at scale

  • Expertise with one or more server-side development languages:

    • Ideally JVM: Java/ Kotlin

    • Acceptable Alternatives: C#/ Golang

  • Strong grasp of how to scale distributed online systems and how it ultimately affects the
    player experience

  • At least some experience with the following technologies:

    • Caching

    • Load Balancing

    • Database Schema Design

    • Concurrency design techniques

    • Microservice Architecture

Desired Experience:

  • Mastery of web-based protocols and various implementation tradeoffs, examples

    • Protobuf

    • Websockets

    • HTTPS

  • Building fault-tolerant distributed systems that adhere to security best practices

  • Experience operating systems in linux-based environments

  • Experience architecting Unreal Engine(UE5 or UE4)  game code to effectively integrate
    with online services.  

  • Ability to contextualize backend code with the overall desired player experience

  • Building game services

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Location:

Porto Alegre (Brazil) / Santiago (Chile) / Remote (Anywhere)

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About the Company

Big Moxi Games is full service pc/console video game studio developing original IPs and providing world-class game development services to publishing partners and IP holders across the globe.

Our vision is to connect and captivate the world with unforgettable game entertainment experiences. We are currently developing original ARPG IPs for pc and consoles as well as working with strategic partners to co-develop their online multiplayer game services.