Backend Engineer
Embark Studios6 months ago
Stockholm, SwedenSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain live-service functionality for multiple games, including messaging, VOIP, lobbies, inventory, matchmaking, and microtransactions.
- Work with distributed backend systems handling millions of players’ data.
- Collaborate across teams to build highly scalable, secure, and reliable online game services.
- Improve tooling, workflows, and architecture for online systems while exploring new technologies.
- Take ownership of work and drive projects forward in a collaborative environment.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills and at least 5 years of professional experience with Go.
- Experience with large-scale data-intensive systems.
- Experience with Kubernetes and cloud environments, preferably Google Cloud Platform.
- Ability to take ownership, drive work forward, and collaborate effectively.
- Professional English communication skills.
- Bonus: experience with Google Spanner, authentication systems using OpenID or similar standards, C++, game engines, or Unreal Engine.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries and opportunities to work with passionate colleagues in a knowledge-sharing environment.
- Inclusive workplace welcoming people across backgrounds and identities.
- Opportunity to build creative live-service games and player experiences.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendGaming
About Embark Studios
At Embark Studios we believe that progress starts with curiosity. This belief fuels everything we do, from the people we hire, the culture we nurture, and the products we create. We're now more than 400 game-makers, applying breakthrough technologies to reimagine how games are made and what they can become. In 2023 Embark released THE FINALS®, our first game, and in 2025 our second game, ARC Raiders, a tense extraction adventure.