12 days ago
Nicosia, CyprusSenior
Responsibilities
- Own complex server features end-to-end from requirements through production.
- Decompose large problems and define service and module boundaries.
- Ensure scalability, performance, and fault tolerance of backend systems.
- Improve engineering culture through tools, testing, observability, and automation.
- Investigate and resolve performance issues involving concurrency, multithreading, and asynchronous execution.
- Work with databases, query optimization, caching, messaging, monitoring, logging, and observability.
- Mentor mid-level and less experienced engineers and support technical decision-making.
- Deliver user-valued features and raise the overall technical quality bar.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional development experience with C++ or another statically typed language such as C#, Java, or Rust.
- Willingness to work primarily in Python; prior Python experience is a plus.
- Experience building and maintaining complex, stateful backend systems.
- Solid understanding of concurrency, multithreading, and asynchronous execution.
- Experience investigating and resolving performance issues.
- Hands-on experience with databases, query optimization, caching, and messaging.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability practices.
- Experience building reliable and secure backend systems.
- Ability to guide less experienced developers and make sound technical decisions under ambiguity.
- Advanced English language proficiency.
Benefits
- Onsite work in Nicosia, Cyprus, with no relocation or immigration support.
- 21 days of annual leave, increasing to up to 25 days based on years of service.
- Additional paid time off including personal, birthday, marriage, and compassionate leave.
- Sick leave, maternity leave, private health care, and a mental well-being program.
- Career development, education opportunities, and company-funded English language courses subject to manager approval.
- Onsite gym and spa, parking subject to availability, drinks-equipped kitchens, and subsidized onsite canteen.
- Employee discounts, gaming account, company events, social clubs, seniority awards, and referral program.
About Wargaming
Wargaming is a privately held video game developer and publisher known for free-to-play multiplayer titles such as World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Tanks Blitz. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus, it runs a games-as-a-service model across PC, console, and mobile with revenue from in-game purchases. The company serves a global player base and operates multiple studios and publishing offices worldwide.