Technical Director – Backend Services

Remote - UK

The Multiplayer Group (MPG) are 300 developers and data scientists, helping our clients and partners build 20+ AAA projects at any one time. We’re probably the most experienced multiplayer dev group in the world and we’re set up to help the games industry make games more easily, to deliver the highest quality, and become long-term partners.

We hire the best people, our talented team is spread across the globe. We’re remote-friendly and big on wellbeing, so if you love the sound of us, we’d love to hear from you!

Your mission:

You will oversee project technology, advise internal and external stakeholders on backend services, server technology and support the Lead and Senior Engineers to deliver backend solutions for our clients. Also, you will extract requirements, architect solutions, identify any risks and facilitate communication within the project team. You will be reporting into the Head of Engineering and aid them in technical decisions and discussions.

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What you'll be doing:

Head a team of Lead, Principal, Senior and non-Senior Engineers, with responsibility for performance management and development/pastoral care ensuring exceptional level of service to our clients
Support the CTO, VP of Engineering or Head of Engineering in technical discussions with clients on prospective projects
Provide support/input to the People Team on HR initiatives relating to the MPG People Plan
Communicate with stakeholders on projects to extract requirements and advise on solutions
Architect, design and implement functionality for clients
Continuously work to minimise technical, maintenance issues and mitigate risks
Champion quality in MPG and our clients development process

What we'll need from you:

Experience with architecture and operation of highly scalable backend systems
Experience shipping and operating live games (or products) as Lead Engineer
Experience with multiple programming languages with focus on backends
Experience with a range of databases and their trade offs
Experience with people management
Ability to create high level documentation, diagrams, designs, etc
Ability to advise leads & team members on technical and production matters
Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders and prioritise work
Ability to set direction, consider trade-offs and communicate priorities effectively
Excellent communicator with the ability to verbalise conceptual thoughts and the willingness to accept constructive critique
Attention to detail with a strong ability to analyse and comprehend direction

What would help:

Experience with architecture of backends for multiplayer games is highly desirable
Golang, Java, C#/.NET or Python experience is highly desirable
Experience with cloud platforms: Amazon AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure
Expert Database experience with both SQL and No SQL highly desirable
Understanding of and experience with orchestration

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it’s more than a career choice.

Dale Taylor joined MPG as a Software Engineer in 2020.

He said: “MPG recognises what its okay to ask of us and what isn't. We're not expected to overextend ourselves for the sake of a project or development cycle. They've given me nothing but encouragement and room to grow and become a better dev with every project and task they've given me."

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