Software Engineer

THE POSITION Our roster has an opening with your name on it We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our CPE Platform vertical, working within Core Products and Experiences. In this role, you’ll contribute to a multidisciplinary team building reliable, engaging products for millions of players. You’ll bring some hands-on engineering experience, a practical approach to solving problems, and a willingness to learn from and support others.

You’ll help deliver well-structured software, take part in technical discussions, and contribute to documentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the team. We are a growth company so there are plenty of opportunities for you to learn and grow with us, plus we have remote-first working and a generous paid leave policy to enjoy your downtime.

We’re committed to making sure everyone who works here can maintain a healthy work/life balance. THE GAME PLAN Everyone on our team has a part to play You’ll work as part of our Session Management team, helping build and improve backend services that support reliable, scalable customer sessions You’ll learn how our systems work and contribute to well-scoped features, fixes and improvements with support from more experienced engineers You’ll write clear, maintainable backend code using Java or similar languages, following team standards and best practices You’ll help build and improve APIs, services and database-backed functionality that can handle high volumes of traffic You’ll test your changes carefully and look for simple ways to make our services more reliable, observable and easier to support You’ll take part in code reviews, design discussions, planning sessions and team ceremonies, asking questions and sharing ideas You’ll investigate bugs and support issues, working with the team to understand root causes and make practical improvements You’ll learn about scaling systems, databases, caching and cloud infrastructure through hands-on work with the team You’ll keep documentation up to date so others can understand how our services work and how to support them You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, product partners and stakeholders to deliver changes that improve the reliability and performance of session management You’ll bring curiosity, humility and a willingness to learn, while growing your engineering judgement and technical confidence over time What We’re Looking For THE STATS What we’re looking for in our next teammate Some experience building backend software through work, internships, placements, bootcamps, university projects or personal projects An understanding of Java or a similar object-oriented programming language, and an interest in developing backend services and APIs Familiarity with databases and SQL, with an interest in learning more about data modelling, performance and scaling Awareness of common data structures, algorithms and software design principles An interest in distributed systems, reliability, monitoring and how high-traffic backend systems operate in production Familiarity with cloud technologies, containers or CI/CD is helpful, but not required An understanding of testing basics and a willingness to write tests as part of everyday development Comfortable working in a team environment, asking questions, receiving feedback and learning from others A practical approach to problem solving and a desire to leave code and documentation clearer than you found it Enthusiasm for working on backend systems that support customer-facing products at scale What You Can Expect Interesting work - working in a fast-paced and ever-changing industry, new problems and exciting solutions are never too far away.