Job Overview Join the Steel Hunters team, the newly announced free-to-play mech shooter game, by Wargaming, one of the biggest publishers of free-to-play games in the world. This strategic and tactical game in Unreal Engine 5, blends mech hero combat with Battle Royale and Extraction gameplay in a rich, futuristic setting, where players fight over a rare resource called Starfall.

Each Hunter comes with its own abilities and progression paths, setting the stage for intense, memorable battles.

For more information: https://www.youtube.com/@Steel Hunters Official As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design and build scalable and robust systems that enable and support our new free-to-play game in Unreal Engine.

Reports to the Lead Backend Engineer.

What will you do? Design and build scalable and robust systems that enable and support our game.

Gather and analyze requirements together with other stakeholders.

Lead and mentor junior colleagues.

Help develop deployment infrastructure.

Work together with game developers, Dev Ops engineers, and producers.

What are we looking for? Hands-on experience of designing and developing microservice architectures to produce scalable, maintainable backend systems.

Kotlin Proficiency, including familiarity with Spring Boot and/or its alternatives.

Good understanding of RDBMS, No SQL databases.

Experience with real-time communication protocols (Web Sockets, g RPC etc), and message queues (Kafka, Rabbit MQ etc).

Experience with test-driven development with a high level of quality.

Experience of developing game backend architectures (state management, real-time player interactions, high load); systems that support matchmaking, leaderboards, and in-game economies etc.

Independent, analytical and a high level of ownership.

Successfully delivered highly scalable systems into production.

Strong communication skills in English.

What additional skills will help you stand out? Experience with Unreal Engine Work mode Hybrid (3 days of work from the office)Benefits Benefits and perks are tailored to the local market and culture.

Our benefits in Prague include: 5 weeks of Annual Leave per calendar year Additional paid time off Sick Leave Compensation, Maternity & Paternity Leave Benefits Career development and education opportunities within the company Language courses (English, Czech) fully covered by the company upon Manager’s approval.

Meal card contribution Public transportation allowance Premium private healthcare Mental well-being program (i Feel)Multisport Employee discounts Personal Gaming Account Coffee, fruits, and snacks in the office Company events Seniority Awards Referral program - You can recommend the best talents to the company and receive a reward Please submit your CV in English to ensure smooth processing and review.