⚡ THE MISSION 

Build the backend that powers thousands of concurrent battles in our next-generation competitive FPS. This isn't web development with game features - this is architecting the real-time infrastructure that hardcore players demand: sub-50ms response times, bulletproof persistence, and flawless matchmaking for a title that will compete with CS2 and Valorant.

🏆 WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS

You won't be building CRUD APIs. You'll own the entire competitive integrity of our game:

• Player Trust: Your persistence layer holds millions in virtual items
• Match Fairness: Your matchmaking determines every player's experience
• Live Operations: Your systems handle 10,000 concurrent matches without breaking a sweat

🔧 YOUR TECHNICAL BATTLEFIELD

Mission-Critical Systems You'll Own:

• Stateful Game Services: Design distributed systems managing real-time game state across thousands of concurrent matches
• High-Performance Matchmaking: Build ELO-based matchmaking supporting 50,000+ concurrent players with <5 second queue times
• Inventory & Economy Backend: Architect transactional systems managing player inventories worth real money
• Anti-Cheat Integration: Implement server-authoritative validation and integrate with BattlEye/EAC
• LiveOps Infrastructure: Build hot-patching systems for zero-downtime updates during peak hours

Your Arsenal:

• Game-Specific: PlayFab/Pragma/AccelByte or custom equivalents
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes orchestrating 1000+ pods, AWS GameLift/Agones
• Performance: Redis for session state, PostgreSQL for persistence, 100K+ ops/second
• Protocols: WebSockets, gRPC for service mesh, UDP for game traffic
• Monitoring: Real-time observability handling 1M+ events/minute

✅ REQUIRED EXPERTISE

Non-Negotiable Technical Skills:

• 7+ years shipping multiplayer game backends (not web apps that happen to be games)
• Proven scaling experience: You've handled 50K+ CCU in production
• Battle-tested with: PlayFab, Pragma, AccelByte, or built similar from scratch
• Deep knowledge: Kubernetes at scale, AWS game services, NodeJS performance optimization
• Game-specific expertise: Tick rates, client prediction, lag compensation, state synchronization

Evidence We Need:

• Shipped titles you can point to on Steam/Epic/Console
• War stories about scaling failures and how you fixed them
• Specific metrics: CCU handled, latency achieved, uptime maintained
• Your approach to common problems: inventory duplication, match state corruption, DDOS mitigation

🚀 BONUS MULTIPLIERS

• Direct Unreal Engine 5 replication system experience
• Contributions to GDC talks or technical game blogs
• Experience with competitive game ranking systems (ELO, TrueSkill)
• Background in anti-cheat or game security

🎮 THE GAME YOU'LL POWER

We're building the competitive FPS that PC players have been waiting for. Think CS:GO's competitive integrity meets modern gameplay. Your backend will be the difference between "another shooter" and "the next decade's esport."

📍 READY TO SHIP?

Send your resume and include:

1. Your most impressive multiplayer backend scaling achievement
2. The largest CCU you've personally supported in production
3. Your GitHub or technical blog (if available)