Senior Game Backend Engineer

2 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Tencent Full time

**About us**

Lightspeed Studios are one of the world's most innovative and successful game developers. With team across China, United States, Singapore, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand.

Founded in 2008, LightSpeed Studios has created over 50 games across multiple platforms and genres for more than 4 billion registered users. It is the co-developer of worldwide hits PUBG MOBILE, and Apex Legends Mobile.
- _Our Vision: To Create the LIGHTSPEED Universe, the ecosystem that connects players and developers around the world._
- _Our Mission: To explore the future of gaming with true passion for games._
- _Our Slogan: the future of gaming with true passion for games._

LightSpeed Tech Center is a centralized platform for LightSpeed Studios, including game engine, audio, QA, AI, tech partnership, research & development, and other tech-related teams. We are seeking a Senior Game Backend Software Engineer to join us in New Zealand.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop next-generation game backend solutions based on Unreal Engine
- Design, evaluation and coding of game-related backend services

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, engineering or a related field
- 3+ years of game backend development experience
- Proficient in C++, data structures, algorithms and common design patterns
- Experience in developing and optimizing Unreal Engine game servers and proficiency with one or more of the engine systems (Network, Scene/Terrain, Physics) is a plus
- Experience in Micro-services, Cloud Native Architecture and SQL/No-SQL Databases is a plus
- Willingness and ability to learn new skills fast
- Strong communication skills

**Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Tencent**:
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