Server Engineering Lead

About the role

Frontier is seeking a Server Engineering Lead to join the Elite Dangerous team and deliver exceptional online experiences. You will lead and mentor a team of developers while contributing hands-on code to Linux-based distributed systems on AWS. This role involves ensuring the performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency of online services while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality game features.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development of major game features and systems
• Contributing technically through hands-on programming, systems administration, and wider technical responsibilities
• Managing and mentoring developers, providing feedback and guiding them with their documentation
• Designing and implementing systems using clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
• Collaborating with project leadership and production to define the contents for key deliverables and milestones
• Maintaining secure and reliable online services across cloud and on-prem environments
• Developing and supporting tools that enable non-technical teams to create content and manage the game’s online services effectively
• Contributing to operational incident response during core hours, with additional participation in evening and weekend on-call support as required

Required skills

• Object-oriented programming
• PHP
• Python
• TypeScript
• Distributed systems
• Linux systems administration
• People management
• Leadership
• Branch management
• Bug triaging

Nice to have

• Game engine
• Cross-platform development
• TCP/UDP
• Routing
• NAT
• Firewalls
• C++
• C#
• Go
• Rust

Benefits

• Success-based annual bonus
• Share option schemes
• Life assurance
• Private family healthcare
• Flexitime working hours
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• In-house subsidised catering
• Relocation support
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free bike servicing

About the Company

Frontier is an independent video game developer and publisher known for its iconic creative management simulation games. Based in Cambridge, the studio is dedicated to nurturing its existing portfolio and delivering an exciting future roadmap.