Lead Platform Engineer

We are a "people first" company, which affects every decision we make - from who we hire, to how we treat each other, to how we view and serve our players.  We're committed to an A+ creative culture where every member of the  team can find personal fulfillment in the incomparable art of making video games.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an amazing Lead Platform Engineer with a varied background in building and maintaining services relied upon by the game and its surrounding infrastructure. Our first title is an ambitious 3rd person smart shooter with unique elements. This is not your everyday shooter! 

This role will manage our game platform and work closely with Gameplay Engineering, LiveOps, Devops, and Analytics to contribute to a robust, scalable platform encompassing authentication, social features, matchmaking, session and server instance management, and more. While this is first and foremost an engineering developer position, experience on the LiveOps side of things is a definite plus.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL

• Lead the development and evolution of platform systems built on Pragma to support live environments.
• Own platform execution and technical direction in close partnership with gameplay, backend, and production teams.
• Design, implement, and operate server infrastructure using Hathora to support session-based multiplayer gameplay.
• Build and maintain tools and services that support development workflows, live operations, and reliability.
• Work closely with gameplay engineers to ensure reliable integration between game systems and platform services.
• Define, track, and respond to operational metrics, helping establish effective live service monitoring practices.
• Make pragmatic technical decisions, balancing player experience, delivery timelines, and operational constraints.
• Provide timelines and risk assessments to Production, proactively identifying dependencies and mitigation plans.
• Set technical standards through example, code reviews, and shared ownership.
• Manage Internal and external platform resources. 
• Manage platform (Pragma) and server architecture (Hathora) relationships. 

 EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS WE LOOK FOR:

• 6+ years of backend or platform engineering experience, preferably in games or real-time services.
• Experience shipping and operating a session-based live service title.
• Strong understanding of web API design, service contracts, and backend best practices.
• Experience with Kotlin and/or Java is a plus.
• Comfortable integrating backend services with Unreal Engine–based clients.
• Collaborates effectively with cross-discipline, fully remote teams.
• Able to work independently and take initiative in a fast-moving, flexible environment.
• Startup experience is a plus.
• Comfortable working across multiple time zones. (Team based globally from EU-Central to US-West)
• Passionate about building reliable systems that support great gameplay.

WHY WORK WITH US?

• We are committed to making great games with our first title Last Flag coming out soon. 
• You can work fully remote
• We have a sense of humor and while we take the work seriously, we take ourselves less so.
• You'll be hard-pressed to find a happier group of people to work alongside.
• More about the project can be explained under NDA