We are looking for a talented Game Backend Engineer to take technical ownership of our live-service game's microservice backend. You will play a critical role in stabilizing, modernizing, and expanding a proprietary backend infrastructure built on the Tencent "InGame" PaaS.
This role requires Node.js/TypeScript expertise, an understanding of stateful microservice architectures, and the ability to act as the primary technical bridge between our core development team in Vancouver and Tencent's GCloud/InGame infrastructure teams in China.
Job Duties:
- Architecture Stabilization: Audit and remediate existing stateful scaling logic. Implement robust graceful shutdown protocols and dirty-cache synchronization to ensure zero data loss during scaling events.
- Feature Completion: Take ownership of partially implemented systems and drive them to completion, wiring backend logic to frontend RPC calls.
- Infrastructure Modernization: De-couple hardcoded database versioning and configuration from the codebase. Replace legacy shell-script deployments with modern, containerized CI/CD pipelines.
- Quality Assurance: Establish a "zero-failure" testing culture. Build automated integration test suites to rigorously test critical paths, including Midas IAP validations, custom data syncs, and guild permission systems.
- Cross-Border Collaboration: Be in direct contact with Tencent's infrastructure support teams. You will coordinate with our Vancouver team during overlapping hours to align on architecture, code reviews, and live-ops incident response.
Requirements:
- Experience: 5+ years of professional backend software engineering, with at least 3 years focused on high-concurrency multiplayer game servers or live-service platforms.
- Core Tech Stack: High proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript within a microservices environment.
- Stateful Architecture: Deep understanding of stateful backend scaling, consistent hashing, memory management, and distributed caching strategies.
- Databases: Strong NoSQL database experience, particularly in high-throughput read/write scenarios.
- Communication: Bilingual fluency. You must have native-level Mandarin to effectively communicate with Tencent GCloud teams, and professional-level English for meetings, documentation, and code reviews with the Vancouver team.
- Time Management: Willingness to accommodate meetings scheduled for China morning hours while working in the Pacific Time zone.
Preferred Qualifications
- DevOps: Prior experience with Jenkins for ensuring a flawless deployment pipeline.
- Tencent Ecosystem: Prior hands-on experience deploying to the Tencent InGame PaaS
- Database: Direct experience with TcaplusDB table configuration and data management.
- Tencent SDKs: Familiarity integrating and securing Tencent-specific SDKs, including:
- Midas (Real-money payments and currency management)
- WeGame (Authentication and Access Tokens)
- ACE (Anti-profanity and content moderation)
- Mandarin: proficient in Mandarin
This is a full-time, fixed-term 12-month contract position, with the requirement to work from our office three days per week. There is the possibility of an extension or transition to a permanent role based on the needs of the business.
The typical salary range for this position is $110,000 - $135,000 CAD per year and is subject to change. The final agreed upon salary is based on work location and may vary depending on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This role offers:
- Extended health and dental benefits
- 2 weeks of paid vacation
- Wonderful colleagues!
If you meet the above qualifications, and Offworld sounds like the kind of company you want to be a part of, please apply now with a copy of your resume.
