Backend Engineer
Arbetsgivare / Ort:Embark Studios AB / Stockholm
Omfattning / Varaktighet:Vanlig anställning / Tills vidare
Lönetyp: Fast månads- vecko- eller timlön
Ansök senast 14 november (3 månader och 24 dagar kvar)
Publicerad: 2026-05-18
Källa: Arbetsförmedlingen
Om jobbet
At Embark, you will join the game services group, a collective of teams powering player-facing online functionality, and managing highly scalable backend systems. In this role, you will work with online systems related to player progression, social interaction, game orchestration, monetization and authentication.
The challenges you will solve are similar to those found in distributed data-intensive platforms, but applied to live service games.Most of your time will be spent in a small number of core services, as part of a complex, interconnected gaming ecosystem..
You are expected to take responsibility, ownership and identify what needs to be done. You will be part of a highly collaborative environment where you work together across teams to bring the best experience to our players.
Our core technologies include Go, C++, Unreal Engine 5, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), SQL (using Google Spanner), Redis, Kubernetes, and Bazel.
What you will doDesign, build, and maintain live service functionality supporting multiple games, such as messaging, VOIP, lobbies, inventory, matchmaking and microtransactions
Work with distributed backend systems in a live service environment handling millions of players’ data
Collaborate both within your team and with various other teams to build highly-scalable, secure and reliable online services in our games
Innovate, and explore new technologies. Improve tooling, workflows, and architecture for our online systems
Strong programming skills and 5+ years of professional experience with Go
Experience with large-scale data-intensive systems
Experience with Kubernetes and cloud environments, preferably GCP
The ability and passion to take ownership and drive work forward
A curious mindset and comfort working in highly collaborative environment
Professional English communication skills
Experience with cloud-native databases, specifically Google Spanner
Experience building or operating authentication systems using OpenID or similar standards
Some years of professional experience with C++
Experience working with game engines, specifically Unreal Engine
At Embark we offer competitive salaries, passionate colleagues to share knowledge with and much more, but most of all we invite you to take part of a journey into the unknown, to build creative, surprising and beautiful experiences together.
We welcome game makers of all sex, class, colour, age, gender identity, education, religion, opinion, culture, nation of origin, language, sexual orientation, shape, size, and ability
Did we leave anyone out? Well, we welcome you, too! We think that the gaming industry is made better when everyone has a seat at the table.
Be yourself at Embark and make games while doing so. Please apply with confidence. We can’t wait to hear from you (in English)!
Arbetsgivare
Embark Studios AB
Kungsträdgårdsgatan 16
11147 Stockholm
Webbplats: https://careers.embark-studios.com
Ansökan
Ansök senast 14 november (3 månader och 24 dagar kvar)