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Backend Technical Expert, Gaming

full-timePosted: Sep 24, 2025

Job Description

Backend Technical Expert, Gaming

šŸ“‹ Job Overview

Level Infinite, Tencent’s global gaming brand, is seeking a Backend Technical Expert to support overseas game projects and enhance backend performance for worldwide audiences. The role involves providing technical solutions for game architectures, developing high-availability online services, and collaborating with global studios to optimize implementations. This position is based in London, UK, and focuses on delivering stable, low-latency gaming experiences.

šŸ“ Location: London, United Kingdom

šŸ¢ Business Unit: IEG

šŸ“„ Full Description

About the Hiring Team
Level Infinite is Tencent’s global gaming brand. It is a global game publisher offering a comprehensive network of services for games, development teams, and studios around the world.
We are dedicated to delivering engaging and original gaming experiences to a worldwide audience, whenever and wherever they choose to play while building a community that fosters inclusivity, connection, and accessibility. Level Infinite also provides a wide range of services and resources to our network of developers and partner studios around the world to help them unlock the true potential of their games.

What the Role Entails
Responsibilities:
1. Technical Support for Overseas Game Projects: Provide technical support for major overseas game projects. Analyze backend server architecture, data storage, and network communication based on game business characteristics. Offer customized technical solutions to optimize overall backend performance and stability.
2. Online Service Development and Maintenance: Participate in building Online Services for games (such as login, matchmaking, real-time battles, data synchronization). Ensure high availability and low latency to support stable global player access.
3. Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with top-tier global game studio teams to drive technical solution optimization and implementation. Organize and participate in technical discussions to promote communication and collaboration with game studios.

Who We Look For
Qualifications:
1. 8+ years of backend development experience, including 5+ years in the gaming industry.
2. Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.
3. Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate across time zones.
4. Passion for technology, quick learning ability, and a knack for solving complex problems.
5. Proficient in English, Proficient in Mandarin Chinese is a plus (but not required).
6. Proficient in at least one programming language (expertise in C++ or Golang is preferred), with strong experience in threads, coroutines, and building high-performance, high-concurrency, and highly available systems.
7. Familiar with distributed systems and core backend technologies such as microservices architecture, message queues (such as Kafka/RabbitMQ), and service discovery (such as Etcd/ZooKeeper).
8. Experienced with both SQL (such as MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (such as Redis/MongoDB) databases, including performance optimization.
9. Familiar with game backend architecture (e.g., matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization)
10. Candidates with Unreal Engine development experience are preferred.
11. Practical experience with cloud platforms (such as AWS/GCP/Azure), understanding their mainstream services and architectures, and capable of designing backend systems based on actual application scenarios.
12. Experience with common CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc.
#LI-RL1

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent
As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.
Work Location: UK-London

šŸŽÆ Key Responsibilities

  • Technical Support for Overseas Game Projects: Provide technical support for major overseas game projects. Analyze backend server architecture, data storage, and network communication based on game business characteristics. Offer customized technical solutions to optimize overall backend performance and stability.
  • Online Service Development and Maintenance: Participate in building Online Services for games (such as login, matchmaking, real-time battles, data synchronization). Ensure high availability and low latency to support stable global player access.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with top-tier global game studio teams to drive technical solution optimization and implementation. Organize and participate in technical discussions to promote communication and collaboration with game studios.

āœ… Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of backend development experience, including 5+ years in the gaming industry
  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate across time zones
  • Passion for technology, quick learning ability, and a knack for solving complex problems
  • Proficient in English
  • Proficient in at least one programming language (expertise in C++ or Golang is preferred), with strong experience in threads, coroutines, and building high-performance, high-concurrency, and highly available systems
  • Familiar with distributed systems and core backend technologies such as microservices architecture, message queues (such as Kafka/RabbitMQ), and service discovery (such as Etcd/ZooKeeper)
  • Experienced with both SQL (such as MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (such as Redis/MongoDB) databases, including performance optimization
  • Familiar with game backend architecture (e.g., matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization)
  • Practical experience with cloud platforms (such as AWS/GCP/Azure), understanding their mainstream services and architectures, and capable of designing backend systems based on actual application scenarios
  • Experience with common CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc.

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficient in Mandarin Chinese
  • Candidates with Unreal Engine development experience

šŸ› ļø Required Skills

  • Backend development
  • Programming languages (C++, Golang preferred)
  • Threads, coroutines, high-performance systems
  • Distributed systems, microservices
  • Message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
  • Service discovery (Etcd/ZooKeeper)
  • SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Redis/MongoDB) databases
  • Game backend architecture (matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization)
  • Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes)
  • Communication and teamwork
  • Problem-solving
  • English proficiency

šŸŽ Benefits

  • Equal Employment Opportunity: Diverse voices fuel innovation and support for all employees to achieve goals.
  • Inclusive environment fostering support and inspiration.

Locations

  • London, United Kingdom

Salary

Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence

120,000 - 180,000 GBP / yearly

Source: ai estimated

* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.

Skills Required

  • Backend developmentintermediate
  • Programming languages (C++, Golang preferred)intermediate
  • Threads, coroutines, high-performance systemsintermediate
  • Distributed systems, microservicesintermediate
  • Message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ)intermediate
  • Service discovery (Etcd/ZooKeeper)intermediate
  • SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Redis/MongoDB) databasesintermediate
  • Game backend architecture (matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization)intermediate
  • Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)intermediate
  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes)intermediate
  • Communication and teamworkintermediate
  • Problem-solvingintermediate
  • English proficiencyintermediate

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of backend development experience, including 5+ years in the gaming industry (experience)
  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field (experience)
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate across time zones (experience)
  • Passion for technology, quick learning ability, and a knack for solving complex problems (experience)
  • Proficient in English (experience)
  • Proficient in at least one programming language (expertise in C++ or Golang is preferred), with strong experience in threads, coroutines, and building high-performance, high-concurrency, and highly available systems (experience)
  • Familiar with distributed systems and core backend technologies such as microservices architecture, message queues (such as Kafka/RabbitMQ), and service discovery (such as Etcd/ZooKeeper) (experience)
  • Experienced with both SQL (such as MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (such as Redis/MongoDB) databases, including performance optimization (experience)
  • Familiar with game backend architecture (e.g., matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization) (experience)
  • Practical experience with cloud platforms (such as AWS/GCP/Azure), understanding their mainstream services and architectures, and capable of designing backend systems based on actual application scenarios (experience)
  • Experience with common CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc. (experience)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficient in Mandarin Chinese (experience)
  • Candidates with Unreal Engine development experience (experience)

Responsibilities

  • Technical Support for Overseas Game Projects: Provide technical support for major overseas game projects. Analyze backend server architecture, data storage, and network communication based on game business characteristics. Offer customized technical solutions to optimize overall backend performance and stability.
  • Online Service Development and Maintenance: Participate in building Online Services for games (such as login, matchmaking, real-time battles, data synchronization). Ensure high availability and low latency to support stable global player access.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with top-tier global game studio teams to drive technical solution optimization and implementation. Organize and participate in technical discussions to promote communication and collaboration with game studios.

Benefits

  • general: Equal Employment Opportunity: Diverse voices fuel innovation and support for all employees to achieve goals.
  • general: Inclusive environment fostering support and inspiration.

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Backend Technical Expert, Gaming

full-timePosted: Sep 24, 2025

Job Description

Backend Technical Expert, Gaming

šŸ“‹ Job Overview

Level Infinite, Tencent’s global gaming brand, is seeking a Backend Technical Expert to support overseas game projects and enhance backend performance for worldwide audiences. The role involves providing technical solutions for game architectures, developing high-availability online services, and collaborating with global studios to optimize implementations. This position is based in London, UK, and focuses on delivering stable, low-latency gaming experiences.

šŸ“ Location: London, United Kingdom

šŸ¢ Business Unit: IEG

šŸ“„ Full Description

About the Hiring Team
Level Infinite is Tencent’s global gaming brand. It is a global game publisher offering a comprehensive network of services for games, development teams, and studios around the world.
We are dedicated to delivering engaging and original gaming experiences to a worldwide audience, whenever and wherever they choose to play while building a community that fosters inclusivity, connection, and accessibility. Level Infinite also provides a wide range of services and resources to our network of developers and partner studios around the world to help them unlock the true potential of their games.

What the Role Entails
Responsibilities:
1. Technical Support for Overseas Game Projects: Provide technical support for major overseas game projects. Analyze backend server architecture, data storage, and network communication based on game business characteristics. Offer customized technical solutions to optimize overall backend performance and stability.
2. Online Service Development and Maintenance: Participate in building Online Services for games (such as login, matchmaking, real-time battles, data synchronization). Ensure high availability and low latency to support stable global player access.
3. Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with top-tier global game studio teams to drive technical solution optimization and implementation. Organize and participate in technical discussions to promote communication and collaboration with game studios.

Who We Look For
Qualifications:
1. 8+ years of backend development experience, including 5+ years in the gaming industry.
2. Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.
3. Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate across time zones.
4. Passion for technology, quick learning ability, and a knack for solving complex problems.
5. Proficient in English, Proficient in Mandarin Chinese is a plus (but not required).
6. Proficient in at least one programming language (expertise in C++ or Golang is preferred), with strong experience in threads, coroutines, and building high-performance, high-concurrency, and highly available systems.
7. Familiar with distributed systems and core backend technologies such as microservices architecture, message queues (such as Kafka/RabbitMQ), and service discovery (such as Etcd/ZooKeeper).
8. Experienced with both SQL (such as MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (such as Redis/MongoDB) databases, including performance optimization.
9. Familiar with game backend architecture (e.g., matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization)
10. Candidates with Unreal Engine development experience are preferred.
11. Practical experience with cloud platforms (such as AWS/GCP/Azure), understanding their mainstream services and architectures, and capable of designing backend systems based on actual application scenarios.
12. Experience with common CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc.
#LI-RL1

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent
As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.
Work Location: UK-London

šŸŽÆ Key Responsibilities

  • Technical Support for Overseas Game Projects: Provide technical support for major overseas game projects. Analyze backend server architecture, data storage, and network communication based on game business characteristics. Offer customized technical solutions to optimize overall backend performance and stability.
  • Online Service Development and Maintenance: Participate in building Online Services for games (such as login, matchmaking, real-time battles, data synchronization). Ensure high availability and low latency to support stable global player access.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with top-tier global game studio teams to drive technical solution optimization and implementation. Organize and participate in technical discussions to promote communication and collaboration with game studios.

āœ… Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of backend development experience, including 5+ years in the gaming industry
  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate across time zones
  • Passion for technology, quick learning ability, and a knack for solving complex problems
  • Proficient in English
  • Proficient in at least one programming language (expertise in C++ or Golang is preferred), with strong experience in threads, coroutines, and building high-performance, high-concurrency, and highly available systems
  • Familiar with distributed systems and core backend technologies such as microservices architecture, message queues (such as Kafka/RabbitMQ), and service discovery (such as Etcd/ZooKeeper)
  • Experienced with both SQL (such as MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (such as Redis/MongoDB) databases, including performance optimization
  • Familiar with game backend architecture (e.g., matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization)
  • Practical experience with cloud platforms (such as AWS/GCP/Azure), understanding their mainstream services and architectures, and capable of designing backend systems based on actual application scenarios
  • Experience with common CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc.

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficient in Mandarin Chinese
  • Candidates with Unreal Engine development experience

šŸ› ļø Required Skills

  • Backend development
  • Programming languages (C++, Golang preferred)
  • Threads, coroutines, high-performance systems
  • Distributed systems, microservices
  • Message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
  • Service discovery (Etcd/ZooKeeper)
  • SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Redis/MongoDB) databases
  • Game backend architecture (matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization)
  • Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes)
  • Communication and teamwork
  • Problem-solving
  • English proficiency

šŸŽ Benefits

  • Equal Employment Opportunity: Diverse voices fuel innovation and support for all employees to achieve goals.
  • Inclusive environment fostering support and inspiration.

Locations

  • London, United Kingdom

Salary

Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence

120,000 - 180,000 GBP / yearly

Source: ai estimated

* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.

Skills Required

  • Backend developmentintermediate
  • Programming languages (C++, Golang preferred)intermediate
  • Threads, coroutines, high-performance systemsintermediate
  • Distributed systems, microservicesintermediate
  • Message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ)intermediate
  • Service discovery (Etcd/ZooKeeper)intermediate
  • SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Redis/MongoDB) databasesintermediate
  • Game backend architecture (matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization)intermediate
  • Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)intermediate
  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes)intermediate
  • Communication and teamworkintermediate
  • Problem-solvingintermediate
  • English proficiencyintermediate

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of backend development experience, including 5+ years in the gaming industry (experience)
  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field (experience)
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate across time zones (experience)
  • Passion for technology, quick learning ability, and a knack for solving complex problems (experience)
  • Proficient in English (experience)
  • Proficient in at least one programming language (expertise in C++ or Golang is preferred), with strong experience in threads, coroutines, and building high-performance, high-concurrency, and highly available systems (experience)
  • Familiar with distributed systems and core backend technologies such as microservices architecture, message queues (such as Kafka/RabbitMQ), and service discovery (such as Etcd/ZooKeeper) (experience)
  • Experienced with both SQL (such as MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (such as Redis/MongoDB) databases, including performance optimization (experience)
  • Familiar with game backend architecture (e.g., matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization) (experience)
  • Practical experience with cloud platforms (such as AWS/GCP/Azure), understanding their mainstream services and architectures, and capable of designing backend systems based on actual application scenarios (experience)
  • Experience with common CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc. (experience)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficient in Mandarin Chinese (experience)
  • Candidates with Unreal Engine development experience (experience)

Responsibilities

  • Technical Support for Overseas Game Projects: Provide technical support for major overseas game projects. Analyze backend server architecture, data storage, and network communication based on game business characteristics. Offer customized technical solutions to optimize overall backend performance and stability.
  • Online Service Development and Maintenance: Participate in building Online Services for games (such as login, matchmaking, real-time battles, data synchronization). Ensure high availability and low latency to support stable global player access.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with top-tier global game studio teams to drive technical solution optimization and implementation. Organize and participate in technical discussions to promote communication and collaboration with game studios.

Benefits

  • general: Equal Employment Opportunity: Diverse voices fuel innovation and support for all employees to achieve goals.
  • general: Inclusive environment fostering support and inspiration.

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