Staff Software Engineer - Backend

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer – Backend based in United Kingdom. As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in re-architecting a mission-critical matchmaking platform operating at exceptional global scale. You’ll combine deep backend expertise with architectural leadership to build systems capable of supporting the next generation of users and traffic. Your primary focus will be designing a scalable, decoupled, and extensible matchmaking architecture using Go, GCP, and Kubernetes. You’ll tackle sophisticated distributed-systems challenges involving throughput, latency, consistency, caching, concurrency, and reliability. As a senior individual contributor, you’ll influence engineering standards, architectural decisions, and the technical direction of multiple teams. You’ll also create reusable abstractions and interfaces that allow engineers to move quickly without sacrificing quality or maintainability. This is an opportunity to shape technology at the heart of a global competitive gaming ecosystem while mentoring and empowering other engineers.