Backend Technical Expert, Gaming

1 Month ago • 8 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

The Backend Technical Expert will provide technical support for overseas game projects, analyzing backend server architecture and offering customized solutions to optimize performance and stability. They will participate in building Online Services for games, ensuring high availability and low latency. Collaboration with global game studio teams to drive technical solution optimization and implementation is also expected. The role requires strong technical skills and excellent communication abilities, including proficiency in both English and Chinese.
Must have:
  • 8+ years of backend development experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
  • Proficiency in C++ or Golang.
  • Familiarity with distributed systems and core backend technologies.
  • Experienced with SQL and NoSQL databases.
Good to have:
  • Experience with Unreal Engine backend integration.
  • Practical experience with cloud platforms.

Job Details

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

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.

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 3+ 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. Proficiency in both English and Chinese (Mandarin) is preferred.

6. Proficient in C++ or Golang, 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 (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and service discovery (Etcd/ZooKeeper).

8. Experienced with both SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Redis/MongoDB) databases, including performance optimization.

9. Familiar with game backend architecture (e.g., matchmaking, real-time battles, network synchronization); experience with backend integration for Unreal Engine (e.g., network module development or plugin customization) is a plus.

10. Practical experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), understanding their mainstream services and architectures, and capable of designing backend systems based on actual application scenarios.

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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.

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