Server Engineer

1 Month ago • All levels • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

Hutch, a mobile games developer and publisher, is seeking a Server Engineer for their central London studio. This role involves designing, prototyping, and developing server-based multiplayer game systems for successful mobile games. The ideal candidate will enjoy taking ownership, working in a high-load environment, and tackling technical challenges. You will collaborate closely with artists, designers, and other programmers to impact day-to-day development of backend services for a successful game. Responsibilities include working across synchronous and asynchronous gameplay, tournaments, events, matchmaking, leaderboards, and DLC, while ensuring scalability, security, and performance of online user experiences. You will also design and build new online functionality, write administrative tools, and participate in design discussions.
Must have:
  • Design, prototype, and develop server-based multiplayer game systems
  • Work across gameplay, tournaments, events, matchmaking, and leaderboards
  • Collaborate with designers and programmers for online user experience
  • Design and build maintainable, robust, and flexible online functionality
  • Write tools for administration of online services

Job Details

Server Engineer | Development | London | Permanent

We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 280 million people, with new titles in development.

We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy.  

Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way. 

We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.

We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!

Server Engineer 

Hutch are looking for a Server Engineer to join the team in our central London studio. This will be a role designing, prototyping and developing server-based multiplayer game systems for our successful mobile games. This is an exciting role for someone who enjoys taking a lot of ownership for their work, would enjoy working in a high-load environment and the technical challenges that it presents. Our Engineers work on a specific game team, closely with Artists, Designers and other programmers, allowing them to have a huge impact day-to-day and allowing them to have a lot of input into the development of the backend services for a successful game.

Responsibilities 

  • Designing, prototyping and developing server-based multiplayer game systems 
  • Working across synchronous and asynchronous gameplay, tournaments and events, matchmaking, leaderboards, DLC and more
  • Working very closely with designers, programmers and other disciplines to solve the many challenges involved in creating a high quality, scalable, secure and performant online user experience in the most efficient manner possible 
  • Growing our multiplayer service into innovative new areas across new titles, using the latest technology to develop the most compelling online experience for our players
  • Designing and building new online functionality in a maintainable, robust and flexible manner, ensuring scalability and readiness for rapid post-launch updates in response to customer feedback
  • Writing tools where necessary to empower artists, designers and customer services to administrate the online services as much as possible
  • Be actively involved in design discussions to make best use of technology

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About The Company

Hutch is a dynamic games studio based in Central London. Founded on a wealth of traditional game development experience, blending a bunch of people who are talented and passionate about making the best free to play games. Our goal is to create the best racing games for mobile. We believe small, focused and empowered teams build the best games and we work hard to maintain an open, transparent and self-determined culture. Founded in 2011, we have released 8 games including Smash Cops, MMX Racing, Hot Wheels:Race Off and MMX Hill Climb with over 300 million players across the world.

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