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Server Engineer - Unannounced Project

  • Vancouver, BC, Canada

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5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including meaningful backend ownership on at least one shipped online or mobile title
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Server Engineer

Vancouver, BC Hybrid

About The Role

Lightfox Games is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Server Engineer to join our Vancouver based team to work on an unannounced mobile game for a world-class IP and Publisher. This role is hybrid out of our Vancouver studio with approximately 50% of time expected in-person.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable server-side systems that power core game features including player data, live ops, matchmaking, and social features
  • Collaborate closely with Gameplay Engineers, Designers, and Producers to implement and ship backend features that support a great player experience
  • Own backend features end-to-end, from technical design and implementation through testing, deployment, and live support
  • Build and maintain reliable, observable, and performant services with an eye toward scalability as the player base grows
  • Contribute to backend architecture decisions and help establish engineering standards for a growing team

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including meaningful backend ownership on at least one shipped online or mobile title
  • Strong proficiency in Typescript and at least one other backend language, such as Go, Python, or Rust
  • Experience designing and maintaining RESTful or real-time APIs, with a solid understanding of networking fundamentals
  • Familiarity with GCP and/or Firebase tech stack, including deployment, monitoring, and scaling
  • Understand the “Why” of the features you’re building, and collaborate with the team to find creative solutions to enhance development speed and quality
  • Solid understanding of databases (both relational and NoSQL) and experience optimizing for performance, high scalability, and reliability
  • Experience leveraging AI tools and LLMs to accelerate backend development, code review, or documentation workflows
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working cross-functionally in small, fast-moving teams
  • Self-motivated and comfortable with ownership in an ambiguous, early-stage environment

Nice to Have

  • Experience building backend systems for mobile free-to-play games, including live ops infrastructure, event systems, or economy services
  • Experience with real-time multiplayer or social features such as guilds, leaderboards, or co-op systems
  • Familiarity with Unity and experience integrating server-side systems with a Unity client

Compensation

CA$105,000 – CA$135,000 depending on experience, plus health/vision/dental coverage, RRSP matching, and equity.

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Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable server-side systems for player data, live operations, matchmaking, and social features. Own backend features from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and live support, while collaborating across disciplines and contributing to architecture and engineering standards.

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, including backend ownership on a shipped online or mobile game, proficiency in TypeScript and another backend language, and experience with APIs, cloud services, and relational and NoSQL databases. Candidates should be comfortable with scalability, reliability, AI-assisted development, cross-functional collaboration, and ownership in a fast-moving environment.

Skills

  • Backend Engineering
  • TypeScript
  • Go
  • Python
  • Rust
  • RESTful APIs
  • Real-Time APIs
  • Networking
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Firebase
  • Relational Databases
  • NoSQL Databases
  • Scalability
  • Performance Optimization
  • AI Tools and LLMs
  • Unity Integration

Benefits

  • Health Coverage
  • Vision Coverage
  • Dental Coverage
  • RRSP Matching
  • Equity

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Categories

  • Software
  • Technology
  • Engineering

Keywords

  • Server Engineering
  • Backend Systems
  • TypeScript
  • Go
  • Python
  • Rust
  • RESTful APIs
  • Real-Time APIs
  • Networking Fundamentals
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Firebase
  • Deployment
  • Monitoring
  • Scaling
  • Relational Databases
  • NoSQL Databases
  • Performance Optimization
  • High Availability
  • AI Tools
  • Large Language Models
  • Mobile Games
  • Free-to-Play Games
  • Live Operations
  • Matchmaking
  • Social Features
  • Multiplayer
  • Unity
  • Backend Architecture
  • Code Review
  • Documentation

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