Backend Engineer

About Us

Sim Sector Studios, established in 2017, is a leading company in the Gaming and IT & Services industries. With a talented team of 30+ professionals, we specialize in innovative services that redefine industry standards — from 3D modeling and Web 3D to AR, VR, Unreal Engine, game development, cyber security, and programming. Our commitment to excellence has earned us the trust of partners and clients worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Build and optimize cloud-native applications that support high availability, resilience, and performance.
• Develop and maintain microservices-based architectures for web and gaming platforms.
• Design and implement event-driven systems using messaging, streaming, or asynchronous processing patterns.
• Work with modern data platforms, including data lakes, storage systems, and data-intensive workflows.
• Design backend components with strong attention to reliability, observability, fault tolerance, and scalability.
• Collaborate with front-end teams to ensure seamless integration between user-facing applications and backend services.
• Contribute to system architecture, technical design, and engineering best practices.
• Write clean, testable, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production and performance issues across distributed environments.
• Work with containerized deployments and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Support CI/CD processes and help improve automation, deployment, and monitoring practices.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to a strong engineering culture focused on quality and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Strong experience in backend development with Go, Python, TypeScript, or similar programming languages.
• Proven expertise in designing and building scalable cloud applications.
• Solid understanding of server-side architecture, API design, and service-oriented development.
• Hands-on experience with microservices, distributed systems, and backend design patterns.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, asynchronous communication, and message-based systems.
• Familiarity with data lakes, large-scale data systems, or data platform integrations.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including OOP, system design, and clean coding practices.
• Experience with databases, data modeling, and performance optimization across relational and/or NoSQL systems.
• Understanding of observability, logging, monitoring, and debugging in production systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern development workflows.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience in game development or backend systems supporting gaming platforms.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine ecosystems or game-related services.
• Experience with streaming platforms, real-time systems, or high-concurrency environments.
• Exposure to domain-driven design, clean architecture, or other modern software design approaches.
• Experience building platforms that support international scale, high traffic, or complex integrations.

Benefits

• Adaptability — tailor your working hours or embrace remote work to maximize efficiency.
• Time for Yourself — three extra paid days annually on top of your regular vacation allowance.
• Competitive Compensation — salary that reflects your level of experience.
• Cutting Edge Office Entertainment — professional racing simulators in-office.