About the role

Senior Game Backend Engineer at Offworld Industries handling the microservice backend for a live-service game. Collaborating with teams across Canada and China to modernize backend infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Audit and remediate existing stateful scaling logic
Implement robust graceful shutdown protocols and dirty-cache synchronization
Take ownership of partially implemented systems and drive them to completion
De-couple hardcoded database versioning and configuration from the codebase
Replace legacy shell-script deployments with modern, containerized CI/CD pipelines
Establish a "zero-failure" testing culture
Build automated integration test suites to rigorously test critical paths
Be in direct contact with Tencent’s infrastructure support teams

5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience
High proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript within a microservices environment
Deep understanding of stateful backend scaling, consistent hashing, memory management, and distributed caching strategies
Strong NoSQL database experience, particularly in high-throughput read/write scenarios
Bilingual fluency in Mandarin and professional-level English
Willingness to accommodate meetings scheduled for China morning hours while working in the Pacific Time zone.