{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"17651e284bfae8b688501f8a","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/17651e284bfae8b688501f8a","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/17651e284bfae8b688501f8a","title":"Server Engineering Lead","description":"Frontier is an independent video game developer and publisher, crafting immersive gaming experiences with fun gameplay and unparalleled artistic quality. Renowned for its iconic creative management simulation games, Frontier captivates players worldwide with immersive and authentic game worlds. The modern studio is located in the vibrant technology hub of Cambridge (UK). The talented team at Frontier are dedicated to nurturing our existing portfolio and delivering our exciting future roadmap.\n\nThis role is offered on a full in-studio basis or a hybrid basis (minimum 3 days per week in the studio). We can provide a comprehensive relocation support package as part of any offer, should you need to relocate.\n\nWHAT’S THE ROLE?\nWe’relooking for a Server EngineeringLeadto jointhe Elite Dangerousteam and help deliver exceptional online experiences to our players.You’llbring strong technicalexpertise, leadership ability, and a passion forhigh‑qualitygame development.\n\nIn this role,you’llwork withLinux‑baseddistributed systems on AWS, contributehands‑oncode (primarily PHP), and collaborate closely withourin‑houseCobra engine andcross‑platformgame code.You’lllead and mentor a team of server developers, guiding their growth whileprovidingtechnical direction across major features and systems.\n\nYou’llalso share responsibility for the performance, reliability, andcost‑efficiencyof our online services, working with other discipline leads to ensure we deliver smooth, scalable, and engaging experiences for our players.\n\nThis is a fantastic opportunity to join the team behind ourmulti‑million‑selling,cross‑platformtitles, help shape the next generation of server engineers, and contribute directly to the future of our games.\n\nWHAT YOU’LL BE DOING\n\nLeading the development of major game features and systems\n\nContributing technically through hands‑on programming, systems administration, and wider technical responsibilities\n\nManaging and mentoring developers, providing feedback and guiding them with their documentation\n\nDesigning and implementing systems using clean, maintainable, and well‑documented code\n\nCollaborating with project leadership and production to define the contents for key deliverables and milestones, and working with stakeholders to deliver the technical and creative vision for the project\n\nMaintaining secure and reliable online services across cloud and on‑prem environments\n\nDeveloping and supporting tools that enable non‑technical teams to create content and manage the game’s online services effectively.\n\nContributing to operational incident response during core hours, with additional participation in evening and weekend on‑call support as required.\n\nWHAT YOU’LL BRING\n\nExtensive experience of object‑oriented programming in a dynamically typed script‑based language, such as PHP, Python or Typescript\n\nA genuine passion for video games.\n\nA track record in the development of quality high performance, high availability server systems\n\nSafely and confidently navigate a mature codebase, bringing clarity, structure, and engineering judgement to complex systems\n\nExtensive experience in developing distributed systems with open source components such as databases, caches, firewalls, load balancers and networks.\n\nExperience of Linux systems administration\n\nExpertise in people management and leadership skills with a passion for developing individuals and teams.\n\nA history of handling the non‑coding technical aspects of development, such as branch management, TRC analysis, bug/crash triaging, and so forth.\n\nA proactive approach to collaborative learning and knowledge sharing with colleagues.\n\nBONUS IF YOU HAVE\n\nExperience working with a game engine, preferably having shipped a cross‑platform game title that included Consoles\n\nExperience designing, configuring and maintaining networking and security systems (TCP/UDP, Routing, NAT, Firewalls, etc)\n\nExperience programming in compiled languages such as C++, C#, Go or Rust\n\nExperience scaling, performance & reliability optimisation of distributed systems\n\nDistributed database architectures (Relational, Document, Key/Value, Graph, etc)\n\nWHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU\nYou will work with talented and passionate people to support, develop or publish our sophisticated and enduring games, in a creative, collaborative and inclusive environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our players.\n\nWellbeing is a big focus at Frontier, and we are continually evolving how we can support our people. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and provide a range of wellbeing activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.\n\nWe offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a success‑based annual bonus, share option schemes, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, in‑house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme, free bike servicing, and social activities and events.\n\nWe strive to create an environment where everyone can fully demonstrate their capability and potential. 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We can provide a comprehensive relocation support package as part of any offer, should you need to relocate.\n\nWHAT’S THE ROLE?\nWe’relooking for a Server EngineeringLeadto jointhe Elite Dangerousteam and help deliver exceptional online experiences to our players.You’llbring strong technicalexpertise, leadership ability, and a passion forhigh‑qualitygame development.\n\nIn this role,you’llwork withLinux‑baseddistributed systems on AWS, contributehands‑oncode (primarily PHP), and collaborate closely withourin‑houseCobra engine andcross‑platformgame code.You’lllead and mentor a team of server developers, guiding their growth whileprovidingtechnical direction across major features and systems.\n\nYou’llalso share responsibility for the performance, reliability, andcost‑efficiencyof our online services, working with other discipline leads to ensure we deliver smooth, scalable, and engaging experiences for our players.\n\nThis is a fantastic opportunity to join the team behind ourmulti‑million‑selling,cross‑platformtitles, help shape the next generation of server engineers, and contribute directly to the future of our games.\n\nWHAT YOU’LL BE DOING\n\nLeading the development of major game features and systems\n\nContributing technically through hands‑on programming, systems administration, and wider technical responsibilities\n\nManaging and mentoring developers, providing feedback and guiding them with their documentation\n\nDesigning and implementing systems using clean, maintainable, and well‑documented code\n\nCollaborating with project leadership and production to define the contents for key deliverables and milestones, and working with stakeholders to deliver the technical and creative vision for the project\n\nMaintaining secure and reliable online services across cloud and on‑prem environments\n\nDeveloping and supporting tools that enable non‑technical teams to create content and manage the game’s online services effectively.\n\nContributing to operational incident response during core hours, with additional participation in evening and weekend on‑call support as required.\n\nWHAT YOU’LL BRING\n\nExtensive experience of object‑oriented programming in a dynamically typed script‑based language, such as PHP, Python or Typescript\n\nA genuine passion for video games.\n\nA track record in the development of quality high performance, high availability server systems\n\nSafely and confidently navigate a mature codebase, bringing clarity, structure, and engineering judgement to complex systems\n\nExtensive experience in developing distributed systems with open source components such as databases, caches, firewalls, load balancers and networks.\n\nExperience of Linux systems administration\n\nExpertise in people management and leadership skills with a passion for developing individuals and teams.\n\nA history of handling the non‑coding technical aspects of development, such as branch management, TRC analysis, bug/crash triaging, and so forth.\n\nA proactive approach to collaborative learning and knowledge sharing with colleagues.\n\nBONUS IF YOU HAVE\n\nExperience working with a game engine, preferably having shipped a cross‑platform game title that included Consoles\n\nExperience designing, configuring and maintaining networking and security systems (TCP/UDP, Routing, NAT, Firewalls, etc)\n\nExperience programming in compiled languages such as C++, C#, Go or Rust\n\nExperience scaling, performance & reliability optimisation of distributed systems\n\nDistributed database architectures (Relational, Document, Key/Value, Graph, etc)\n\nWHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU\nYou will work with talented and passionate people to support, develop or publish our sophisticated and enduring games, in a creative, collaborative and inclusive environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our players.\n\nWellbeing is a big focus at Frontier, and we are continually evolving how we can support our people. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and provide a range of wellbeing activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.\n\nWe offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a success‑based annual bonus, share option schemes, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, in‑house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme, free bike servicing, and social activities and events.\n\nWe strive to create an environment where everyone can fully demonstrate their capability and potential. 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