{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"658aba865dcfce2244bed9fa","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/658aba865dcfce2244bed9fa","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/658aba865dcfce2244bed9fa","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’re looking for a Server Engineering Lead to join the Elite Dangerous team and help deliver exceptional online experiences to our players. You’ll bring strong technical expertise, leadership ability, and a passion for high ‑ quality game development.\n\nIn this role, you’ll work with Linux ‑ based distributed systems on AWS, contribute hands ‑ on code (primarily PHP), and collaborate closely with our in ‑ house Cobra engine and cross ‑ platform game code. You’ll lead and mentor a team of server developers, guiding their growth while providing technical direction across major features and systems.\n\nYou’ll also share responsibility for the performance, reliability, and cost ‑ efficiency of 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 our multi ‑ million ‑ selling, cross ‑ platform titles, 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\nContribut ing 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\nMaintain ing secure and reliable online services across cloud and on‑prem environments\n\nDevelop ing and support ing tools that enable non‑technical teams to create content and manage the game’s online services effectively.\n\nContribut ing 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\nExten sive 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 p rogramming in compiled languages such as C++, C#, Go or Rust\n\nExperience s caling, 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. If you therefore need any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition representative.\n\nFor queries, please email: recruitment@frontier.co.uk\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Frontier","rawCompany":"frontier","city":"Somerville","state":"MA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T03:22:22.708Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"518210","title":"Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services","slug":"computing-infrastructure-providers-data-processing-web-hosting-and-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","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. 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You’ll bring strong technical expertise, leadership ability, and a passion for high ‑ quality game development.\n\nIn this role, you’ll work with Linux ‑ based distributed systems on AWS, contribute hands ‑ on code (primarily PHP), and collaborate closely with our in ‑ house Cobra engine and cross ‑ platform game code. 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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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