As a Senior Full Stack Developer, you will work at the intersection of game publishing and engineering, driving the development of tools and systems that enhance player engagement, optimize performance, and support live game operations. Your role will be crucial in ensuring the smooth operation of in-game events, performance monitoring, and A/B testing, contributing directly to player experience and revenue growth.

Department: Engineering
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Remote
Workplace type: Fully remote
Reporting To: Nicolas Raby

Key Responsibilities

Game Event Systems: Develop and maintain tools that manage in-game events (e.g., time events, challenges)
Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Implement monitoring solutions to track and optimize key technical performance metrics such as FPS, loading times, and server responsiveness.
Live Operations Tooling: Design and develop internal tools to support live event management, A/B testing frameworks, and operational analytics.
Testing & Pipeline Support: Contribute to the synthetic and functional test pipeline, ensuring system stability through load testing and visualization dashboards.
Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with game designers, production teams, and backend engineers to develop scalable, efficient, and user-friendly tools.
Cloud & Infrastructure Management: Leverage cloud services for deployment, data storage, and real-time analytics.

Requirements

Strong proficiency in at least one modern Front-End framework: React, Angular, Solid.js, Svelte, or Vue.js.
Hands-on experience with backend development using Node.js and TypeScript, with a focus on RESTful services.
Database & Storage Systems: Proficiency in working with MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, or similar database environments.
Cloud & DevOps Knowledge: Familiarity with AWS services for hosting, data pipelines, and cloud storage solutions.
Testing & Automation: Experience with performance monitoring, synthetic/functional tests, and load testing frameworks.
Proven experience in an engineering team, ideally within the video game industry.
Experience with live game operations, including analytics-driven decision-making and real-time event management.

Benefits

Our Global Benefits & Perks

Unlimited coaching & therapy — with Oliva, to support your mental health
Stock Options — everyone owns a piece of our success
Pension scheme — up to 5% employer matched contribution to finance those golden years
Socials — office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties
And even more benefits based on your location!

If you’re based in the UK

25 Annual Leave + 8 bank holidays - we’re flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what’s important to you
Private Medical Insurance - full cover with AXA
Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash
Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too!
Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.

About Build A Rocket Boy

Build A Rocket Boy is an independent game developer, headquartered in Edinburgh Scotland, with operations in Budapest Hungary, the Netherlands, France, and California USA. Led by game developer Leslie Benzies, Build A Rocket Boy’s team includes hundreds of the industry’s brightest development talents with the shared vision to create new and innovative entertainment experiences. Build A Rocket Boy’s first project is EVERYWHERE – a new multi-world game experience that blurs the line between reality and the digital world.

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