Senior Backend Engineer

At Charged Monkey, we are a team of talented and experienced game makers. Our ambitions are huge, and only a world-class team could achieve them. To date, we’ve built a team of incredibly talented individuals from all over the world, who together are bringing industry-defining games to life. We embrace AI-forward development practices and expect our engineers to be curious and pragmatic about how these tools can raise the bar. In partnership with SCOPELY, one of the biggest gaming studios worldwide (known for IPs like Star Trek™ Fleet Command, MONOPOLY GO!, etc.), we are in the early stages of development on an ambitious, unannounced, cross-platform Strategy/MMO title. Do you want to be a part of talented and passionate game makers to join us on this exciting journey? We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our team focused on core server technology, based in Prague / Bratislava on a hybrid or remote basis. !!!! Candidates from all countries are welcome. However, relocation to one of our employing entities is required. At this time, we are only able to consider candidates who are already authorized to work in the EU and do not require visa or work permit sponsorship. !!!! What will you do? Work in a team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining backend services and APIs in Python running on AWSDesign and implement new features in our core technologies, working collaboratively with other stakeholder teams to understand requirements and identify the best technical solutions.Leverage AI tools and agentic workflows in your daily work — from tech planning, code generation and review to exploring novel solutions.Plan the future of our server core technologies that will lay the foundation for exciting new gameplay featuresInspect the performance of our server clusters and propose improvementsDeep analysis of player behaviors and how our server can be hardened to both improve player experience and defend against bad actors (botters, cheaters, etc)Work closely with the QA team to resolve bugs and deliver high-quality codeDeploy, monitor, and manage applications in a cloud environment such as AWSStay up-to-date with industry changes and emerging trends, especially regarding Python, Redis and its ecosystem, AWS, Gaming, etc. What we’re looking for ? Highly experienced in being part of a professional development team or other relevant areaExperience in developing highly available back-end systems and servers for large-scale MMO games, high-traffic web systems or applicationsExperienced with Python and its ecosystem (libraries, frameworks, etc.), familiarity with web frameworks such as Flask, Tornado, FastAPI, or another similar web framework and Python threading, as well as the principles of async programmingFamiliar in design and implementation of highly-scalable, reliable, and secure systems using Redis and its ecosystem, such as Redislabs. Solid understanding of RESTful API design and developmentAbility to write efficient low-latency, low-IO codeStrong knowledge of Linux operating systems and Docker containers, as well as Redis, MySQL (or similar database systems)Good understanding of how to prevent intrusions, injections, cheating etc.Experience in version control, especially multi-track development and familiarity with deployments methodologies and CI/CD pipelinesExperience with automated testingExperience with stateful and stateless game server architecturesHands-on experience working with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude Code) and an understanding of how agentic workflows can augment engineering productivity. Bonus Points Familiarity with messaging systems such as RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, Redis StreamsExperience working with AWS services like EC2, ECR, RDS, S3, and IAMKnowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and experience with Terraform for managing infrastructure deploymentUnderstanding of network infrastructure and cloud networking concepts, such as VPC, Subnet, Security Groups, and Load BalancingExperience with traffic analysis via Charles proxy, browser developer tools, Datadog, logsUnderstanding Kibana / Datadog log querying and dashboards APPLY HERE