Backend Game & Systems Engineer

About the Role Endless Studios is on a mission to revolutionize game development—and education—by empowering the next generation of creators through real-world, open collaboration. We're building Endstar, our platform for collaborative, community-powered game development. To make this vision real, we’re looking for a senior backend game and systems engineer to architect and scale the infrastructure that powers it all.This is a rare opportunity to shape a platform at the intersection of game development, open-source collaboration, and AI-enhanced workflows.What You’ll Do Architect, build, and maintain the backend infrastructure for the Endstar platform Design scalable systems for collaborative content creation, version control, and multiplayer gameplay logic Integrate AI-assisted workflows and tooling into game and platform development pipelines Work closely with frontend, game, and design teams to ensure seamless integration of tools and systems Contribute to open-source projects and help build a thriving contributor community around the platform Mentor junior engineers and student contributors participating in our global network Who You Are Veteran Game Engineer: 10+ years of experience shipping high-quality games at world-class studios Systems Architect: Deep expertise in designing scalable, fault-tolerant backend systems (preferably in games or creative platforms)Open Source Champion: Fluent in open development models; you’ve contributed to or maintained open-source projects AI-Driven: Actively exploring AI and its impact on tools, game development, and collaborative creation workflows Builder at Heart: Comfortable in fast-moving environments where the right answer doesn’t exist yet Preferred Tech Stack Backend: Node.js, Python, Go, or similar Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, or other cloud platforms Databases: Postgre SQL, Redis, Firebase, or similar Bonus: Experience with multiplayer backends, server-authoritative architecture, and real-time collaboration tools #J-18808-Ljbffr