Technical Director - Backend Engineering

As Technical Director - Backend Engineering, you will be responsible for driving the vision, architecture, and execution of LightFury's server-side infrastructure. You will build and lead a high-performing backend team that will power everything from multiplayer systems and live services to player progression, matchmaking, analytics, and security. This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for someone who thrives in technical challenges, understands the unique demands of mobile-first AAA games, and can guide both high-level design and low-level :

• Define and lead the overall backend architecture and cloud infrastructure strategy for mobile-first AAA games.
• Architect scalable and secure systems for multiplayer gameplay, leaderboards, matchmaking, account management, social features, and LiveOps.
• Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of backend engineers, fostering a high-quality engineering culture.
• Collaborate with gameplay, design, product, and analytics teams to ensure smooth backend integration and feature delivery.
• Build systems that can support millions of concurrent players, real-time data, and global reach.
• Oversee deployment, monitoring, performance optimization, and incident response processes.
• Enforce best practices in architecture, code quality, testing, CI / CD, security, and cloud operations.
• Ensure compliance with data regulations (e. g., GDPR, COPPA) and third-party service integrations (e. g., identity providers, payment gateways).
• Stay up to date with backend technologies, cloud-native services, and gaming backend stacks to drive innovation.

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