Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

Location: Remote, UK
Reporting to: Lead Software Engineer

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per annum

Contract: Full time, Permanent

At Lockwood, our vision is to bring people together through Avakin Life, where players canplay, share, and socialize in one of the world's largest and most populous metaverses.

Avakin Life provides an immersive 3D life simulation experience for millions of users worldwide.

With a focus on innovation and collaboration, Lockwood offers a flexible and creative environment that empowers our teams to push the boundaries ofwhat’spossible. Weprovide competitive benefits, including an employee share scheme, making Lockwood an exciting destination for those passionate about shaping the future of digital experiences.

This position is available as a fully remote role, though there may beoccasionalmeetupsfor socialinteractionand strategic sessions.

We are looking for an individual eager to be part of ourLive Ops Engineeringteambuilding and scaling the systems and internal tooling that powers Avakin Life, ensuring the platform continues to deliver an outstanding experience for millions of players.

You will play a crucial role in ensuring theteam collaborate and effectively build scalable, reliable, and secure internal systems that support our mission to create an unparalleled social gaming experience.

• Collaborate with teams across Lockwood toidentifynecessary functionality and efficiency improvements and todeterminethe correct solution.
• Work collaboratively within the cross-functional team to deliver maximum value in anagile environment.
• Take on new technical skillsets as the role requires.
• Manage risk through a dev-ops culture and thorough testing,maintaining high quality.
• Analyse the system for issues and resolve as priority dictates.
• Continuously improve the development and planning process.
• Understand what is valuable to the company, and how work relates to that.
• Take ownership of the system produced.
• Contribute toa strong teamsense of identity and spirit.
• Foster a learning culture within the team.
• Work within best practices for secure, compliant, and reliable systems.

• 5+years experience in software engineering
• Professional understanding of agile concepts and processes
• Good knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Solid grasp of dev-ops concepts and processes
• Effective time management and estimation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-motivated in work and willing to learn new skills.
• Ability to adapt to change with resilience.
• Understanding of back-end development best practices
• Strong knowledge of UX/UI best practices
• Strongexpertisein frontend development primarily in React and Word Press, or similar technologies.
• Experience in backend development primarily in Python and Golang, or languages such as Java, Node.js, or C#
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and distributed computing

• Experience in the gaming industry or large-scale interactive systems.
• Familiarity with messaging systems such as Kafka,RabbitMQor similar
• Proficiency with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack
• Experience with AI/ML integration in backend systems.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization tools (Docker).
• Working knowledge of SQL and No
  
  SQL databases.
• Experience with Terraform, or awareness of IAC with willingness to learn
• Strong background in designing scalable, high-performance systems.

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At Lockwood,you’llbe part of an inclusive, creative, and highly motivated team.

You’llworkon systems used by millions of players, shaping the live game experience and ensuring we candelivernew content and events rapidly and reliably. This is your opportunity to make a real impact—not just on our games, but on the future of how weoperate.

• Private Healthcare Plan
• Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• Work From Home
• Training & Development
• Employee Assistance Programme

benefits will depend on location and local legislation