Skills

SQL NoSQL Incident Response GitLab CI/CD Jenkins Architecture Databases git AWS Redis CI/CD Pipelines Microservices

Job Specifications

You'll be part of a small but high-impact backend team, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and reliable online systems. You'll work closely with engineering, design, QA, and customer support teams to deliver high-quality features and improvements.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain server-side features using C#/.NET
Design scalable, secure microservices and APIs on AWS
Manage and optimize databases (SQL, NoSQL) and caching layers (e.g., Redis)
Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins)
Deploy, monitor, and maintain live production environments
Build internal tools to support QA and customer support teams
Contribute to technical planning, architecture, and code quality
Participate in on-call support and incident response as needed

Requirements

Proven experience with C#/.NET in a live services environment
Strong understanding of AWS, serverless architecture, containers (e.g., ECS, Lambda), and infrastructure-as-code
Experience with microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architectures
Solid grasp of CI/CD, Git, and production deployment workflows
Familiarity with observability tools (logs, metrics, tracing)
Strong debugging, performance profiling, and testing skills
A calm, pragmatic approach to solving production issues

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)
Christmas shutdown
Flexible working hours
x 4 Half-day Fridays (during the summer months)
A day off on your birthday
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Comprehensive Medical Insurance
Weekly Yoga Class
Anti-Crunch ethos
Referral Bonus Scheme
Bike2Work Scheme
Social Events/Project Launch Wrap Parties
Charity Events
Branded merchandise

About the Company

Wushu Studios is a game development studio based in the heart of Liverpool. Our journey is driven by the thrill of creating cutting-edge games and delivering unparalleled experiences to players worldwide. However, our success is entirely attributable to our team of diverse, world-class, creative, and dedicated developers, who are the heartbeat of our studio. We pride ourselves on the long-standing relationships we’ve developed with global publishers and incredible studios along the way to create a spectrum of games from ench... Know more