Senior Backend Engineer

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Nexus Mods

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Nexus Mods is the world’s largest games mod site, hosting over 500,000 files and home to over 14,000,000 passionate community members. Transforming users gaming experience and extending the life of existing titles through the hard work and dedication of mod authors worldwide.Founded in 2001, Nexus Mods has seen rapid growth year on year and established itself as a global platform to showcase user-created video game modifications. With over 2.5 billion downloads we have one of the most engaged communities in the world.

11 - 50 employees

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that power mod delivery, installation, publishing, and creator dashboards. • Ensure services are performant, reliable, and secure at scale (tens of millions of users). • Collaborate with Frontend, App, and DevOps Engineers in your pod to deliver end-to-end features. • Contribute to product discovery by prototyping APIs, validating technical feasibility, and surfacing trade-offs early. • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code. • Set and maintain high standards and process: tests, CI/CD, documentation. • Help mentor other engineers and contribute to shared standards across pods.

🎯 Requirements

• Deep experience with at least one backend language (Ruby, PHP, Java, Go, Node.js, etc.) and curiosity to learn others. • Experience designing and building APIs (REST and/or GraphQL). • Solid experience with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL) and familiarity with NoSQL stores (Redis, ElasticSearch). • Experience with distributed systems, queues, and event-driven architectures. • Production experience with performance optimisation, caching and scalability. • Hands-on experience deploying services with CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration (Docker/K8s). • Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a cross-functional team. • Ability to balance speed, quality and pragmatism in delivery.

🏖️ Benefits

• We work a 4-day week of 32 hours, with no reduction in pay. • An allowance of £25 each month to spend on video games (anything required for work is bought by the business!). • Employee Assistance Programme. • Private BUPA healthcare for you and your family. • A very flexible training budget. • Regular social events throughout the year. Participation is optional!