Senior Java Game Engine Developer

Eligo Recruitment Ltd

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

24 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java

API

Distributed Systems

Game Engine

MySQL

Service Design

System Availability

Spring-boot

Kubernetes

Docker

Microservices

Job description

Are you a Senior Java Engineer who has led or been deeply involved in moving monolithic platforms to modern microservices architecture? If you enjoy complex systems, large scale integrations and building reliable back ends, this could be a great next step., You will play a key role in migrating an existing monolithic Java platform to a modern microservices architecture. This platform powers the company's game engine and integrates their products with multiple operators, so reliability, performance and scalability are critical.

You'll work closely with architecture and engineering teams to design new services, refactor existing components, and ensure smooth integration with MySQL and downstream systems. You'll also contribute to technical decision making around service design, data modelling and system performance.

This is not just a maintenance role. You'll be actively shaping how the back end evolves, breaking down legacy components and helping build a cleaner, more modular system for the future.

About the Company

You'll join a well established iGaming technology business that builds high performance systems used by operators across multiple markets. The engineering culture is collaborative, pragmatic and delivery focused, with plenty of opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction.

Requirements

Strong commercial Java experience Hands on experience migrating from monolith to microservices Solid MySQL experience and strong data modelling skills Deep understanding of service architecture, APIs and distributed systems Experience working on scalable, high availability back ends Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments Excellent written and spoken EnglishIdeally you'll come from sportsbook, iGaming or gambling. However, engineers from other regulated, high transaction environments such as fintech, payments or retail tech will also be considered if you have strong microservices migration experience.

Nice to have Spring or Spring Boot Docker, Kubernetes or containerised environments CI/CD pipelines Performance optimisation experienceIf this sounds like a good fit, apply now and we'll be in touch.