# Lead Game Services Engineer

WE ARE GAMEMAKERS Who we are: We are a diverse team of developers driven by a passion for our art, united by our core values and inspired by a culture of inclusivity to build amazing games that thrill players everywhere. We pursue growth and innovation in an environment of safety and trust. Our culture is built on the belief that the more varied voices in our collective will strengthenour team and our games. We are looking for our next teammate who will raise our bar and make us better. We are currently working on Project ETHOS, a new free-to-play, 3rd person rogue-like hero shooter and an exciting evolution on the genre! Who You Are: 31st Union is looking for a Lead Game Services Engineer to lead the team that builds and runs our studio-hosted services. You will manage backend engineers in our US and EU studios, own the architecture of our services and infrastructure, and write code alongside the team. You are the first point of contact for backend technical decisions and backend incidents. This role reports to the Director - Online Services. This role is based in our San Mateo, California studio and is open to fully remote candidates. Responsibilities: Team Leadership Manage back

- **Id**: 4107745
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/31st-union-lead-game-services-engineer>
- **Role**: Games
- **Role family**: Games
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: San Mateo, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-15T22:49:27Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T22:49:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 27
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7075
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4532046
- **Name**: 31st Union
- **Domain**: thirtyfirstunion.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/31st-union>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Salary

- **Min**: 169100
- **Max**: 250280
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 250280

## Technologies

- **Amazon DocumentDB** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Helm** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **MQTT** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Redis** — Optional: no
- **Unreal Engine** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 27

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T22:49:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 58
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.778
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 27
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T01:06:07Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 250280
- **Is top pay**: yes

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