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You'll design, build and scale the APIs and systems that power the Nexus Mods ecosystem, working on problems most companies never see: massive scale, complex compatibility and passionate user communities.\nFrom discovery and experimentation through to delivery and scale, you'll be hands-on in shaping features that directly impact the modding ecosystem. Your focus may evolve over time, but areas you could work on include:\nKeeping our community safe and supported\nModeration and support tools, and user-facing features that resolve issues faster.\nSecurity features such as malware detection, authentication (2FA, login, account recovery), API protection, rate limiting and user data protection.\nCompliance and legal requirements, including child safety legislation, GDPR and cookie compliance.\nHelping our platform and business growImproving how users experience value and become paying supporters, through upsells, pricing localisation and onboarding.\nBuilding the foundations for community growth, such as creator partnerships and new audience acquisition.\nAdmin tooling, dashboards, marketing integrations and data tools that teams across the company can rely on.\n Core platform and ecosystemHelping millions of gamers discover, download and manage mods, and empowering creators to publish and manage their work with confidence.\nBuilding high-traffic APIs serving millions of requests per hour, for both web and desktop applications.\nTackling complex challenges around dependencies, versioning and compatibility.\nImproving performance, scalability and reliability, and addressing technical debt so we're ready for the next decade of growth in gaming.\nResponsabilidades\nDeep experience with at least one backend language (Ruby, PHP, Java, Go, Node.js, etc.) and curiosity to learn others.\nExperience designing and building APIs (REST and/or GraphQL).\nSolid experience with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL) and familiarity with NoSQL stores (Redis, Elasticsearch).\nExperience with distributed systems, queues and event-driven architectures, plus production experience with performance optimisation and caching.\nHands-on experience deploying services with CI/CD pipelines and containers (Docker/K8s).\nExcellent communication skills and the ability to balance speed, quality and pragmatism.\n Bonus skillsFamiliarity with Ruby on Rails.\nKnowledge of authentication, identity management and payments.\nExperience with search systems (Elasticsearch, Meilisearch) or with trust and safety and compliance-driven engineering.\nExperience building tools for creators, modding communities or user-generated content platforms.\nPassion for games and mods, whether that's tweaking Skyrim load orders, building Minecraft servers or diving into Baldur's Gate 3 mod.\nRequisitos\nOwn significant backend domains, designing, building and maintaining scalable, secure services and APIs that support tens of millions of users.\nBreak down complex product requirements into clear technical plans and lead delivery of multi-sprint initiatives.\nCollaborate closely with other engineering teams to deliver end-to-end features.\nContribute to product discovery by prototyping, validating feasibility and surfacing trade-offs early.\nImprove observability, reliability and operational standards, and drive best practice in performance, database design and security.\nWrite clean, well-tested code, uphold high standards across CI/CD and documentation, and mentor other engineers.\nBeneficios\nBenefitsWe work a 4-day week of 32 hours, with no reduction in pay.\nAn allowance of £25 each month to spend on video games.\nEmployee Assistance Programme.\nPrivate BUPA healthcare for you and your family.\nA very flexible training budget.\nRegular social events throughout the year. Participation is optional!\n Diversity and InclusionWe celebrate diversity and want you to bring your whole self to work.\nSupporting an incredible community of tens of millions of users, we thrive on engaging as many views as possible to improve our platform. 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