Tech Lead Game Backend C++ Developer(Relocation to Cyprus)

Scorewarrior
is a game developer and publisher based in Limassol, Cyprus. The company focuses on the 4X strategy genre, with an ambitious goal to grow its hit game,
Total Battle
, to become the No.1 strategy game in the world. Our team consists of 200+ passionate, talented, self-driven, and continually developing professionals who love making high-quality games.

Our product
: We are currently working on Total Battle — an MMO 4X strategy game with a deep political system and lots of player interaction. Players take on the role of a commander and need to develop their city, forge alliances, fight against monsters, and conquer other players. We're constantly developing new game mechanics, and the project is continuing to grow

.

Our game project has a code base of ~300k SLOC and consists of multiple services running in several hundred instances. The game services are a sharded system for horizontal scalin

g.

Our team is seeking a Tech Lead with deep C++ expertise and strong architectural vision to steer the evolution of new game functionality for a large-scale multiplayer project with long-term gamepl

ay.

Our team's objective and the challenge they face is to create an outstanding technical design that ensures quality, flexibility, and simplicity in the development of in-game featu

**res.

T**

• asks:

Identifying and eliminating issues that reduce developer effectiveness on the team or lead to low-quality solu
- tions.Coordinating with Framework and Core teams to resolve problems that arise when using their solutions and overseeing the remediation pr
- ocess.Conducting technical reviews of solutions developed within the
- team.Creating a preliminary solution design, decomposing features based on it, and training the team in these s
- kills.Participating in hiring new developers: evaluating candidates and conducting technical inter
- views.Performing design, development, or technical-debt tasks with the time remaining after fulfilling tech lead responsibil

**ities.

Job requir**

• ements:

6+ years of production software development experience, including 4+ years in backend engi
- neering.Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20) and the STL; solid understanding of templates (including variadic templates and concepts) a
- nd RAII.Proven ability to own and deliver medium-to-large components/systems (≈ up to 3 months of work), sometimes involving cross-team collaboration, from assignment through production launch and stabil
- ization.Proven ability to set measurable team-improvement goals and successfully deliver
- on them.Experience creating preliminary solution designs and decomposing features into actionabl
- e tasks.Track record of systematically identifying, prioritizing, and remediating technic
- al debt.Experience mentoring and developing engineers through regular 1:1s and individualized growt

**h plans.

The following would also be to your a**

• dvantage:

Having samples of code that you ca
- n show us.Knowledge of other high-level programming languages (for general a
- wareness).Practical experience applying Domain-Driven Design in real-world
- projects.Hands-on experience building applications using Akka.NET, Microsoft Orleans, or similar actor-based f

ramewor

• ks.

We use:

C++20, Clang
- , and CMake.Boost — only for the library, not fo
- r game code
- .PostgreSQL.GitLab, TeamCi
- ty, Ansible.SonarQube, Clang-Tidy, C
- lang-Format.Onboarding, coding
- conventions.Python fo
- r util

**ities.Linux.

Our technical**

• developments:

A library/framework of ready-made solutions for creating
- game features.ORM — allows us not to have to write code for sav
- ing to the DB.A code generator for a binary RPC pro
- tocol and ORM.A pub/sub event system for
- game clients.Telemetry that allows for real-time product status tracking (thr
- ough Grafana).An expression interpreter for flexibility in game
- configuration.HotReload environment, with everyday
- game updates.Sync and Async ne
- twork designs.Internal
- Event System.Internal persistent and transactional m
- essage system.R-tree ba

**sed world map.

What we offer an**

• d our benefits:

A team of professionals with a passion for gamedev and a drive to make Total Battle the #1 st
- rategy MMO game.An excellent remuneration package, includin
- g a 13th salary.Full relocation coverage for you and your family to Cy
- prus (Limassol).A modern, sunny office c
- lose to the sea.Private health insurance for you and your
- family members.A monthly pre-school, school, and university allowance for empl
- oyees' children.Lun
- ch compensation.A sports and fi
- tness allowance.Company-funded personal development opportunities (professional and language course
- s, books, etc.).Bonuses for outstanding results, years of service, marriage,
- and childbirth.Friendly monthly office parties and epic annual offsite company birthday and Christm

as celebrations.