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CCP Games

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

CCP Games

. Design and build distributed systems that partition and rebalance simulation load across nodes.

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeReykjavík • IcelandSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building distributed systems, with a strong focus on service decomposition, data replication, and failure management. Proficient in using telemetry for system behavior analysis and operating services in production environments.

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Distributed Systems DesignBackend Programming (Go, C++, Rust, Java, Python)Service Decomposition and API DesignCloud Operations (AWS, Azure) and KubernetesTelemetry and Monitoring (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus)

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Hard Skills
Distributed SystemsConcurrency and SynchronizationComplexity AnalysisData ReplicationPartitioning StrategiesRPC and Messaging PatternsEvent StreamingLoad TestingInfrastructure as CodeNetworking Fundamentals
Soft Skills
Collaboration with Product OwnersDeadline ManagementPrioritization
Tools & Technologies
TerraformPackerAnsibleOpenTelemetryGrafanaPrometheus
Industry Keywords
AAA-rated MMOEVE OnlineCloud ServicesRelational and Nonrelational Data StoresLoad BalancingCDNs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AnsibleAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGrafanaJavaKubernetesNode.jsPackerPrometheusPythonRustTCP/IPTerraformUnixC++Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design and build distributed systems that partition and rebalance simulation load across nodes.
  • Keep state consistent under partial failure and shape failure semantics so a bad node degrades one region instead of taking down a fight.
  • Design messaging and RPC paths with latency budgets measured in milliseconds.
  • Work on service decomposition, service interfaces, data replication, and caching strategies.
  • Write code, take designs from design review through production, and manage priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Instrument systems, load test them, and use evidence to shape subsequent iterations.
  • Collaborate with product owners and game designers to understand platform demands and design systems within real constraints.
  • Build distributed systems powering EVE Online, a persistent-world AAA-rated MMO with tens of thousands of simultaneous players.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years in professional software development, with real depth in distributed or concurrent systems.
  • Strong in at least one systems or backend language (Go, C++, Rust, Java, or Python), and the judgment to reach for a different one when the problem calls for it.
  • A track record designing distributed systems: service and API boundaries, consistency and coordination models, replication, partitioning, and graceful degradation when a node fails.
  • Solid fundamentals: complexity analysis, concurrency and synchronization, queueing behaviour, and a real feel for the CAP and latency tradeoffs you're making.
  • Comfortable with distributed communication patterns and the tools behind them: RPC, pub/sub, message queues, event streaming.
  • Experience with data stores and how they scale, relational and nonrelational, plus the caching and replication strategies built on top.
  • You run what you build: operating services in production on cloud (AWS or Azure) and on Kubernetes.
  • You use telemetry to reason about live behaviour (tracing, metrics, structured logging with tools like OpenTelemetry, Grafana, or Prometheus) and you load and failure test a design rather than assume it holds.
  • Bachelor's in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field is nice to have; equivalent practical experience is welcome.
  • Infrastructure as code and automated delivery using Terraform, Packer, Ansible, or similar is nice to have.
  • Networking and systems fundamentals (UNIX, TCP/IP, load balancing, CDNs) sufficient to debug systems down to the wire is nice to have.
  • Please submit your application in English.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • The challenge of working on ambitious projects with amazingly smart and creative co-workers.
  • A multicultural work environment that encourages growth, creativity and innovation.
  • Double work station setup and flexible work environment.
  • An active fun division that hosts regular events.
  • An excellent canteen that offers a weekly breakfast and lunch menu as well as drinks and snacks.
  • Discretionary quarterly and annual performance sharing plan.
  • Annual sports grant.
  • A mobile phone as well as a mobile usage package.
  • Home internet.
  • A conditional monthly transportation grant.
  • Work environment that focuses on employee well-being.
  • On-site doctor, free of charge as well as other on-site services at a discounted price.
  • Relocation Package.