Mobile sports games studio with 300M+ players across football and golf titles
Nordeus is a Serbian game studio that operates two live-service mobile titles—Top Eleven (football management) and Golf Rival—backed by a polyglot tech stack spanning Python, Java, C#, and Go alongside GCP, AWS, and Azure. The stack shape (analytics-heavy: Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Qlik) and active project list (telemetry design, A/B testing, simulation modeling, mobile optimization) reveal a studio operating at scale and focused on data-driven game tuning and player retention. Current hiring leans toward mid and senior engineers, with recruiting friction noted as an internal pain point.
Nordeus develops and operates live mobile sports games played by millions globally. Top Eleven, launched in 2010, is a football club management simulator with over 300 million registered users. Golf Rival, acquired as part of a broader portfolio move, complements the studio's sports gaming focus. The company employs 280+ people based in Belgrade, Serbia, and runs both titles as ongoing live-service products, requiring continuous iteration on gameplay, monetization tuning, and player acquisition. Nordeus is a public company and maintains a nonprofit foundation supporting digital education initiatives in Serbia.
Nordeus runs Python, Java, C#, C++, Go, and SQL across backend systems; PostgreSQL for data storage; GCP, AWS, and Azure for cloud infrastructure; and Tableau, Power BI, Looker, and Qlik for analytics. Game development uses Unity with Shader Graph and Maya for asset creation.
Nordeus employs 280+ people, with current active hiring focused on data (2 roles), engineering (2), HR (2), design (1), and marketing (1).
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