Senior Backend Engineer (Boosters)
Summary
Senior Backend Engineer building and optimising promotional features for gaming platforms, focused on performance and scalability. Day-to-day involves backend development with Node.js/TypeScript, distributed systems (Kafka, gRPC), multiple databases, cloud/Kubernetes, code reviews, and on-call rotations.
Our promotional features team is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer. This role is focused on developing and optimising promotional features for our gaming platforms, where performance, scalability, and cutting-edge solutions are paramount.
If you’re a product-passionate person, your mind is keen to solve deep tech engineering problems, and you have a fast “PoC first” approach with a deep sense of ownership, we would love to hear from you.
Main Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain robust backend systems for our promotional features
- Optimize existing systems for enhanced performance and scalability
- Lead technical decisions and contribute to our SaaS solutions
- Collaborate with distributed teams to innovate and implement new features
- Ensure code and architectural excellence through reviews
- Address complex technical challenges with innovative solutions
- Participating in on-call rotations within the squad to help ensure the reliability and availability of our systems
Mandatory Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript (our primary backend stack). We’re also open to strong backend engineers from other ecosystems (e.g., Go, Java, C#, C++) who are ready to ramp up quickly
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming and concurrency patterns
- Experience building distributed systems and working with messaging and coordination tools (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, distributed locks)
- Experience with gRPC in production environments
- Solid knowledge of databases: relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL), columnar (ClickHouse), and NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and Kubernetes
- Skilled in building and maintaining unit and end-to-end tests
- Proven track record of delivering production-ready solutions
- Experience working with large-scale microservices architectures
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Nice to Have
- Understanding of enterprise development patterns
- Experienced with large-scale microservices architecture
- Experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, etc.)
- Active performance observation
- Gambling domain experience
- Understanding of application security and industry standards, its best practice
We offer
- Competitive Salary
- Quarterly Bonuses
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Unlimited Paid Sick Leave
- Remote & Flexible Working
- Private Medical Insurance
- Financial Support for Life Events
- Professional Development Budget
- International Exposure
- Regular Company Events
*Benefits may vary depending on location and contractual agreement