
Senior Backend Engineer (Boosters)
Posted 3d ago·via via 4 Day Week
Job description
**About the Role**
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.
**Key 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.
**Requirments**
- 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
**What 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_
**Recruitment Process**
- HR interview
- Technical interview (with Live coding)
- Final interview
_Please take into account that sometimes the process may differ, your TA Partner will keep you updated._
**Join us today!**
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