Senior Backend Engineer (Boosters)

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.

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