Playson

Senior Backend Engineer (Boosters)

Region Restricted

Remote work allowed only within certain countries or regions.

Europe

Employer listed it 15 months ago · Added 2 days ago

Been open since 15 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.

Salary

Not stated

Location

Europe

Work style

Async

Contract

Full-time

Experience

Senior

Remote flexibility

Region Restricted

Remote work is allowed, but only for candidates based in Europe.

What the employer says

Source listing states candidate location: "European Union, Remote"

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About the role

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.)

Requirements

The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.

Benefits

·Competitive Salary
·Quarterly Bonuses
·Unlimited Paid Time Off
·Unlimited Paid Sick Leave
·Remote & Flexible Working

How to apply

1Check the flexibility label above, region restricted, matches where you plan to live and work.
2Tailor your CV to the role at Playson, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (Async).
3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.

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