Senior Backend Engineer (Boosters)

The role

This role focuses on developing and optimising promotional features for gaming platforms. You will develop and maintain backend systems and lead technical decisions for SaaS solutions.

What you will do

• 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.

Required qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript.
• 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

Benefits

• 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

Before you apply

• HR interview
• Technical interview (with Live coding)
• Final interview

About the company

playson is a company with a promotional features team focused on gaming platforms.