Back-End Team Leader (Go)

Location: Hybrid in Malta or Remote from Europe
Reporting to: Head of Back-end Development

Your Mission

• Lead and mentor a team of Go engineers - setting clear expectations, running code reviews, and driving continuous improvement.

• Take end-to-end ownership of the backend roadmap, ensuring reliable delivery without compromising on quality.

• Partner with the Software Architect to translate the technical vision into execution-ready plans.

• Design and maintain high-performance, scalable backend services and APIs built in Go.

• Own the team's AWS infrastructure - from architecture decisions to deployment, monitoring, and cost efficiency.

• Foster a culture of accountability, clean code, and rigorous testing across the engineering team.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience with strong Go expertise and a track record of leading engineering teams.

• Proven ability to manage, mentor, and grow engineers - you know how to give feedback, resolve blockers, and keep a team moving.

• Solid hands-on experience with AWS - EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, SQS, and CloudWatch.

• Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and building for high availability at scale.

• Strong experience with REST API design, relational databases (PostgreSQL or MySQL), and containerisation with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ).

• Knowledge of observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.

• Excellent communication skills in English - you can engage equally well with engineers, architects, and non-technical stakeholders.

• Excellent AI usage skills

Nice to Have

• Background in iGaming, Fintech, or other high-volume, regulated industries.

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK.

• Knowledge of PHP

What's in it for you?

• The chance to make a tangible impact in a rapidly growing, global company.

• A culture that rewards ambition, innovation, and collaboration.

• A truly global work environment with colleagues from around the world.

• 28 days paid time off & public holidays.