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Senior Backend Engineer (Boosters)

Role overview

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
  • Degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

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

Key facts

  • Remote from: European Union
  • Full time
  • Senior (5-10 years)
  • Back-End Engineer
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Collaboration

About the company

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Playson

Sports Betting & iGaming

Playson is a fast-growing digital entertainment supplier operating in more than 20 regulated markets and through 150 partners around the world. The company’s diverse product offering includes 85+ captivating online slots and table games, available in many languages with support of all currencies, and a collection of captivating promotional tools that enhance its immersive games. Follow us on Twitter: @Playson_Ltd, as well as Facebook: Playson Ltd.

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustrySports Betting & iGaming
Company size201 - 500

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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.

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