Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Playson, a leading online gaming supplier, as a Senior Backend Engineer. This role centers on developing and optimizing promotional features for our gaming platforms, demanding high performance and scalability. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining backend systems, optimizing existing ones, leading technical decisions, collaborating with teams, ensuring code excellence, and tackling complex challenges. The ideal candidate possesses strong Node.js/TypeScript experience, a deep understanding of distributed systems and databases, and a proven track record of building production-ready solutions. Playson offers a competitive salary, quarterly bonuses, flexible scheduling, remote work options, comprehensive medical insurance, financial support for life events, unlimited paid vacation and sick leave, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• A degree in Computer Science or related field
• Strong development experience in Node.js/TypeScript 5+ years
• Strong understanding of Async approaches
• Experience with Messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ
• Experience in distributed systems
• Experience with RDBMs (MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.), CDBMs (Redshift, ClickHouse etc.), NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc)
• Experience in writing e2e & unit tests
• Experience with development production-ready solutions

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of enterprise development patterns
• Experienced with large-scale microservices architecture
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Active performance observation
• Gambling domain experience
• Understanding of application security and industry standards, its best practices

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: We offer a competitive salary in EUR, subject to annual performance reviews
• Quarterly Bonuses: Benefit from a transparent and systematic quarterly bonus system
• Flexible Schedule: We offer a flexible work schedule to accommodate your needs
• Remote Work Option: Choose to work remotely, providing greater flexibility and comfort
• Medical Insurance: Receive comprehensive medical insurance for both you and a significant other
• Financial Support for Life Events: We provide financial support during special life events
• Unlimited Paid Vacation: Enjoy unlimited paid vacation leave
• Unlimited Paid Sick Leave: Take unlimited paid sick leave whenever necessary
• Professional Development: Get reimbursement for professional development courses and training