Backend Engineer, Node.js/TypeScript

Babil Games

full-time

Posted on: 9/3/2025

Location: 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

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Mid-LevelSenior

CloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptJestMicroservicesMochaMongoDBMySQLNext.jsNode.jsNoSQLPHPPostgresRedisSQLTypeScript

About the role

Join our development team as Backend Engineer - Node.js/Typescript focused on designing, building, and enhancing features for our game platform and services.
Extract loosely coupled microservices written in Node.js/Typescript out of our PHP monolith and work with other languages like PHP when needed.
Maintain and extend central shared services used by game teams and stakeholders like game design and monetization.
Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software with high-quality, maintainable code.
Leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance development efficiency, code quality, and problem-solving capabilities.
Work closely with game designers and product leads to implement new features and learn complementary full-stack technologies.
Communicate and collaborate within a cross-functional team and with other teams to ensure a smooth daily workflow.
Participate in technical decisions influencing the architecture of services and platform and drive initiatives to enhance stability, performance, and scalability.

4+ years of proven experience in Node.js/Typescript development, demonstration strong coding and debugging skills.
Proficiency in popular Node.js/Typescript frameworks such as Next.js, Nest.js, Express.js, and Jest.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate AI tools into development workflows for code generation, debugging, and technical research.
Be familiar with or eager to learn other languages like PHP or Java.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Proactive attitude towards learning new technologies and improving existing skills, including leaving the comfort zone of your programming language.
Experience developing and maintaining multi-server, high-load backend services and APIs.
Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databased, including MySQl, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar.
Strong automated quality mindset using unit testing, integration testing, and other test automation frameworks.
Enthusiastic about games and ideally strategy games.
Experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), networking, and debugging distributd systems is a plus.
Hands-on experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.