Gametime

Senior Backend Engineer

Gametime

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $188,737 - $222,044 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design and implement high-performance Golang microservices for e-commerce checkout, account management, and fraud mitigation.
  • Take ownership of components and features within backend systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Build, test, monitor, and maintain critical integrations and infrastructure.
  • Develop and support robust internal and external APIs with high throughput and low latency requirements.
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver technical solutions aligned with user and business goals.
  • Participate in code reviews, share knowledge with teammates, and uphold engineering best practices.
  • Drive projects from implementation to production deployment with a focus on quality and operational readiness.
  • Contribute to ongoing improvements in system performance, observability, and CI/CD workflows.
  • Explore and help implement AI-powered capabilities within our systems and workflows, including agentic tools and intelligent automation.
  • Support a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture through thoughtful communication and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Experience: 5+ years in software engineering.
  • Backend Development: Proficiency in building reliable backend systems using Golang (or Python, Ruby, Java, C++, C#, Rust, Scala, etc.).
  • System Design: Experience developing distributed systems with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
  • AI Fluency: Familiarity with using AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT) or contributing to AI-powered systems is a plus.
  • Working Familiarity with: OIDC Authentication (Google, Apple SSO), E-Commerce Fraud Prevention, Payment Service Provider Integrations (Stripe)
  • API Development: Capable of designing and maintaining well-structured internal and external APIs.
  • Cloud Infrastructure: Familiarity with AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure and infrastructure-as-code practices.
  • Event-Driven Systems: Experience working with messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.
  • Databases: Solid experience with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL technologies (e.g. MongoDB, DynamoDB).
  • Team Collaboration: Works effectively with cross-functional partners to deliver reliable solutions and shares knowledge through code reviews and discussions.

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Hard skills
GolangPythonRubyJavaC++C#RustScalaAPI DevelopmentSystem Design
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationcontinuous improvementownershipknowledge sharingproblem-solvingteamworkadaptabilityleadershipattention to detail
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Engineering