Senior Backend Software Engineer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to help scale core systems for fantasy sports and real-money gaming.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build core backend systems for games and real-time user experiences
• Develop scalable, distributed systems for millions of concurrent users with low latency
• Own backend initiatives from concept to deployment, ensuring performance and reliability

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Experience building and scaling distributed systems for real-time or gaming environments
• Proficiency in backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, Node.js, Java)
• Solid knowledge of databases, caching strategies, and message queues
• Cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or similar) and familiarity with containers (Docker)