Lead Backend Engineer

8+ years backend experience for MMO or high-volume, distributed, low-latency web services 5+ years experience leading geographically distributed remote teams 3+ years experience collaborating with offshore partner teams Fluency in Erlang/Elixir and Golang Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker Proficient with Linux, container-native development and orchestration, CI/CD, GitOps Thorough understanding of highly available, scalable systems, caching, and distributed systems tradeoffs

Design and implement large-scale, highly available backend microservices Monitor system health and respond to failures Improve quality through code reviews, testing, and documentation Encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing Design testable, flexible features and systems Lead and provide technical guidance to peers and juniors