Principal Software Engineer
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PlaysonGaming
European UnionFull-TimePrincipal
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- Node.jsPostgreSQLPythonJavaTypeScriptC#C++Apache KafkaGogRPC
Requirements
- Strong hands-on backend engineering experience with a proven record of writing production code on a daily basis.
- Solid experience with Node.js and TypeScript is highly preferred. Strong experts in other OOP languages such as Java, Python, C++, C#, or Go may also be considered.
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture.
- Practical experience with distributed systems and messaging technologies such as Apache Kafka and gRPC.
- Experience working with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
- Experience with columnar databases such as ClickHouse and/or NoSQL technologies such as DynamoDB or MongoDB.
- Strong ability to design, build, test, deploy, and maintain production-ready backend services.
- Experience developing and maintaining unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests.
- Proven ability to work with high-load, scalable, and business-critical systems.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and performance optimisation skills.
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical decision-making and contribute to the architecture of a high-load, microservices-based gaming platform.
- Stay deeply hands-on and write production code every day.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services that directly power our gaming products.
- Take ownership of complex backend systems, from technical design to delivery, monitoring, optimisation, and support.
- Continuously improve system performance, latency, reliability, and scalability in a high-throughput environment.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver features end-to-end.
- Drive and participate in code reviews, setting a high standard for clean, maintainable, efficient, and production-ready code.
- Conduct architectural reviews and guide the team toward practical, scalable, and long-term technical solutions.
- Mentor other engineers through daily collaboration, technical discussions, and hands-on example.
- Participate in on-call rotations within the squad to ensure system reliability, availability, and fast incident response.
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