Senior Software Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with 5-7 years of hands-on experience in backend engineering, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and high-performance application development using Java or Golang. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, optimising, and operating mission-critical backend services that support gaming competitions, payments, leaderboards, fraud detection systems, matchmaking engines, user engagement platforms, and real-time event processing systems. This role requires strong technical depth, system design expertise, an ownership mindset, and the ability to solve complex engineering challenges in a fast-paced product environment.

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:

Backend Architecture and Development:

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable backend services using Java or Golang.
• Build resilient microservices architectures capable of handling high throughput and low-latency requirements.
• Develop APIs, event-driven systems, and service integrations supporting platform-wide functionality.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested, and production-ready code.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to long-term technical strategy.

Distributed Systems Engineering:

• Design and implement fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Optimise services for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Handle challenges related to: Service discovery, Distributed caching, Data consistency, Event streaming, Horizontal scalability, and Failover mechanisms.
• Develop systems capable of processing millions of events and transactions daily.

Performance Optimisation:

• Analyze application bottlenecks and improve performance.
• Optimise CPU utilisation, memory management, database queries, and network communication.
• Perform profiling and root cause analysis for latency-sensitive applications.
• Improve application throughput and response times through architectural improvements.

Cloud and Platform Engineering:

• Build and deploy cloud-native services.
• Work extensively with containerised environments and orchestration platforms.
• Implement infrastructure automation and deployment pipelines.
• Ensure systems meet availability, observability, and security requirements.

Data Engineering and Persistence Layer:

• Design efficient database schemas and access patterns.
• Optimise SQL and NoSQL database performance.
• Implement caching strategies to reduce latency and improve scalability.
• Build systems capable of handling large-scale transactional workloads.

Reliability and Observability:

• Define service SLAs, SLOs, and operational excellence standards.
• Build monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing solutions.
• Participate in production support and incident response.
• Conduct post-incident reviews and implement preventive measures.

Collaboration and Leadership:

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, QA Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Drive code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions.
• Promote engineering excellence across teams.

Technical Requirements:

Core Programming Expertise:

• Strong proficiency in either: Java Stack, Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security, Hibernate/JPA, RESTful API Development, Reactive Programming (preferred)
• Golang Stack: Go Modules, Concurrency Patterns, Goroutines, Channels, Context Management, Dependency Injection, REST/gRPC Development, Performance Optimisation, Memory Profiling.