Junior Backend Engineer
Core
Develop, test, refactor, and support production backend services for a distributed games delivery platform (GPAS) serving slot and multiplayer games.
Role type
Junior IC backend engineer (Scala)
Builds
Scalable, distributed, event-driven gaming platform handling nearly a billion transactions per day
Domain
Gaming / B2B platform technology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Scala, Java, or Kotlin; object-oriented and functional programming; data structures and algorithms; JVM memory and concurrency; backend APIs and databases
Preferred skills
asynchronous programming; distributed or event-driven systems; containers, CI/CD, cloud platforms, Linux
Technologies
Scala, Pekko, Couchbase, AWS S3, DynamoDB
Responsibilities
Develop, test, refactor, and support production backend services; participate in software design and code reviews; investigate problems independently and communicate blockers; learn domain specifics and take ownership of small features
Seniority
Junior, hands-on IC
