Backend Engineer

We’re building a gamified developer platform empowering tens of thousands of coders to compete in exciting software engineering challenges – all while pushing the frontier of LLMs!

As a Backend Engineer, you'll become part of a passionate, fast moving team dedicated to solving challenging technical problems, designing engaging gamification experiences, and shaping the foundations to support the collective effort of developers worldwide.

What You’ll Do

Lead technical discussions, guide architectural decisions, and identify opportunities for improvement across backend systems

Architect robust infrastructure to efficiently handle high volumes of user interactions, data processing, and real-time competition data

Collaborate closely with frontend engineers and product managers to deliver seamless user experiences

Optimize backend performance, reliability, and scalability to support rapid growth and evolving product requirements

Establish backend engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, observability, and documentation

What You Have

3+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems and APIs

Solid understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and event-driven architectures

Experience designing APIs and backend services using Go

Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and services on AWS

Proficiency with IaaC tools (e.g., Terraform) and CI / CD pipelines

Expertise designing relational database schemas, optimizing SQL queries, and managing database performance and integrity

Excellent collaboration and proactive communication skills

Nice to Haves

Experience with Kubernetes and orchestration of containerized applications

Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)

Experience designing and scaling data pipelines to handle large volumes of data efficiently

Worked with secure code execution environments and sandboxing techniques

Interest or experience in gamification or developer-focused platforms