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Senior Backend Engineer Gaming Platforms - Ideaware
Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer building scalable, API‑first services for player data, progression, rewards and leaderboards in gaming platforms, using Python or Node.js, microservices architecture, AWS cloud, and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
About the role
What we’re looking for
- Build and maintain backend services and APIs (API-first architecture)
- Develop systems for player accounts, progression, rewards, and leaderboards
- Leverage AI-assisted workflows to accelerate development, debugging, and system iteration
- Design scalable systems supporting multiple game modules
- Work within cloud-based architecture (compute, storage, databases)
- Enable data-driven systems (config via JSON, not hardcoded logic)
- Support lightweight CMS or data-driven configuration workflows
- Collaborate with game engineers on integrations
- +5 years of experience building backend systems for consumer-facing products
- Experience working in AI-forward, agentic development workflows (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor) and leveraging them to accelerate development
- Strong API design and service architecture experience
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar)
- Familiarity with data-driven systems (config via JSON or similar)
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher (able to communicate effectively in written and spoken form in professional settings) What's in it for you
- Fully remote — work from anywhere
- Benefits — PTO and other perks depending on the client
- Work with US-based companies building exciting, impactful products
- Join collaborative, high-performance teams that value your input and expertise
Originally posted on Himalayas
Skills
pythonnodejsawsdockerkubernetes