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