Senior Backend Engineer (Core Team)

Playson · IT

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AvailableFull TimePosted Sep 7, 2026

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Experience level
Senior

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Original employer: PlaysonSource ATS: JobicyJob status: Active

Playson is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to work on high-load distributed services from Europe or Ukraine. This is a fully remote, hands-on role focused on system reliability, financial transactions, and core platform development.

As a member of the Core Team, you will design and maintain production services in a high-load environment using technologies like Kafka, gRPC, and Kubernetes. The role emphasizes daily coding and architectural ownership, requiring a pragmatic engineer who is comfortable with on-call duties and solving complex challenges related to latency and distributed data integrity.

Why You’ll Love This Role

Remote from Europe and Ukraine
Senior backend role in a core team
High-load, real-time distributed systems focus
Node.js/TypeScript, Kafka, and Kubernetes stack
Salary not disclosed

What You’ll Bring

Solid experience with Node.js/TypeScript or Java/Python/C++/C#/Go
Deep production experience with Kafka including consumer-group rebalances and offset strategies
Experience designing idempotent, retry-safe handlers for at-least-once pipelines
Strong knowledge of relational databases like MySQL/PostgreSQL and NoSQL technologies
Hands-on experience running services on Kubernetes and AWS/GCP
Proven production operations and on-call experience for high-load systems

What You’ll Get

Benefits not specified in the listing

About the Company

Playson is an international company specializing in the development of gaming and entertainment software. They focus on delivering high-quality, reliable, and scalable technical solutions for the global gaming market.

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