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Backend Engineer

Gaming Innovation Group
Full-time
Remote friendly (Newport, Wales, United Kingdom)
Worldwide
Software Engineering & Technology

Backend Engineer

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Malta



Description

We’re looking for a motivated and skilled Backend Engineer to join our team. You’ll play a key role in building scalable systems, maintaining production environments, and delivering value in a fast-paced, event-driven iGaming ecosystem.


Key Responsibilities

  • Leverage an in-depth understanding of software engineering principles and best practices to contribute to the development and enhancement of our products.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements and translate them into efficient and scalable software solutions, taking into consideration performance, security, and integration aspects.
  • Demonstrate technical leadership by actively participating in the design and development of complex system features, providing guidance to junior team members, and ensuring the adherence to coding standards.
  • Drive the implementation of best practices in coding, testing, and deployment to maintain a high standard of code quality and support scalable and maintainable software solutions.
  • Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and advancements in software engineering, actively incorporating relevant insights into the development process to enhance our software offerings.


Requirements

  • Demonstrates advanced proficiency in utilising the latest .NET Technologies (.NET Core, WebAPIs, Orleans) within the B2B software industry, particularly in the dynamic environment of igaming solutions.
  • Extensive experience working with microservices architecture, showcasing the ability to design and implement scalable solutions for the igaming space.
  • Hands-on experience with event-driven microservices architecture, ideally using Kafka and Microsoft Orleans' actor framework, leveraging different communication ports including REST, Events and gRPC
  • Adept at planning and executing tasks both autonomously and collaboratively within a team, emphasising effective communication and collaboration.
  • Deep knowledge of source control and GIT Flow, emphasising best practices for version control
  • Experience with JIRA is considered helpful, with a preference for familiarity with tools that enhance collaboration and project management.
  • Strong expertise in multi-threading and concurrency, with practical experience optimising software for performance and reliability.
  • Proven experience in debugging, performance profiling, and optimization, showcasing a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions.
  • Solid understanding of observability principles and tools, such as Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Considerable experience with client/server or N-tier architectures, complemented by a comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development.
  • Strong understanding of the software development cycle, emphasising the ability to navigate and contribute effectively throughout the entire development process.
  • Exceptional development, time management, and problem-solving skills, aligning with the demands of the fast-paced igaming industry.
Role Opened: October 1st
Role Closed: October 15th



Benefits

  • Great career development opportunities
  • Hybrid working model
  • International Health Insurance
  • Health and Wellbeing Package (350 EUR per year)
  • Birthday Day Off
  • Me Time - 1 day off per year