Backend Engineer (Platform / Infra) — High-Growth Gaming Startup - Mid to Senior Level Role

Location: Remote (US-based, must be available for 9:30am ET standup)

Compensation: $145,000–$160,000 base + equity

Experience Level: 5+ years professional experience required

About the Company

Our client is a fast-growing, venture-backed gaming startup operating at the intersection of real-money gaming and the creator economy. With a core product already in market and generating significant revenue, they're expanding their engineering team to meet demand and build out the next generation of features.

This is a high-stakes, high-impact opportunity to work on a social casino product used by thousands of players around the clock. The founding team is composed of seasoned entrepreneurs and engineers with backgrounds in crypto, gaming, and consumer tech — and they’re backed by top-tier investors.

The Role

This is not your average backend engineering role. You’ll join a small, elite team building infrastructure that must perform at scale and handle real-money transactions with zero room for error. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic builder who enjoys solving hard backend problems, thrives in high-trust environments, and wants to own critical parts of a fast-moving system.

You’ll work across a variety of areas — from scaling APIs and architecting new features to integrating gaming vendors and optimizing database performance. No red tape, just great engineering and high-impact work.

What You’ll Do

Design and build backend services, APIs, and integrations with third-party vendors.
Tackle high-throughput challenges related to concurrency, state, and scale.
Collaborate with frontend engineers and DevOps to deliver end-to-end product features.
Write performant, raw SQL queries (no ORMs used here) and reason deeply about data models.
Help shape the technical direction of the product and infrastructure.
Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions.
Work remotely with autonomy — only one required daily meeting (9:30am ET standup).

What We’re Looking For

5+ years of backend engineering experience.
Proficiency in any modern backend language (e.g., TypeScript, Go, Java, Python, Rust).
Solid experience with SQL and relational databases — you should be comfortable writing raw queries and understanding database internals.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and fundamentals of networking, caching, and scaling systems under heavy load.
Strong grasp of API design, web protocols (HTTP, REST), and common web security standards (JWT, cookies, etc.).
Git/GitHub fluency and confidence working in a terminal-based dev environment.
Self-starter mindset — you don’t need handholding to make progress.

Bonus Points For

Experience with: TypeScript, Postgres, Redis, AWS, Kubernetes.
Background in real-money gaming, gambling, or crypto (especially at product-focused companies like Coinbase, Kraken, etc.).
Degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field — or equivalent experience backed by strong signals (e.g. brand-name startups, standout technical interviews).

Why This Role Is Exciting

Remote-first and flexible. The team cares about outcomes, not hours — as long as you're present for the one required meeting each day.
Greenfield opportunities. There’s room to shape architecture, tooling, and process from the ground up.
Top-tier backers + market traction. The company is operating in one of the most profitable industries on earth — and they’re already live with real users and revenue.
Founding-team quality. You’ll work with some of the most capable operators in the space, all with prior startup successes under their belts.

Interview Process

Step 1: 45-minute technical deep-dive with the hiring manager.
Step 2: Paired coding session via CoderPad.
Step 3: 30-minute call with leadership.
That’s it. No take-homes, no hoops.

Note: This role is only open to candidates based in the U.S. at this time. Sponsorship is not available. Must be available for standup at 9:30 AM EST.

Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $145,000 – $160,000 per year.

Mid-Senior Backend Engineer @ Casino Gaming Startup | Series A | $140-160K Base