Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Skillz (company site, opens in a new tab)5+ yrsBengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 20–35 LPA
Posted 11h ago
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About This Role
- Own design, development, deployment, and production operation of scalable backend services for real-time gaming.
- Improve service reliability, customer SLAs, and system KPIs while balancing technical debt with customer-facing delivery.
- Shape technical decisions through design reviews and documentation; mentor teammates and work with cross-functional partners to translate business needs into technical solutions.
Minimum Requirements
- Work Experience Required: 5+ years of professional software development experience in Golang and/or Java.
- Strong experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, caching, relational databases, and low-latency, high-performance real-time applications.
- Proficiency with AWS, Azure, or GCP, plus hands-on experience with Kubernetes or similar container technologies.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience; role is based in Bengaluru and requires on-site work 4 days per week.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- A senior backend engineer who has built and operated distributed, low-latency services and can improve production performance and reliability.
- Comfortable owning work across technical design, deployment, and production operations in an agile environment.
- Gaming-industry experience is a plus, but not required; relevant experience building real-time services is directly applicable.