Senior Backend Data Engineer

Magic Media; Winnipeg; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media and tech company is seeking a Senior Backend & Data Engineer to develop backend services and data infrastructure for a mobile game. Ideal candidates have experience with C#, backend-as-a-service platforms, and data engineering principles. This is a permanently remote position offering career growth in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Ongoing training opportunities

Career growth and development

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Hands-on professional experience with C# and a game backend-as-a-service platform.
• Solid understanding of data engineering fundamentals, including ETL processes and data modeling.
• Practical experience building data pipelines and working with distributed processing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the core backend infrastructure using PlayFab and Azure.
• Design and maintain scalable data pipelines for real-time and batch processing.
• Integrate and maintain connections to data visualization tools for actionable insights.

Skills

C#

ETL processes

Data modeling

Data lake architecture

NoSQL databases

Data privacy compliance

Tools

MongoDB

PlayFab

Azure Functions

Databricks

Spark

Looker

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Magic Media is a pioneering media, entertainment and tech group powered by creativity and innovation. We have a physical presence in 15 countries and expertise in the areas of art, animation, cybersecurity, game development, software development, VFX, and video production, amongst others. We work with leading developers and publishers within the games and tech industry, providing support and solutions designed around individual needs and carried out by global experts.

We’re looking for a skilled and self-directed Senior Backend & Data Engineer to join the development of a new, large-scale mobile gacha game. This role is central to building and scaling both our game's backend services and its core data infrastructure from the ground up. The ideal candidate has a strong background in backend development for live-service games and a solid, practical understanding of modern data engineering principles.

WHAT YOU WILL DO :

• Implement, maintain, and scale the core backend infrastructure using our PlayFab and Azure environment. Develop and deploy server-side game logic and features, and manage our databases (MongoDB) and search clusters (OpenSearch) for high performance.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable and cost-effective data pipelines for both real-time and batch processing.
• Own and automate the extraction, transformation, and loading of data from various sources (game client telemetry, backend services, third-party APIs) into our data lake.
• Develop and manage our data lake and warehousing solutions (e.g., using Databricks or similar technologies) to ensure data is clean, structured, and ready for analysis.
• Integrate and maintain connections to data visualization tools (e.g., Looker, Grafana, OpenSearch Dashboards) to empower the product and analytics teams with actionable insights.
• Contribute to and help maintain our CI / CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployment of both backend services and data infrastructure.
• Implement and uphold best practices for data quality, security, and compliance with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.

Requirements

Hands-on professional experience with C# and a game backend-as-a-service platform (our stack is PlayFab and Azure Functions, so direct experience is a major plus).

Solid understanding of data engineering fundamentals, including ETL processes, data modeling, and data lake architecture.

Practical experience building data pipelines and working with distributed processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Databricks, Beam).

Familiarity with a range of database technologies, including NoSQL (like MongoDB) and data warehousing solutions (like Redshift, BigQuery, or Snowflake).

Knowledge of data privacy and compliance standards (GDPR, CCPA).

Benefits

Permanently remote position.

An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects.

Be part of an international group with offices worldwide.

Career growth and development.

Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.

Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities.

Flexible working hours.

An inclusive culture and open communication.

At Magic Media, our passion lies in gaming. Our vision is to create and deliver engaging and interesting games for our clients. We can deliver this high-quality work on any platform, whether it be on a console, PC, or mobile. We know that reputation and results go hand-in-hand. Therefore, we work hard to find experts and talented creators to deliver the best results.