Senior Backend Software Engineer

Punt; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Punt is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance their gaming platform's backend architecture. This role requires substantial experience in backend systems, particularly for high-traffic consumer platforms, ensuring performance and security while mentoring junior engineers. Join a fast-growing tech company committed to innovation and user experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package

Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend development experience leading complex initiatives.
• Strong experience with PHP and Laravel in production.
• Deep understanding of database schema design and query optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of scalable backend features using Laravel.
• Architect backend infrastructure for high-traffic workloads.
• Collaborate with DevOps to enhance CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Backend Performance Tuning

Caching Strategies

Scalable System Design

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Laravel

PostgreSQL

AWS

Job description

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Experience Level: Senior ****(7-8+ years of experience)

Location: Hybrid - Vancouver / Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience Level: Senior ****(7-8+ years of experience)

About Diamond Interactive

Diamond Interactive is a fast-growing technology company and the creator of a market-leading online social gaming platform. Our mission is to become the world's largest gaming company by delivering cutting-edge technology and unparalleled user experiences.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with deep experience in architecting, building, and scaling modern backend systems—especially for high-traffic, consumer-facing platforms. You will play a key role in driving the backend architecture of our gaming platform, ensuring it’s performant, reliable, and ready to scale.

This role involves close collaboration with product managers, infrastructure engineers, and fellow developers. You should be comfortable leading backend initiatives, optimizing systems for speed and security, and mentoring other engineers on backend best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and optimization of scalable backend features using Laravel (PHP).
• Architect and evolve backend infrastructure to support high-traffic workloads and real-time interactions.
• Refactor and transition components from a monolithic architecture to microservices architecture
• Design and maintain RESTful and internal APIs with strong reliability and security.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and alerting.
• Conduct technical reviews, mentor junior developers, and contribute to internal documentation and standards.
• Ensure performance, security, and availability of backend systems under load.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 7+ years of backend development experience, including leading complex backend initiatives.
• Strong experience with PHP and Laravel in production environments.
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL (or similar relational DBs), database schema design, and query optimization.
• Solid grasp of backend performance tuning, caching strategies, and scalable system design.
• Experience with AWS (e.g., ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3) and cloud-native development patterns.
• Proven success in building and maintaining production CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and system observability (e.g., metrics, logging, tracing).
• Strong communication and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Skills & Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with event-driven or microservices architectures.
• Familiarity with Redis, RabbitMQ, or similar tools for caching and queuing.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps and secure code principles.
• Exposure to cryptocurrency, blockchain, or gaming/fintech platforms.
• Experience working in high-availability or real-time systems.
• Understanding of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (e.g., ECS, Kubernetes).
• Strong mathematical, statistical, or data analysis skills.

Education & Location

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a rapidly growing company!
• Play a strategic role in a collaborative, innovative team
• Work with cutting-edge technology in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
• Be part of a passionate and talented team driving innovation in the gaming industry.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunities for continuous learning, professional growth, and leadership

If you’re passionate about building scalable, impactful solutions and enjoy leading architectural direction, apply now to join Diamond Interactive and help shape the future of our products!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer Games

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