Backend Engineer (TypeScript) – Remote & Flexible

AgileEngine, LLC.; Barcelona; Híbrido; EUR 50.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Professional growth

Competitive compensation

Exciting projects

Flextime

Descripción de la vacante

AgileEngine, LLC. in Barcelona seeks a Backend Engineer to scale a high-traffic gaming platform. You’ll build REST/GraphQL APIs in TypeScript/Node.js, design PostgreSQL/MySQL schemas, manage Redis caches, and run analytics with ClickHouse.

Daily you’ll work with AI coding tools, deploy via Docker/Kubernetes, and support launches in a fast-paced startup culture with flexible hours and remote/office options.

Formación

• 3+ years of backend development with TypeScript on Node.js.
• Proficient in TypeScript's type system (generics, inference, discriminated unions).
• Schema validation experience with Zod or similar.
• Strong SQL skills in PostgreSQL and/or MySQL: schema design, indexing, migrations on live data.
• Experience running an analytical database at production volume (ClickHouse preferred).
• Experience designing caching: Redis or compatible store; HTTP cache headers.
• Experience designing and consuming REST and GraphQL APIs, including authentication and rate limiting.
• Experience with background jobs and message queues (NATS).
• Experience with high-volume, user-facing production applications.
• Experience taking a product from idea to production.
• Proficiency with agentic AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor or similar).
• Comfortable reading/changing React code for frontend features.
• Able to work in startup-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Flexible about working hours (evenings/weekends for launches).
• Passion for gaming.

Responsabilidades

• Build and maintain REST and GraphQL APIs in TypeScript (Fastify, Hono).
• Design schemas and write queries for PostgreSQL and MySQL, including versioned game data.
• Run ClickHouse analytics pipelines: logs, materialized views, metrics, dashboards.
• Own cache layers end-to-end: Redis caches, HTTP headers, CDN purges.
• Build and run scheduled jobs and queues (NATS) for data sync, leaderboards, indexing.
• Integrate third-party APIs (Stripe, Discord, Blizzard, IGDB, Steam, YouTube).
• Process game images into tiles/sprites and responsive sizes.
• Keep responses lean for Remix/Next.js to improve TTFB and SEO.
• Work with AI coding agents daily and ensure safe merges (tests, lint rules).
• Deploy through Docker, GitHub Actions and Kubernetes.
• Support high-traffic game launches, including outside regular hours.

Conocimientos

TypeScript

Node.js

REST APIs

GraphQL

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Redis caching

AI coding tools

Herramientas

Prisma

Drizzle

ClickHouse

Docker

Kubernetes

NATS

Meilisearch

Descripción del empleo

AgileEngine, LLC. in Barcelona seeks a Backend Engineer to scale a high-traffic gaming platform. You’ll build REST/GraphQL APIs in TypeScript/Node.js, design PostgreSQL/MySQL schemas, manage Redis caches, and run analytics with ClickHouse.

Daily you’ll work with AI coding tools, deploy via Docker/Kubernetes, and support launches in a fast-paced startup culture with flexible hours and remote/office options.