Senior Backend Engineer - Gaming Platform (Remote)

AgileEngine, LLC.; Valencia; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive compensation

Exciting projects

Flextime

Job summary

AgileEngine, LLC. is seeking a Backend Engineer to build and scale the backend of a high-traffic gaming companion platform with over 25 million monthly visits.

The role requires 3+ years of backend development with TypeScript on Node.js, strong SQL and caching skills, experience with REST and GraphQL APIs, production-scale applications, and daily hands-on use of AI coding tools. The team deploys with Docker and Kubernetes, and supports flexible hours.

Qualifications

• 3+ years backend development with TypeScript on Node.js.
• Strong SQL skills in PostgreSQL and/or MySQL with migrations.
• Experience with REST and GraphQL APIs and authentication.
• Experience running analytics pipelines (ClickHouse preferred).
• Caching design using Redis and HTTP cache headers.
• Background jobs and message queues (NATS).
• Working with AI coding tools and guardrails for safe merges.
• Frontend reading/adjustments in React code when needed.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain REST and GraphQL APIs in TS/Node.js.
• Design schemas and queries for Postgres/MySQL, migrations live.
• Run ClickHouse analytics pipelines and dashboards.
• Own end-to-end cache layers and CDN purges.
• Manage scheduled jobs and queue consumers (NATS).
• Integrate Stripe, Discord, Blizzard, IGDB, Steam, YouTube.
• Process game images to tiles and responsive sizes.
• Collaborate with AI coding agents and ensure safe merges.
• Deploy via Docker, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes.

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

REST APIs

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Redis

Prisma

Drizzle

ClickHouse

NATS

Meilisearch

Stripe

Docker

Kubernetes

Remix

Next.js

Ory

Github Actions

Job description

AgileEngine, LLC. is seeking a Backend Engineer to build and scale the backend of a high-traffic gaming companion platform with over 25 million monthly visits.

The role requires 3+ years of backend development with TypeScript on Node.js, strong SQL and caching skills, experience with REST and GraphQL APIs, production-scale applications, and daily hands-on use of AI coding tools. The team deploys with Docker and Kubernetes, and supports flexible hours.