Senior Ruby Engineer - Scalable Real-time Gaming Backend

Igbaffiliate; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

Paid annual leave

Flexibility for work-life balance

Global events

Job summary

Igbaffiliate is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the technical foundation of a high-growth product in competitive gaming. You'll design and implement backend architecture for real-time tournaments, ensuring systems are scalable and secure. The role calls for collaboration with cross-functional teams and offers a product engineering mindset to translate requirements into impactful features. Join Igbaffiliate to thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment with diverse perspectives.

Qualifications

• Strong grounding in software engineering principles and design patterns.
• Experience working in fast-paced environments with high scalability demands.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement application architecture that is scalable, maintainable, and high-performing.
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Identify and optimize performance bottlenecks.

Skills

Domain-Driven Design

API-first architecture

Software design patterns

Pub/Sub

Websockets

Server-Sent Events (SSE)

Product engineering mindset

Job description

Igbaffiliate is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the technical foundation of a high-growth product in competitive gaming. You'll design and implement backend architecture for real-time tournaments, ensuring systems are scalable and secure. The role calls for collaboration with cross-functional teams and offers a product engineering mindset to translate requirements into impactful features. Join Igbaffiliate to thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment with diverse perspectives.