Senior Backend Engineer AI-Driven, Scalable Systems Remote

NAPHORA GAMES GROUP; Portugal; Remote; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Naphora Games Group is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, operate, and scale robust backend systems and platforms. This fully remote role accepts candidates from anywhere and aligns with Saudi Arabia working hours.

You will contribute across APIs, databases, integrations, and AI-enabled workflows, collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Data teams. You’ll work on scalable systems, live operations, and AI integrations, shaping architecture and production reliability for

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
• Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining production backend systems.
• Experience with live systems serving large user bases.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI tools and APIs into production systems.
• Experience with cloud-based production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems, services, and APIs.
• Contribute to architecture and long-term technical decisions.
• Build reusable components to support multiple products.
• Design and optimize database schemas, queries, and indexing.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and incident response.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python/Node.js/TypeScript/Go/Java/C#

REST APIs & microservices

Cloud-based production environments

AI tools/LLMs integration

LiveOps & production reliability

SQL databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

Distributed systems understanding

Tools

Redis

Docker

Queues / message brokers

Job description

Naphora Games Group is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, operate, and scale robust backend systems and platforms. This fully remote role accepts candidates from anywhere and aligns with Saudi Arabia working hours.

You will contribute across APIs, databases, integrations, and AI-enabled workflows, collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Data teams. You’ll work on scalable systems, live operations, and AI integrations, shaping architecture and production reliability for