Backend Engineer - Real-Time Esports Data (m/f/x)

GRID; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

GRID is seeking a driven software engineer to help build greenfield, mission-critical services in a highly collaborative, fast-paced startup environment.

You will work with Kotlin or Go, shape the technical landscape with experienced peers, contribute to architecture discussions, and partner with product teams to communicate progress and considerations clearly. The role emphasizes clean code, thorough testing, and robust collaboration with remote teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years commercial software experience.
• Strongly typed language knowledge (Kotlin/Go).
• Explicit (nullable) types and minimal contracts.
• Clear API design with self-documenting structures.
• Experience with GraphQL/REST APIs and microservices.
• Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Build greenfield, mission-critical services and improve reliability.
• Shape the company’s tech landscape with senior colleagues.
• Participate in architectural discussions and promote best practices.
• Collaborate with product stakeholders to communicate progress.

Skills

Kotlin / Go

Nullable types

API design

GraphQL/REST

Docker/Kubernetes

JIRA/Agile

Remote collaboration

CET timezone

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Are you passionate about building event-driven systems?

Do you have a strong grasp of Kotlin or Go?

Do you enjoy finding solutions for significantly impactful challenges?

If the answers to the above questions are yes, then this role could be ideal for you!

RequirementsWhat you will do

• Build greenfield mission-critical services and expand the reliability of existing ones

• Help to shape the company's technological landscape together with experienced colleagues

• Participate in architectural discussions, providing feedback to coworkers and ensuring good practices

• Work closely together with product stakeholders to communicate progress and considerations effectively

Your skills will include (must have)

• Minimum of 3 years of commercial experience

Deep knowledge of a strongly typed language (preferably Kotlin / Go)

• Explicit (nullable) types

• Strong, minimal contracts

• Helpful abstractions and class hierarchies / compositions (introduced at an appropriate time)

Ambition to build robust, high-quality mission-critical systems, leveraging the power of:

• Automated testing

• Automated monitoring and alerting

• CI/CD infrastructure

Know-how of good API design (preferably REST / GraphQL), paying attention to:

• Documentation

• Self-documenting naming and structures

• Minimal and extendable contracts (while minimizing breaking changes)

Experience with GraphQL/REST APIs, micro-service architecture and container / orchestration systems (preferably Docker / Kubernetes), while bearing in mind:

• Complexity trade-offs

• Fault-tolerance design

• Knowledge of JIRA, Agile and Scrum

• Good communication skills, especially when working with remote teams

• Good attention to detail

• Being able to work CET time-zone

Nice to have

• Production experience with designing and maintaining GraphQL APIs.

• Knowledge of eSports and gaming.

• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced software startup that has incredible potential

• A passion for software engineering while writing clean, well-tested code

• Enthusiasm for working in a Lean, fully Agile environment

• Comfortable using AI tooling where necessary (ex. open code, github copilot, claude code)

• Knowledge of modern AI workflows

What you can expect from the company’s Engineering Team

• Impactful: With a robust CI/CD process, and a full suite of automated tests our engineers ship daily, allowing you to make impact on the product from day one with peace of mind

• Agile & Inclusively: We’ve developed our own kanban-based way of working that is constantly being improved and adapted by the self-organizing product-engineering teams. Opinions and ideas are valued from all

• Quality: Achieved by ensuring detailed stories and epics, high test coverage, a thorough code-review process, consciously taking on technical debt and an open culture of sharing opinions

• Organized: We strive for considered decisions, creating software that lasts. We document them in decision records, which any engineer in any team can drive

Highlights

We are looking for someone well-versed in Kotlin or Go to join our Engineering team. You will be developing greenfield services and taking an active role in shaping the company’s technology landscape!

Originally posted on Himalayas