Platform Engineer

Blaze Talent; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative gaming startup is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their elite team. This remote role offers the chance to work on a high-impact social casino product, tackling complex backend challenges and building scalable infrastructure. With a focus on real-money transactions, you'll collaborate closely with talented engineers and have the autonomy to shape the technical direction of the product. Join a dynamic environment that values outcomes over hours, and contribute to a project that's already generating significant revenue. If you're ready to make a difference in a fast-paced industry, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Paid paternity leave

Paid maternity leave

Stock options

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience required.
• Proficiency in modern backend languages like TypeScript, Go, or Java.
• Solid experience with SQL and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to deliver product features.
• Optimize database performance and write raw SQL queries.

Skills

Backend Engineering

SQL

TypeScript

Go

Java

Python

Rust

Cloud Infrastructure

Networking

Caching

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Equivalent Experience

Tools

Git/GitHub

AWS

Kubernetes

Postgres

Redis

Job description

This range is provided by Blaze Talent. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$140,000.00/yr - $180,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Stock options

Senior Software Engineer (Backend) — High-Growth Gaming Startup

Location: Remote (US-based, must be available for 9:30am ET standup)

Compensation: $140,000–$180,000 base + equity

Experience Level: 5+ years professional experience required

About the Company

Our client is a fast-growing, venture-backed gaming startup operating at the intersection of real-money gaming and the creator economy. With a core product already in market and generating significant revenue, they're expanding their engineering team to meet demand and build out the next generation of features.

This is a high-stakes, high-impact opportunity to work on a social casino product used by thousands of players around the clock. The founding team is composed of seasoned entrepreneurs and engineers with backgrounds in crypto, gaming, and consumer tech — and they’re backed by top-tier investors.

The Role

This is not your average backend engineering role. You’ll join a small, elite team building infrastructure that must perform at scale and handle real-money transactions with zero room for error. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic builder who enjoys solving hard backend problems, thrives in high-trust environments, and wants to own critical parts of a fast-moving system.

You’ll work across a variety of areas — from scaling APIs and architecting new features to integrating gaming vendors and optimizing database performance. No red tape, just great engineering and high-impact work.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build backend services, APIs, and integrations with third-party vendors.
• Tackle high-throughput challenges related to concurrency, state, and scale.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers and DevOps to deliver end-to-end product features.
• Write performant, raw SQL queries (no ORMs used here) and reason deeply about data models.
• Help shape the technical direction of the product and infrastructure.
• Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions.
• Work remotely with autonomy — only one required daily meeting (9:30am ET standup).

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Proficiency in any modern backend language (e.g., TypeScript, Go, Java, Python, Rust).
• Solid experience with SQL and relational databases — you should be comfortable writing raw queries and understanding database internals.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and fundamentals of networking, caching, and scaling systems under heavy load.
• Git/GitHub fluency and confidence working in a terminal-based dev environment.
• Self-starter mindset — you don’t need handholding to make progress.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with: TypeScript, Postgres, Redis, AWS, Kubernetes.
• Background in real-money gaming, gambling, or crypto (especially at product-focused companies like Coinbase, Kraken, etc.).
• Degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field — or equivalent experience backed by strong signals (e.g. brand-name startups, standout technical interviews).

Why This Role Is Exciting

• Remote-first and flexible. The team cares about outcomes, not hours — as long as you're present for the one required meeting each day.
• Greenfield opportunities. There’s room to shape architecture, tooling, and process from the ground up.
• Top-tier backers + market traction. The company is operating in one of the most profitable industries on earth — and they’re already live with real users and revenue.
• Founding-team quality. You’ll work with some of the most capable operators in the space, all with prior startup successes under their belts.

Interview Process

• Step 1: 60-minute technical deep-dive with the hiring manager.
• Step 2: Paired coding session via CoderPad.
• Step 3: Meeting with the founders.

Note: This role is only open to candidates based in the U.S. at this time. Sponsorship is not available.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Gambling Facilities and Casinos and Computer Games

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