Senior Full-Stack Engineer (US, Remote)

Backgammon.com; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Match

Unlimited PTO

Fully remote

Weekly sync meetings

Job summary

Backgammon.com is hiring senior full-stack engineers, based in the US, to build player-facing features end to end. You’ll lead with frontend while working across the stack, owning features from design through production, and shipping complete, well‑tested work in a fast-paced, autonomous environment.

We value deep React/TypeScript expertise, Python/Django familiarity, and real‑time, interactive products. The role offers fully remote work with a small, senior team that ships quickly.

Qualifications

• Senior full-stack experience with deep frontend ownership.
• Strong React and TypeScript skills; Python/Django is a plus.
• Experience with real-time or highly interactive products (games, chat, live data).

Responsibilities

• Build player-facing features, leading on the frontend and working through the full stack.
• Shape the frontend architecture and raise the quality bar as the product grows.
• Work on real-time, interactive experiences: live games, matchmaking, presence, analysis.

Skills

Frontend depth

React

TypeScript

Python/Django

Real-time/interactive

Autonomy

Tools

Docker

AWS

WebSockets

Job description

Backgammon.com is building the largest online backgammon community. Not just a place for competitive players, but the home for everyone who plays: people learning the game, casual players, and serious competitors alike. One place to play, learn, improve, compete, and connect. We are a small, senior team that ships quickly and owns what we build.

The role

We are hiring senior full-stack engineers, based in the US, to build player-facing features end to end. As we bring more of our frontend development in-house, these roles lead with frontend while working across the whole stack, so we are looking for engineers who are strongest on the frontend and comfortable everywhere else. One of these roles is an opportunity to lead frontend as the team grows.

You will own features from design through production. We care more about features that are focused and genuinely complete than about half-finished big ones.

What you’ll do

• Build player-facing features, leading on the frontend and working through the full stack
• Shape the frontend architecture and raise the quality bar as the product grows
• Work on real-time, interactive experiences: live games, matchmaking, presence, analysis
• Ship well-tested, polished features and own them in production
• Partner closely with product and design in a tight, fast feedback loop

Our stack

• Frontend: React, React Native, TypeScript
• Real-time: WebSockets
• Infrastructure: AWS
• AI-assisted development is part of how we work every day

What we’re looking for

• Senior full-stack experience with real frontend depth: you are at home owning a feature from the interface through to the API and database
• Strong with React and TypeScript; solid with Python/Django
• Experience with real-time or highly interactive products (games, chat, live data) is a strong plus
• A bias for shipping complete, high-quality work fast
• Comfortable with high autonomy on a small team
• Comfortable in a containerized development workflow (Docker)

Nice to have

• Frontend leadership experience: able to own frontend direction and mentor as the team grows
• Background in online games or competitive, real-time products
• You play backgammon, or you want to
• 401(k) Match
• Unlimited paid time off
• Fun, collaborative culture
• Small team, which will increase in size as we scale operations
• Fully remote, and largely asynchronous. We need a self-directed developer comfortable with autonomy, high standards for code quality, and end-to-end ownership
• Weekly synchronous meetings with the full product, development, and design teams, with additional synchronous meetings as necessary