Senior Engineer Gaming Platform Integrations

The Legends Agency; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic gaming technology firm is seeking a Senior Engineer for Gaming Platform Integrations to build high-impact integration services. The role requires 5+ years of software development experience, and you will design and maintain RESTful APIs, enhance CI/CD processes, and troubleshoot system issues. This position is hybrid, allowing collaboration across teams in a stimulating environment that values innovation and quality in software engineering. Opportunities to work with modern tools like Docker and Azure services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Proven experience with REST API design, system integrations, and SQL databases.
• Familiarity with Azure services, Kubernetes, and modern testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integration services using Node.js and Express.
• Design, implement, and document RESTful APIs and integration frameworks.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues to enhance system reliability.

Skills

Node.js

Express

REST API design

SQL databases

Kubernetes

Azure services

Tools

Azure DevOps

Docker

Service Bus

RabbitMQ

Kafka

NoSQL databases

Job description

Overview

Senior Engineer Gaming Platform Integrations
Build high-impact integration services that keep the games flowing.
Johannesburg (Hybrid) | Gaming Platform Engineering | Full-time

About Our Client
A dynamic and rapidly growing gaming technology company that delivers cloud-first, scalable integrations powering real-time gaming experiences. They're driven by innovation, quality, and performance, operating in a collaborative environment that values learning, experimentation, and excellence in software engineering.

The Role

Senior Engineer, Gaming Platform Integrations

This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining core integration services and RESTful APIs that connect internal platform components with third-party systems. You\'ll play a key role across the development lifecycle—from architecture and implementation to testing and deployment—helping shape high-performing, reliable, and future-ready gaming systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integration services using Node.js and Express
• Design, implement, and document RESTful APIs and integration frameworks
• Write clean, well-structured, and thoroughly tested code
• Participate in code reviews, design sessions, and knowledge sharing
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, driving system reliability and performance improvements
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and automation processes
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, QA, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless delivery

About You

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience
• Proven experience with REST API design, system integrations, and SQL databases
• Familiar with Azure services, Kubernetes, and modern testing practices
• Strong understanding of microservices, authentication/authorization, and observability principles
• Growth-oriented mindset, strong communicator, and proactive team player comfortable in Agile environments
• Nice to have: .NET/C#, messaging tools (Service Bus, RabbitMQ, Kafka), NoSQL databases, Azure DevOps, Docker, and Infrastructure-as-Code