Gaming Innovation Group
Senior Backend Engineer
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Senior Backend Engineer
Department: Sport Employment Type: Full Time Location: Malta Reporting To: Roxane Metivier
At GiG, we power the future of the iGaming industry as a leading B2B tech provider. We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our sports team.
Key Responsibilities
- Leverage an in-depth understanding of software engineering principles and best practices to contribute to the development and enhancement of our products.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements and translate them into efficient and scalable software solutions, while considering performance, security, and integration aspects.
- Demonstrate technical leadership by actively participating in the design and development of complex system features, providing guidance to junior team members, and ensuring adherence to coding standards.
- Drive the implementation of best practices in coding, testing, and deployment to maintain a high standard of code quality, supporting scalable and maintainable software solutions.
- Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and advancements in software engineering, actively incorporating relevant insights to enhance our software offerings.
- Demonstrate advanced proficiency in utilising the latest .NET technologies (.NET Core, WebAPIs, Orleans) within the B2B software industry, particularly in the iGaming space.
- Extensive experience working with microservices architecture, showcasing the ability to design and implement scalable solutions for the iGaming industry.
- Hands-on experience with event-driven microservices architecture, ideally using Kafka and Microsoft Orleans' actor framework, leveraging different communication ports (REST, Events, and gRPC).
- Adept at planning and executing tasks both autonomously and collaboratively within a team, emphasising effective communication and collaboration.
- Deep knowledge of source control and Git Flow, emphasising best practices for version control.
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Requirements
Experience:
- Proven experience as a Senior Backend Engineer, preferably within the B2B software or iGaming industry.
Technical Skills:
- Deep .NET expertise: Advanced, hands-on proficiency in the latest .NET technologies (.NET Core, WebAPIs).
- Microservices Architecture: Extensive experience designing and implementing scalable microservices architecture.
- Event-Driven Systems: Solid experience with event-driven systems, specifically using Apache Kafka for event streaming.
- Protocols & APIs: Proficiency in designing and integrating communication ports using REST, gRPC, and event-driven messaging.
- Version Control: Deep knowledge of standard Git and Git Flow best practices.
- Quality Assurance: Hands-on implementation of coding, testing (unit/integration), and deployment best practices for high code quality.
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Nice to Have:
- Strong working experience with Microsoft Orleans (or similar actor frameworks).
- Proficiency in state management and actor frameworks for complex applications.
Benefits
- Great career development opportunities
- Hybrid working model
- International Health Insurance
- Health and Wellbeing Package (350 EUR per year)
- Birthday Day Off
- Me Time - 1 day off per year
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