Senior Backend Engineer (Gaming)
🚀 Why this role matters
Happening powers the technology behind Superbet’s platforms and brands, serving millions of customers. Our Game Integrations squad connects third-party providers to our core platform and ensures those experiences are reliable, scalable, and compliant.
We’re growing and scaling fast, and we need a Senior Backend Engineer who can deliver high-quality integrations, shape engineering standards, and help accelerate how quickly new providers go live.
How we work: We’re product-minded squads with strong ownership, candid feedback, and measurable outcomes. We build, run, and continuously improve the tech that powers Superbet’s customer experience.
What you’ll do
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Build integrations end-to-end - design contracts, implement services, write tests, and ship with confidence.
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Own reliability - define SLIs/SLOs, set up observability (metrics, logs, traces), and join on-call.
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Keep systems healthy - tackle production issues, reduce tech debt, and simplify through pragmatic refactors.
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Work across boundaries - collaborate with Product, Compliance, SRE, Data, Security, and external partners to keep delivery smooth.
- Level up the team - mentor more junior teammates through sharp code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing.
🛠️ Tech we use
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Node.js + TypeScript (backend services & integrations)
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Kubernetes (K8s) in production, CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments
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REST APIs with versioning & backward compatibility
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Observability stack → metrics, tracing, logging, dashboards, and alerts
What we’re looking for
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6+ years building backend systems (ideally integrations) with Node.js + TypeScript
- Event-driven systems (Kafka) and low-latency/high-throughput workloads
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Solid production experience with Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines
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Strong background in API design (REST) and maintaining compatibility at scale
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Focus on testing & quality (unit, integration, QA collaboration)
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Ability to write clear docs and status updates that keep teammates aligned
Nice to have
- Experience with Nest.js
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Gaming/fintech/e-commerce integrations (wallets, catalogs, identity, compliance)
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Experience in regulated environments with staged rollouts
Success looks like
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Cutting time-to-integrate new providers from weeks to days
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Improving observability, testability, and reliability at scale
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Becoming a go-to engineer for design and debugging while uplifting others