Senior Backend Engineer
Gameplay Galaxy
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Compensation
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Near the BLS national median
BLS national median: $74,680
Requirements
Top requirements
- If you're a strong backend engineer who's comfortable with that mode, you'll fit right in.
- What you'll work on Game backend: API server, realtime (Socket.io), analytics ingestion, cron jobs â all in one TypeScript monorepo AI agent platform: MCP server in Go bridging LLMs with our databases and third-party APIs External integrations: Slack, Discord, GitLab, Meta Ads, Google Ads, AppLovin, Apple App Store LLM routing: Anthropic, OpenAI, DashScope Production support for our live PvP mobile game Required 5+ years backend engineering TypeScript/Node.js at production scale. you've shipped & operated production services at scale MongoDB in production: replica sets, aggregation pipelines, transaction patterns ClickHouse: analytical queries, materialized views, joins at scale Kubernetes in production (we run k3s on GCP, deploy via Helmfile + GitLab CI) Strongly preferred Go: comfortable reading and extending stdlib net/http services.
Perks & setup
Work setup
- Remote
- Senior level
- Posted 2d ago
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Requirements
- If you're a strong backend engineer who's comfortable with that mode, you'll fit right in.
- What you'll work on Game backend: API server, realtime (Socket.io), analytics ingestion, cron jobs â all in one TypeScript monorepo AI agent platform: MCP server in Go bridging LLMs with our databases and third-party APIs External integrations: Slack, Discord, GitLab, Meta Ads, Google Ads, AppLovin, Apple App Store LLM routing: Anthropic, OpenAI, DashScope Production support for our live PvP mobile game Required 5+ years backend engineering TypeScript/Node.js at production scale. you've shipped & operated production services at scale MongoDB in production: replica sets, aggregation pipelines, transaction patterns ClickHouse: analytical queries, materialized views, joins at scale Kubernetes in production (we run k3s on GCP, deploy via Helmfile + GitLab CI) Strongly preferred Go: comfortable reading and extending stdlib net/http services.
Responsibilities
What you'll do
- About the role You'll own the backend for a live mobile F2P game and the AI agentic platform that powers how we operate it.
- Senior IC with real ownership from day one and a path to platform / tech lead as we scale.
- If you're a strong backend engineer who's comfortable with that mode, you'll fit right in.
- What you'll work on Game backend: API server, realtime (Socket.io), analytics ingestion, cron jobs â all in one TypeScript monorepo AI agent platform: MCP server in Go bridging LLMs with our databases and third-party APIs External integrations: Slack, Discord, GitLab, Meta Ads, Google Ads, AppLovin, Apple App Store LLM routing: Anthropic, OpenAI, DashScope Production support for our live PvP mobile game Required 5+ years backend engineering TypeScript/Node.js at production scale. you've shipped & operated production services at scale MongoDB in production: replica sets, aggregation pipelines, transaction patterns ClickHouse: analytical queries, materialized views, joins at scale Kubernetes in production (we run k3s on GCP, deploy via Helmfile + GitLab CI) Strongly preferred Go: comfortable reading and extending stdlib net/http services.
- Our MCP server is Go LLM API integrations (Anthropic, OpenAI) Mobile gaming backend: live ops, A/B test infrastructure, IAP validation RabbitMQ or similar async messaging OAuth/JWT/RBAC Nice to have MCP (Model Context Protocol) â we use mark3labs/mcp-go F2P economy design / monetization backend experience Apple/Google Play Store API Agent systems or autonomous workflow background Please mention the word **HUMILITY** and tag ROjox when applying to show you read the job post completely (#ROjox).
Role snapshot
About the role
You'll own the backend for a live mobile F2P game and the AI agentic platform that powers how we operate it. Feature releases, live ops, monetization, analytics pipeline, reliability. Senior IC with real ownership from day one and a path to platform / tech lead as we scale. You work with our production systems serving real players and real revenue. The primary stack is TypeScript/Node.js (Fastify) with MongoDB, ClickHouse, Redis, and RabbitMQ. The AI tooling layer is Go. We use AI heavily as part of how we work. Claude agents write production code alongside us. If you're a strong backend engineer who's comfortable with that mode, you'll fit right in.
What you'll work on
Game backend: API server, realtime (Socket.io), analytics ingestion, cron jobs â all in one TypeScript monorepo
AI agent platform: MCP server in Go bridging LLMs with our databases and third-party APIs
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- MCP (Model Context Protocol) â we use mark3labs/mcp-go
- F2P economy design / monetization backend experience
- Apple/Google Play Store API
- Agent systems or autonomous workflow background
- Please mention the word **HUMILITY** and tag ROjox when applying to show you read the job post completely (#ROjox). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.
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