Playson

Founded in 2012, Playson is a leading iGaming supplier recognized worldwide. We provide our customers with a high-end micro-service-based platform as a service that aims to process billions of financial transactions per day. We provide a cross-regional setup and are chasing latency reduction down to zero. We highly invest in delivering the best game experience and smooth connection regardless of the internet coverage and bandwidth of the game clients.

Role Overview:

One of our squad teams is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to participate in developing our cutting-edge solution, where milliseconds matter. Our problem statement is not straightforward, as we aim to achieve high-end results in all important technical aspects of our business:

• best availability,
• lowest possible latency in all transaction processing operations and in every micro-service,
• the most efficient resource usage.

If you’re a product-passionate person, your mind is keen to solve deep tech engineering problems, and you have a fast “PoC first” approach with a deep sense of ownership, we would love to hear from you.

To succeed in the role, you will have:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong proficiency in PHP with a deep understanding of OOP, SOLID, MVC architectures, and design patterns.
• Experience in building and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge and experience in Web application frameworks (e.g. Symfony, Laminas,)
• Strong development experience in Node.js/TypeScript.
• Solid grasp of asynchronous programming techniques and their applications in PHP and JavaScript.
• Knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL), columnar databases (Redshift, ClickHouse), and NoSQL technologies (DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Skilled in developing and maintaining end-to-end and unit tests.
• Proven track record of developing production-ready solutions.

Preferred additional qualifications:

• Experience with large-scale microservices architecture.
• Experience with Apache Kafka.
• Experience with GRPC.
• Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, GCP).
• Knowledge of Kubernetes.
• Understanding of application security and industry best practices.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field.

What will you be doing?

• Develop and maintain robust backend systems for our promotional features.
• Optimize existing systems for enhanced performance and scalability.
• Lead technical decisions and contribute to our SaaS solutions.
• Collaborate with distributed teams to innovate and implement new features.
• Ensure code and architectural excellence through reviews.
• Address complex technical challenges with innovative solutions.

If the job description rings a bell — take action and apply!
Looking forward to welcoming you to the iGaming world!

Ambitious goals require a quick ability to maneuver through changes in the world. Playson is all about that.

Join us today!

We are currently seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic Platform Tribe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day alerts, system checks, and issue escalation as necessary.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support for critical SaaS events.
• Document issues and remediation steps.
• Proactively create monitors within the EKS/K8s ecosystem.
• Deploy to EKS/K8s cluster using Terraform and Helm/Flux.
• Enhance infrastructure health by implementing checks and scripts to address known issues.
• Maintain and develop deployment code.
• Implement/integrate new technologies into our Cloud Infrastructure.
• Collaborate with other teams to provide top-notch support and assistance.
• Prioritize customer focus in planning deployments/updates, ensuring minimal impact.
• Conduct RCA and take necessary corrective actions to prevent issue recurrence.
• Assign alert-related actions to the appropriate team after investigation.
• Handle support requests for environment-specific actions.

Requirements:

• Strong experience with issue processing (RCA, Postmortems).
• Proficiency in Kubernetes (deployment, scaling, troubleshooting).
• Familiarity with AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD.
• Experience with monitoring tools like DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, and logging solutions like Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK Stack) or AWS CloudWatch.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, NodeJS, Go).
• Experience with configuration management tools like FluxCD/ArgoCD.
• Proficiency in Git or other version control systems.
• Familiarity with incident response and management tools like PagerDuty, Opsgenie, or VictorOps.
• Ownership, proactiveness, persistence, and passion for maintaining a high-traffic online platform.

What We Offer:

• Quarterly Bonuses based on transparent and systematic evaluation.
• Flexible Work Schedule.
• Remote Work Option for Enhanced Flexibility.
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance for you and your significant other.
• Financial Support for Life Events.
• Unlimited Paid Vacation.
• Unlimited Paid Sick Leave.
• Reimbursement for professional development courses and training.