Senior Backend Engineer
Role Overview
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Gameplay Galaxy, you will own the backend for a live mobile F2P game and the AI agentic platform. You'll work on game backend services (API server, realtime, analytics) and an AI agent platform, with a focus on feature releases, live ops, monetization, and reliability. This senior IC role offers real ownership from day one and a path to tech lead as the team scales.
Perks & Benefits
This is a remote role with flexibility in time zones, though some overlap with the team is expected. You'll work in a cutting-edge environment where AI agents write production code alongside you. The role offers significant ownership and impact, with a clear path to platform or tech lead as the company grows. Typical remote perks like flexible hours and autonomy are implied.
Full Job Description
About the roleYou'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 onGame backend: API server, realtime (Socket.io), analytics ingestion, cron jobs — all in one TypeScript monorepoAI agent platform: MCP server in Go bridging LLMs with our databases and third-party APIsExternal integrations: Slack, Discord, GitLab, Meta Ads, Google Ads, AppLovin, Apple App StoreLLM routing: Anthropic, OpenAI, DashScopeProduction support for our live PvP mobile gameRequired5+ years backend engineeringTypeScript/Node.js at production scale. you've shipped & operated production services at scaleMongoDB in production: replica sets, aggregation pipelines, transaction patternsClickHouse: analytical queries, materialized views, joins at scaleKubernetes in production (we run k3s on GCP, deploy via Helmfile + GitLab CI)Strongly preferredGo: comfortable reading and extending stdlib net/http services. Our MCP server is GoLLM API integrations (Anthropic, OpenAI)Mobile gaming backend: live ops, A/B test infrastructure, IAP validationRabbitMQ or similar async messagingOAuth/JWT/RBACNice to haveMCP (Model Context Protocol) — we use mark3labs/mcp-goF2P economy design / monetization backend experienceApple/Google Play Store APIAgent systems or autonomous workflow backgroundPlease 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.