Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js)

 At A5 Labs, we are dedicated to building cutting-edge AI-driven experiences that redefine industry standards. If you’ve ever played an online casino game, you may have already encountered our technology and innovation. This role demands strong expertise in software architecture and engineering best practices and the ability to lead complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.

Why Join Us?

-Be a key player in a major AI transformation.

-Participate in exciting and challenging AI projects creating direct impact in one of the world's most dynamic (and fun 🙂) industries. 

-Join a supportive and dynamic team and enjoy flexible work environment. 

-Progress your career and grow your skills within a fast-growing company. 

📎 The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will drive technical initiatives across various teams and help us build standalone web applications, in-app web applications within our gaming apps, and integrations with service providers.

✅ Your Objectives  

-From MVPs to Production: Drive technical initiatives across various teams to ensure the delivery of MVPs for online poker games and applications that help recreational players improve their skills. Lead the transition from MVP to production, ensuring scalability and reliability for a global audience.

-Game Development: Architecting and implementing highly-available and performant games using Node.js.

-Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with frontend engineers,  UX/UI designers, AI engineers, and product managers to deliver end-to-end features.

-Code Quality: Enforce clean, maintainable code with testing and code reviews.

-Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve bottlenecks to optimize applications to meet the demands of B2C scenarios.

👀 What You Bring to the Table 

-Experience: 7+ years in backend development with 3+ years in a senior/lead role

-Technical Skills:

-Strong expertise in Node.js, TypeScript and JavaScript

-Experience with NestJS would be a plus

-Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, gRPC, and Web Sockets.

-Experience with backend testing frameworks like Jest.

-Proficiency in both relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB).

-High load and concurrency: Experience in creating, modifying, debugging scalable backend systems in high load environments.

-Cloud Technologies: Experience in working with cloud platforms is a plus, e.g. AWS and Cloudflare, including the ability to design, deploy, and maintain robust cloud-based applications.

-Distributed Systems using Microservices: Expertise in crafting resilient, scalable, and maintainable software architectures, leveraging event-driven architectures and microservices best practices. Skilled in using observability tools to monitor and optimise performance.

-DevOps and CI/CD: Hands-on experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), preferably proficiency with containerisation tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

-Security: solid understanding of the ways a Node.js backend can be exposed to an attack. Experience with implementing security best practices.

🥇 Preferred Personal Qualifications  

Adaptability: Comfortable working in fast-paced startup and R&D environments.

Communication: Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to team members.

Leadership: Advocate for and promote best engineering practices.

Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Agile Methodologies: Experience in streamlining delivery processes across multiple teams.

Communication:  Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to team members.

Business Focus: Demonstrates a strong understanding of how technical decisions impact business outcomes.

🎰 This role sits within AceGuardian, a cutting-edge team within A5 Labs. AceGuardian is focused on building advanced AI agents through reinforcement learning, game-solving, fine-tuning, and planning. These AI agents tackle challenges like anti-cheat detection (collusion, bots) and optimal gameplay across various games. The team operates in stealth mode and is composed of experts in AI, machine learning, and game development, all working together to revolutionize both gaming and real-world problem-solving. By joining this team, you’ll contribute to innovative projects that push the boundaries of AI in the gaming industry, while working alongside some of the brightest minds in the field.