Senior Engineer owning backend outcomes across services for PlayOn’s HQ web application. Designing APIs, enhancing reliability, and leading platform modernization in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and operate APIs and services that power HQ web experiences.
Work primarily in Java while collaborating across services written in Go, TypeScript, and Python.
Build and evolve event-driven workflows with reliable publishing/consumption, schema discipline, and safe rollout patterns.
Partner with frontend engineers to translate product requirements into clean, scalable API designs.
Contribute to architectural decisions, RFCs, and pragmatic modernization of service boundaries and data models.
Strengthen CI/CD and deployment safety using AWS, EKS, and a GitOps approach.
Identify and eliminate bottlenecks through performance tuning, load testing, and data-driven scaling.
Mentor engineers and lead contractors through high-signal code reviews, clear standards, and scoped technical direction.
Participate in interviews, refine coding standards, and strengthen our engineering culture.
Requirements
5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, including designing and maintaining backend systems at scale.
Strong skills in Java and familiarity with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
Experience with event-driven architecture and data fan-out technologies like Kafka.
Experience with AWS services such as EKS, RDS, S3, SQS/SNS, and related cloud-native tooling.
Deep understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems.
Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
Strong delivery mindset with comfort owning systems through build, release, and production health.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills—you thrive in cross-functional environments with product, design, and platform teams.
A passion for reliable systems, clean code, and mentoring others.
Golang experience is a plus, along with familiarity with TypeScript or Python services.
Familiarity with modern data pipelines and orchestration tools (where relevant to HQ) is a plus.
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