Senior Backend Developer - Outplayed

We’re on the hunt for a Senior Backend Developer to join the Outplayed team at Overwolf and help build the systems behind millions of gaming moments.

Outplayed is one of the leading gameplay capture platforms for gamers, built on top of the Overwolf ecosystem. As we expand, we’re building scalable backend systems for media management, social features, cloud services, and large-scale data processing for millions of players worldwide.

This is a hands-on role for engineers who like owning meaningful parts of a system while staying flexible across domains. One day, you might work on APIs and social graph features. Another day, you might dive into cloud infrastructure, event pipelines, production performance, or developer workflows.

If you enjoy solving real engineering problems in a fast-moving product environment, accept this quest and join our pack.

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will:

Design and build backend services and REST APIs for large-scale gamer-facing products

Develop systems for media management, social features, and core product capabilities

Build backend services with TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Go

Develop and maintain event-driven pipelines using Go and Kafka

Build and improve cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and Terragrunt

Work with production systems running on ECS, ECR, RDS, and related AWS services

Implement scalable authentication and OAuth flows

Improve scalability, reliability, observability, and developer workflows across the platform

Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, technical planning, and production ownership

Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, analysts, and designers to deliver high-impact features

Befriend the beings of the enchanted forest and become their guardian

Requirements:

6+ years of backend software development experience

Strong proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, including production NestJS experience

Solid experience with SQL and Redis

Experience designing and operating distributed, event-driven systems and REST APIs at scale

Experience with AWS/GCP, Infrastructure as Code, and Docker-based production environments

Strong debugging, performance, and problem-solving skills

Strong communicator who thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments

Bonus points

Hands-on experience with Go

Experience building social platforms, feeds, recommendation systems, or social graphs

Experience with Kafka, Kinesis, Snowflake, or large-scale data platforms

Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools

Passion for gaming

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