Platform Engineer

Overview

This opportunity is with a partner company based in Ireland seeking a Platform Engineer to develop and manage backend services powering various mobile games. The role involves working on backend components such as analytics, social features, gifting systems, leaderboards, and LiveOps tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend production services in Python including REST APIs, data modeling, and asynchronous processing.
• Develop platform features to support multiple game integrations.
• Create reliable APIs and backend systems to fulfill the requirements of diverse game teams.
• Implement effective observability through logging, metrics, and alerting to ensure service reliability.
• Take full ownership of deployed services, focusing on operational performance and reliability.
• Collaborate closely with SDK engineers to ensure alignment on API contracts and integration strategies.
• Engage in code reviews, participate in technical discussions, architecture design, and delivery planning.
• Contribute to continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines and deployment processes.
• Develop and maintain automated testing as an integral part of the software development process.
• Support improvement of platform scalability, maintainability, and robustness as the product portfolio grows.

Required Skills and Experience

• 2 to 4 years of professional experience in backend development working with live production systems.
• Strong expertise in Python programming with practical experience developing maintainable backend services.
• Solid background designing, implementing, and deploying RESTful APIs.
• Hands-on experience with relational databases, especially PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB or Redis.
• Proficient with AWS cloud services including EC2, RDS/DynamoDB, S3, SQS, IAM, and Redshift.
• Practical experience using Docker containers and a good understanding of CI/CD processes.
• Hands-on knowledge of CI/CD tooling like GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.
• Strong commitment to automated testing and quality assurance practices.
• Ability to take initiative for production system reliability and proactively resolve operational issues.
• Excellent communication abilities and experience collaborating across engineering teams.
• Confidence contributing to technical design decisions, code reviews, and architectural discussions.

Benefits and Work Environment

• A flexible personal benefits budget usable for insurance, education, fitness, and overall wellbeing.
• Performance-based bonuses recognizing achievements, teamwork, and impactful contributions.
• Fully remote-first work culture prioritizing autonomy and minimal bureaucracy.
• Opportunities for professional growth through training, learning initiatives, and strategic involvement.
• A collaborative team atmosphere focused on shared ownership and success.
• Direct influence on the technology platform supporting a diverse portfolio of mobile games.