Backend Developer (Senior)
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About the Role
Dizzaract is looking for a Senior Backend Developer to build and scale core systems for their gaming platform and live services. The role involves designing architecture, implementing features, and working on distributed systems and high-load environments.
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Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable server side applications using Python and FastAPI
- Contribute to system architecture ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability
- Design and optimize databases (SQL and NoSQL)
- Develop and maintain integrations with internal services, external APIs, and microservices
- Implement logging, monitoring, telemetry, and fault tolerant systems
- Work closely with frontend, game, and DevOps teams for seamless system integration
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and sprint planning
Requirements
- 4+ years of backend development experience (Python)
- Strong experience with FastAPI or similar frameworks
- Proficiency in at least one additional language (Go, Node.js/TypeScript, Java) is a plus
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and event driven architectures
- Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
- Hands on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design
- Experience working in high load or real time systems is a plus
- Strong problem solving skills and ability to work in fast paced environments
- English level: Upper Intermediate (B2+) or higher
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About the Company
- Dizzaract is a product driven company at the intersection of gaming, digital platforms, and AI.
- We build and scale multiple products including Farcana 2.0, Gamed, and FAR Labs.
- We operate as a collaborative, non hierarchical team with AI embedded across everything.
About the Role
- We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to build and scale core systems for our gaming platform and live services.
- This is a hands on engineering role involving architecture design, feature implementation, and high load systems.
- You will work across distributed systems, real time data, and in close collaboration with frontend, game, and DevOps teams.
Who You Are
- Backend Engineer with strong fundamentals: solid experience with Python and modern frameworks.
- Systems thinker: understand distributed systems, event driven architecture, scalability, reliability, performance.
- Execution focused: comfortable owning features end to end from design to deployment.
- Collaborative builder: work well across teams to deliver cohesive systems.
- Problem solver: enjoy tackling complex technical challenges in high load environments.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable server side applications using Python and FastAPI.
- Contribute to system architecture ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability.
- Design and optimize databases (SQL and NoSQL).
- Develop and maintain integrations with internal services, external APIs, and microservices.
- Implement logging, monitoring, telemetry, and fault tolerant systems.
- Work closely with frontend, game, and DevOps teams for seamless system integration.
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and sprint planning.
Requirements
- 4+ years of backend development experience (Python).
- Strong experience with FastAPI or similar frameworks.
- Proficiency in at least one additional language (Go, Node.js/TypeScript, Java) is a plus.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB).
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and event driven architectures.
- Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS).
- Hands on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design.
- Experience working in high load or real time systems is a plus.
- Strong problem solving skills and ability to work in fast paced environments.
- English level: Upper Intermediate (B2+) or higher.
What We Offer
- Real ownership and direct impact on a global AI infrastructure product.
- Hands on work with high load, distributed systems in a live product environment.
- Fast execution, low bureaucracy, and a highly collaborative team.
- Exposure to cutting edge AI, distributed systems, and hardware level optimisation.
- Modern tech stack and technically challenging tasks.
- Competitive salary with performance based incentives.
- 24 days annual leave, plus public holidays.
- Health insurance.
- Modern office in Yas Creative Hub.
- Continuous learning through real world problem solving.
- Opportunity to shape product direction.
- Diverse, open minded team.
Work Location
- Work Location: In person
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