Gametime seeks a Senior Backend Engineer for the Tools and Automation team to build the technology that powers and scales the operations behind their marketplace, making processes fast, reliable, and efficient. The role aims to simplify complex workflows, automate manual processes, and enable internal teams to move faster and smarter through traditional and AI-driven automation solutions.
Requirements
- Proficient in designing and developing reliable backend systems using Golang (or Python, Ruby, Java, C++, C, Rust, Scala, etc.), with strong fundamentals in testing, observability, and performance optimization.
- Skilled in designing distributed systems focused on scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Experienced in building and maintaining well-structured, versioned APIs that enable composable automation and integration across internal and external systems.
- Familiar with message-driven architectures and tools such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar, enabling decoupled and reactive automation workflows.
- Solid understanding of both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB) data models, including schema design and query optimization for automation workloads.
- Growing familiarity with leveraging AI-assisted tools (e.g., Cursor, Copilot, ChatGPT) and understanding when AI or LLM-powered automation provides strategic value versus traditional engineering approaches.
- Experience developing tools and automation systems that improve efficiency across engineering, operations, and product teams.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver automated workflows that deeply understand and reimagine manual operations.
- Own foundational systems that expose the best capabilities to compose into automated workflows.
- Design and build APIs with first principles, enabling composable, predictable, and scalable integrations across Gametime’s ecosystem.
- Build, test, instrument, and monitor systems that power the processes behind the scenes of the Gametime marketplace.
- Demonstrate domain ownership by identifying and advocating for improvements or automation opportunities that align with the company’s strategic objectives.
- Leverage AI-assisted tools and automation frameworks (e.g., AI Code Gen, LLM-based helpers) to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality, clarity, and maintainability.
- Apply AI and LLM solutions thoughtfully—use them where they create genuine leverage in automation or insight, and avoid them where traditional engineering solutions are more effective.
Other
- 5+ years of experience building and engineering software.
- Works effectively with cross-functional partners to deliver reliable solutions and shares knowledge through code reviews and discussion.
- Determined to understand and support others through active listening and asking questions.
- Demonstrates strong critical thinking and decision-making abilities, especially in situations that have nuanced workflows and systems.
- Proactive in identifying challenges and implementing solutions.
