Senior Backend Software Engineer, Stats and Insights at Gamechanger

Gamechanger

GameChanger Remote - US·8h ago

SeniorFull-timeTypeScriptPythonNode.jsAWSPostgreSQLRedisAIAPI

Salary Range

$132,600 - $179,400 /year

Estimated

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About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join the Stats and Insights team at GameChanger. This role involves creating innovative features to enhance our mobile stats and scorekeeping user experience. You will contribute to building engaging user-facing features and make architectural decisions on a team of Product Managers, Designers, QA Analysts, and Engineers.

Key Responsibilities

→Own and drive business-critical product areas including scorekeeping, fan experiences, and team management throughout our backend services.
→Design, build, and operate scalable, high-performance backend services in production.
→Lead projects and work with Product, Design, QA and other engineers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
→Evolve our APIs and service contracts to ensure performant, reliable communication between backend systems and client applications.
→Contribute to architectural decisions that guarantee scalability, maintainability, and developer productivity as our backend systems evolve.
→Identify and address performance bottlenecks, improve system reliability, and deliver high-impact new features in data-intensive domains.
→Ensure security, data integrity, and privacy compliance.
→Raise the technical bar through thoughtful code reviews, design feedback, and knowledge sharing.
→Create and maintain clear technical documentation to support long-term maintainability and cross-team understanding.

Requirements

✓6+ years in a software development role.
✓4+ years of experience building production backend systems (Node.js, TypeScript, Python, or comparable backend technologies).
✓Experience leading technical design and implementation of complex backend systems or features.
✓Experience with API design, service boundaries, and data contracts.
✓Experience with a system deployed in an AWS environment.
✓Experience evolving and scaling a production codebase used by large numbers of users and multiple engineering teams.
✓Experience building scalable backend systems that transform complex data into real-time, user-facing product features.
✓Outstanding problem-solving skills and ability to communicate solutions clearly.
✓Experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across a team.