Senior Backend Developer - Outplayed

Description:

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.

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

• 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