Backend Team Lead

Description

RealPlay LTD is a fast-growing and innovative startup in the Gaming industry. We specialize in developing innovative, high-energy games. Our team is passionate about crafting immersive gaming experiences and pushing the boundaries of technology. At RealPlay, you’ll find a collaborative and creative work environment. We're passionate about creating engaging, data-driven digital experiences that delight and inspire players across the globe.

We're looking for a talented and passionate Backend Engineer who can take full ownership of features -across infrastructure, backend logic, and API design - and work closely with the frontend to deliver exceptional user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services using NestJS
• Work withDB and Redis to build efficient data models and caching strategies
• Manage background processing with BullMQ
• Collaborate with frontend engineers working in React

Own features from infrastructure to UI

design, develop, test, deploy, and monitor

• Contribute to architecture decisions and help shape our technical roadmap
• Work in a cloud-native environment and manage deployments, configuration, and

scalability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with NodeJS, NestJS, Postgres, Redis, and job queues
• Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and performance
• Ability to take ownership of end-to-end feature delivery, including frontend integration

Nice to Have

• Cloud experience (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code
• Experience with Amazon Aurora
• Familiarity with dbt or other data engineering tools
• Understanding of data pipelines, ETL, and materialized views
• Experience working with data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Redshift, Materialize)