Senior Back-end Engineer

Join ScorePlay's Video Production squad to own backend services powering video processing and media automation. Design and maintain Go services, APIs, and data pipelines; optimize databases; manage AWS infrastructure; ensure performance and reliability; collaborate across teams; and contribute through testing, code reviews, mentoring, and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines in Go and related technologies.
• Monitor performance and reliability to ensure scalable, maintainable systems.
• Design and optimize database schemas, queries, and indexing.
• Deploy and manage backend systems on AWS, including EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS.
• Optimize resources for scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with front-end engineers, designers, and product managers.
• Translate business and product goals into reliable technical solutions.
• Test, debug, and review code for functionality, performance, and resilience.
• Implement unit and integration tests and share best practices.
• Lead through code reviews, mentoring, and technical guidance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend experience, including at least 1 year working with Go in production.
• Comfort working in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities.
• Solid understanding of software design principles and API development.
• Strong English communication skills; French is a plus.
• Mindset focused on quality, pragmatism, and delivery.

Benefits

• Equity
• Autonomy and ownership
• Career development opportunities
• International and distributed team environment