Senior/ Lead Backend Engineer

As a Senior/Lead Backend Engineer at Joyteractive, your primary responsibilities will include building a microservice-based backend from scratch, developing and configuring CI/CD pipelines, and managing the full product development cycle—from design and feature planning to maintenance. Collaborating with various cross-functional teams to gather requirements and plan new features is also a crucial part of your role.

To qualify for the Senior/Lead Backend Engineer position at Joyteractive, you should have at least 5 years of commercial development experience, preferably in Go and/or Node.js. It's important to have experience in building microservices, along with knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and either AWS or GCP. Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases is also essential, as well as the ability to communicate effectively in Russian.

At Joyteractive, you will be welcomed into a supportive and innovative work environment. Our team consists of over 70 professionals who are passionate about puzzle games. You’ll benefit from flexible remote work options and a culture that encourages collaboration and creativity, allowing you to thrive while contributing to exciting projects.

As a Senior/Lead Backend Engineer at Joyteractive, you’ll enjoy an array of benefits including 18 business days of paid time off, 8 personal days a year with an additional day added yearly, flexible public holiday policies, a dedicated training budget for professional growth, and 100% sick leave compensation. Additionally, we provide compensation for wear and tear on your equipment while working from home.

Joyteractive is committed to the professional development of our team members. As a Senior/Lead Backend Engineer, you will have access to an individual budget for training and growth, which allows you to attend courses or workshops that enhance your skills. We believe in investing in our employees to foster both personal and career growth.

When answering this question, focus on specific projects where you designed and implemented microservice architectures. Highlight the challenges you faced and how you overcame them, tools and technologies you used, and the impact of your work on the project's success.

Discuss the CI/CD tools you are familiar with and how they facilitated your development processes. Emphasize any specific outcomes, such as reduced deployment times or improved software quality, to illustrate your capability in optimizing workflows through CI/CD practices.

Detail your strategies for optimizing backend performance. This could include database indexing, caching solutions, load balancing, and any profiling tools you've used. Explain how these techniques directly influenced the performance and reliability of the applications you worked on.

When addressing this question, provide examples of how you have utilized AWS or GCP services in your past projects. Talk about how you configure services, manage costs, and ensure reliability and scalability of applications hosted in the cloud.

Express your preferences for SQL or NoSQL technologies and explain your reasoning based on the specific use cases. You can mention projects where you successfully used these databases, detailing their advantages for the tasks you were handling.

Describe your approach to engaging with stakeholders to gather and clarify requirements. Mention any techniques or tools you utilize for effective communication and requirement gathering, ensuring that you align technical execution with business goals.

Discuss your interpersonal skills and how you foster collaboration among cross-functional teams. Give specific examples of how you've worked with designers, product managers, or other engineers to achieve a common goal, emphasizing effective communication and conflict resolution.

Explain your debugging process, including tools and methodologies you employ when troubleshooting issues. Highlight a specific instance where your debugging skills led to a successful resolution of a complex problem.

Provide an example of a situation where you encountered a new technology on the job. Discuss your step-by-step process for learning it, including any resources you used, timelines, and how you applied what you learned to the project at hand.

For this question, express your passion for mobile gaming and why Joyteractive's vision and mission resonate with you. Discuss your admiration for Cryptogram: Word Brain Puzzle's success and why you’d love to contribute your backend expertise to such a talented team.