Description

About the Role

A fast-growing digital entertainment company is looking for five Mid/Senior JAVA Backend Engineer to help build scalable backend systems for a next-gen online gaming platform, to work 100% remote from Canada.

You’ll lead development using JAVA, focus on building rather than maintaining. This hands-on role offers the chance to shape architecture, boost performance, and drive innovation in a high-traffic environments.

This is a 100% fully remote position to work from Canada, in a payroll system.

💰 Salary: From CAD 120k up to 180k gross/year (DOE)

🔸 Fully remote position to work in a payroll system, in Canada.

🔸 3 weeks vacation, birthday off

🔸 Experience in the gambling industry is a MUST

Key Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of backend development tasks using Java ensuring efficient and secure implementations.
  • Design core backend systems to transition into a scalable microservices-based architecture.
  • Develop and maintain robust APIs for both internal use and public consumption.
  • Conduct peer code reviews, mentor team members, and help establish engineering standards.
  • Optimize systems to perform under heavy load while maintaining high reliability and security.
  • Proactively contribute to the evolution of the platform’s architecture and tech stack.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in JAVA within production environments (including project leadership roles)
  • 3+ years of experience with Microservices, Spring, Springboot, Hibernate and Git.
  • 2+ years of experience with Cloud Services (AWS, GCP or Azure)
  • 1+ years of experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis or any similar tool.
  • Deep knowledge of relational databases, particularly MySQL, with an emphasis on schema design and performance tuning.
  • Solid background in CI/CD pipelines, system observability, and DevOps methodologies.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead technical discussions and mentor team members.
  • Experience with scalable architecture patterns and optimization techniques.
  • Mobile and web experience desired.