Easygo
SeniorBackendEngineer–Platform(Go)
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“Senior Backend Engineer – Platform (Go) at Easygo. Skills: Go, platform-level capabilities, scalable system design, distributed systems, APIs, shared services. Architect and implement high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards. Design and build shared services and platform capabilities, ensuring high standards of code quality, scalability, and maintainability”
What You'll Achieve.
improving reliability, consistency, and developer experience across the platform; ensure that Kick’s services communicate reliably and that data flows across the platform are accurate, observable, and analytics-ready; optimising ways of working, reducing duplication across teams, and forming the backbone for reliable integrations and data-driven decision-making; enabling other engineering teams to move faster and more safely; improving reliability, data quality, and developer experience
Industry & Context.
problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development, experience with Go, familiarity with building and operating distributed systems, APIs, and shared services, Proven track record of designing and modernising systems with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and system optimisation, Experience contributing to technical direction through collaboration, design input, and mentorship when appropriate, communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to a broad audience and work effectively with cross-functional teams, problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, Experience debugging production applications and managing incidents
Nice to Have
Experience delivering and maintaining distributed systems at scale, Demonstrated a high level of autonomy and self-sufficiency in driving projects to completion
What You'll Do.
Architect and implement high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards
Design and build shared services and platform capabilities
ensuring high standards of code quality
Optimise existing services for performance
identifying and resolving bottlenecks
reducing technical debt
and improving system resilience
Take ownership of services throughout their lifecycle while ensuring high code quality
Work across different problem domains and projects over time
adapting to changing priorities and contributing to improvements of varying complexity based on business needs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and operational stakeholders, clearly communicating technical concepts, trade-offs, and progress; Actively contribute as a team player, supporting others when needed, asking questions, and participating constructively in technical discussions and decision-making; Provide technical leadership through solution design, code reviews, and knowledge sharing, supporting the team's overall technical quality and consistency; Opportunities to collaborate with—and occasionally visit—our Melbourne headquarters; Regular team-building activities and a professional, collaborative working environment; We believe in-person collaboration is key to building teams and delivering great results
Communication Scope
Clearly communicating technical concepts, trade-offs, and progress; Communicate effectively in written and spoken English, presenting ideas clearly to colleagues and stakeholders across teams; communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to a broad audience and work effectively with cross-functional teams
Full Job Description
Easygo is an Australian technology powerhouse behind global brands Stake, KICK, and Twist Gaming. As we continue to build and scale our engineering presence in Belgrade, we’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Data and Integration Infrastructure team to help shape the platforms and systems that power our products globally. About the Team You will join an established engineering team responsible for enabling and accelerating product and service teams working on Kick. The team builds and maintains shared platform capabilities that underpin Kick’s core systems, improving reliability, consistency, and developer experience across the platform. The team owns foundational components such as event pipelines, schema governance, service gateways, and notification delivery. These systems ensure that Kick’s services communicate reliably and that data flows across the platform are accurate, observable, and analytics-ready. By providing robust, well-designed platform primitives and templates, the team plays a critical role in shaping how Kick is built and scaled, optimising ways of working, reducing duplication across teams, and forming the backbone for reliable integrations and data-driven decision-making. Who We’re Looking For We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong experience in Go who enjoys building platform-level capabilities that enable other engineering teams to move faster and more safely. You are an experienced engineer who takes pride in designing and maintaining reliable, scalable systems, and who understands the critical role that strong platform foundations play in the success of a large, evolving organisation. You’re comfortable working on core infrastructure and shared services, and you care deeply about engineering quality. You value clean interfaces, well-defined contracts, and highly observable systems, and you approach complex problems pragmatically and thoughtfully. As a senior engineer, you are able to: Work independently on c
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