Senior Backend Engineer — Japan

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain backend services that power core products and platforms.
• Develop event-driven systems using Go and Kafka.
• Build scalable microservices in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Drive architecture decisions that improve performance, resiliency, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Own your code in production, monitor, debug, and continuously improve service performance and

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience in Go or a similar language.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and event-based
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues, analyze system behavior, and drive resolution.
• Business-level proficiency in Japanese is required.

🎁 Benefits

• Background in gaming, payments, or commerce systems.
• Experience in adtech or offer monetization platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or equivalent streaming platforms.
• Experience with Redis or other in-memory data stores.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Familiarity with ClickHouse, Postgres, or other analytical/OLAP/OLTP databases.