This role focuses on building and maintaining a robust Back End for a global gaming platform that integrates with multiple third-party services. The engineer will work across REST APIs, secure authentication flows, event feeds, and a scalable data pipeline to support users worldwide with high reliability and performance. Technical requirements: Strong experience with Node.js or TypeScript Building and consuming REST APIs Implementing OAuth2 and OIDC for secure authentication Handling webhooks and event feeds (eg, Twitch EventSub, FACEIT callbacks) PostgreSQL for data storage and data-model design Redis for caching, reliability, and retry logic Simple queueing for background tasks and failure retries Rate-limit handling and backoff strategies Cloud deployment experience with strong security hygiene, configuration management, and secrets handling Exposure to monitoring, logging, and observability tools The ideal candidate values reliability, secure coding practices, graceful failure, and clean software architecture suitable for a globally distributed gaming audience.