Senior Backend Developer

1 Month ago • All levels • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Backend Developer with expertise in Golang to contribute to the development and upkeep of systems for our HTML5 casual games. You will be an integral part of an agile and collaborative team, involved in all stages from initial design to ongoing maintenance, ensuring our backend infrastructure is robust, scalable, and secure. Your responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining backend services, collaborating with cross-functional teams, managing deployments and CI/CD pipelines, contributing to cloud service stability, participating in code reviews, championing security best practices, and monitoring system performance. This role offers the opportunity to impact millions of players globally and work with major brands.
Must have:
  • Golang specialization
  • Design backend services
  • Implement backend services
  • Maintain backend services
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Manage deployments
  • Manage CI/CD pipelines
  • Champion security best practices
  • Monitor system performance
Good to have:
  • Experience with casual games
  • Experience with HTML5 games
Perks:
  • Market-competitive salaries
  • Contribute to successful casual games
  • Work with world-famous partners
  • Professional international team

Job Details

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer specializing in Golang to help build and maintain the systems powering our HTML5 casual games. As a critical member of an agile and collaborative team, you will be involved from initial design through ongoing maintenance, ensuring our backend infrastructure remains robust, scalable, and secure.

About CoolGames

At CoolGames, we’re proud to be a leading international HTML5 game studio, working with some of the world’s biggest ‘Big Tech’ game platforms, such as Netflix, Discord, Facebook and Microsoft Play. We also work with famous games IP such as Battleship, Angry Birds and Monopoly.  

CoolGames is part of Keesing, the world’s largest Braintainment company. Keesing is a financially strong publisher of engaging sudokus, crosswords and many other puzzles & games with a presence in over 20 countries, and headquartered in The Netherlands. 

With the CoolGames HQ in Amsterdam, supported by our global remote teams, we offer market-competitive salaries, the chance to contribute to successful casual games that are played by millions and work directly with some of the biggest brands in the world. We believe in creativity, collaboration and delivering world-class gaming experiences, while giving you the choice to either join our Amsterdam studio or become part of our remote teams.

If you want to grow your career in a profitable, internationally recognized company, work closely with world-famous partners and be part of a highly professional international team - CoolGames is the right place for you.

About the role

As a Backend Developer at CoolGames, you'll design, develop, and maintain reliable and scalable backend systems using Golang, supporting our portfolio of casual web games. Your work will directly impact millions of players worldwide.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Designing, implementing, and maintaining backend services;
  • Collaborating closely with designers, QA engineers, developers, and producers to refine requirements;
  • Managing deployments, infrastructure-as-code, and continuous integration pipelines;
  • Contributing to the ongoing stability, scalability, and security of our cloud services;
  • Participating actively in code reviews, technical design proposals, and team processes;
  • Championing and implementing security best practices;
  • Monitoring and improving system performance and reliability.

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HTML5 GAMES AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE


Cloud gaming, instant fun!


CoolGames is on a mission to reshape the mobile games experience. In the cloud gaming era, games can now be played instantly and shared among billions of people, straight from the cloud without the need to download the game first.


No matter if you are playing games on social media, messenger platforms or websites. CoolGames is dedicated to developing and distributing the very best cloud-based HTML5 games for every player around the globe today.

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