Software Mind develops solutions that make an impact for companies around the globe. Tech giants & unicorns, transformative projects, emerging technologies and limitless opportunities – these are a few words that describe an average day for us. Building cross-functional engineering teams that take ownership and crave more means we’re always on the lookout for talented people who bring passion and creativity to every project. Our culture embraces openness, acts with respect, shows grit & guts and combines employment with enjoyment.

Project – the aim you’ll have

Our client is a global video-game commerce company whose payments and monetization tools are used by leading game studios worldwide. Software Mind is joining the client's engineering team to build a new LiveOps plugin platform in Go, Kafka and Google Cloud, letting internal teams extend LiveOps through a strict plugin interface. You will work in a small Scrum team alongside the client's technical lead.

Role – how you’ll contribute

• Build Go services for plugin registration, configuration and runtime
• Implement the internal plugin registry and review flow
• Develop Kafka producers and consumers for the central event hub
• Build CI/CD pipelines from development to production
• Add metrics, logs and dashboards, and support production issues
• Create templates and tooling that help teams build plugins
• Write unit and integration tests with QA automation

Expectations – the experience you need

• 3+ years of backend engineering, 2+ years with Go
• Kafka or a similar messaging platform
• REST and/or gRPC APIs
• CI/CD pipelines and Docker
• Google Cloud or another public cloud
• PostgreSQL and Redis
• Fluent English (B2+)

Additional skills – the edge you have

• Kubernetes (GKE) and Terraform
• Datadog or similar observability tooling
• Internal platforms, SDKs or developer tooling
• Gaming or LiveOps background

What we offer:

• Flexible and remote cooperation options 
• International projects with leading global clients 
• Travels related to international projects 
• Non-corporate atmosphere 
• Access* to language classes
• Access* to knowledge-sharing initiatives 
• Access* to private healthcare and life insurance 
• Access* to multisport card 

*The availability and terms of individual benefits may vary depending on the chosen form of cooperation.