Senior Backend Engineer - Engine

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build the backend platform, infrastructure and services powering thousands of games, billions of bets, and the future of online gaming.

Easygo - a crew surpassing 1,500 globally, powering Stake and KICK, two of the world’s largest online entertainment and livestreaming platforms.

What you’ll build with us:

We know that innovation ignites when we build and create together, in person. This is a full-time opportunity at our Melbourne office. You’ll work right where it all happens, surrounded by our fearless crew shipping high-impact work.

Who is Easygo?
We’re a high-growth, high-velocity tech company with millions of eyeballs on us every day. We’re building the future of fearless tech.

We’re the creators behind some of the most popular brands including Stake, KICK and Easygo Games. While they command a fierce global following, our crew is employed directly by Easygo and that’s where the real fun happens.

We’re always looking for people who are hungry, humble and move fast. People who are ready to Unify, Disrupt and Evolve with us. 

With us you’ll grow faster and go further. Your work has impact. And that gives you an edge you can’t get anywhere else. 

This is a backend first role with exposure across Platform, DevOps and Data Engineering.

• Build and scale backend services using Go and Rust.
• Own production systems from design through to deployment.
• Build and optimise scalable cloud infrastructure with Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Contribute to data platforms powered by ClickHouse.
• Help evolve our architecture as we continue to scale globally.
• High ownership and autonomy from day one.
• Work across backend, infrastructure and data engineering.
• Build technology operating at significant global scale.

Your track record:

• Proven experience designing and building scalable backend systems, distributed architectures, and microservices.
• Enjoy owning systems end-to-end.
• Are comfortable balancing feature delivery with operational excellence.
• Have exposure to cloud infrastructure or DevOps.
• Love solving complex technical problems at scale.

Benefits that give you the Easygo Edge, so you can build the future of fearless tech with us:

Disrupt: we push boundaries and play to win

• Ballots for major sporting and music events
• Time with our partners and ambassadors, and exclusive office sessions with leading streamers, creators and industry guests
• Spin the Wheel Fridays on your birthday and work anniversary, with prizes up to $1,000 or a car
• EV subscriptions, novated leasing, energy savings through Origin, and everyday discounts and cash back through Paylab Rewards

Evolve: we’re in constant motion, personally and professionally

• The ultimate sandbox: 1 in 3 of our people level up their role every year. If you deliver, you move.
• Market-synced pay, a performance-based bonus and a high-value referral bonus
• 30 days combined annual and personal leave for full-time employees
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks for secondary carers, plus a 12-week return to work with fully paid Fridays off
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, and 7% off Bupa health cover with extras waiting periods waived
• Wednesday massages, a meditation space, parenting facilities, and bike storage, lockers and showers for active commuters

Unify: we move as one and win together

• Daily catered breakfast, free barista coffee, juices and smoothies, and snack walls and drink fridges on every floor
• Pool tables, table tennis, gaming consoles, an F1 simulator, social sports teams and the Corporate Games
• Mid-year and end-of-year celebrations, team budgets for wins and milestones, and a paid volunteer day each year

Benefits apply to Australian-based employees, are subject to eligibility and program terms, and may change.

We play fair. We hire fair.

True to our value of ‘Play fair’ we always hire fair. Our work and our brands are fuelled by our diverse culture. We hire for talent and grit. But we never discriminate. Your race, religion, nationality, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status won’t affect our hiring decision, or your trajectory here. Come as you are and get the Easygo edge.