Senior Engineer Gaming Platform Integrations

SUMMARY:
Build high-impact integration services that keep the games flowing.

POSITION INFO:

Senior Engineer Gaming Platform Integrations
Build high-impact integration services that keep the games flowing.
Johannesburg (Hybrid) | Gaming Platform Engineering | Full-time

About Our Client
A dynamic and rapidly growing gaming technology company that delivers cloud-first, scalable integrations powering real-time gaming experiences. They''re driven by innovation, quality, and performance, operating in a collaborative environment that values learning, experimentation, and excellence in software engineering.

The Role: Senior Engineer,  Gaming Platform Integrations
This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining core integration services and RESTful APIs that connect internal platform components with third-party systems. You''ll play a key role across the development lifecyclefrom architecture and implementation to testing and deploymenthelping shape high-performing, reliable, and future-ready gaming systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integration services using Node.js and Express

• Design, implement, and document RESTful APIs and integration frameworks

• Build scalable microservices in Azure using Kubernetes

• Write clean, well-structured, and thoroughly tested code

• Participate in code reviews, design sessions, and knowledge sharing

• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, driving system reliability and performance improvements

• Enhance CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and automation processes

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, QA, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless delivery

About You

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience

• Strong proficiency in Node.js, Express, JavaScript (ES6+), and Git workflows

• Proven experience with REST API design, system integrations, and SQL databases

• Familiar with Azure services, Kubernetes, and modern testing practices

• Strong understanding of microservices, authentication/authorization, and observability principles

• Growth-oriented mindset, strong communicator, and proactive team player comfortable in Agile environments

• Nice to have: .NET/C#, messaging tools (Service Bus, RabbitMQ, Kafka), NoSQL databases, Azure DevOps, Docker, and Infrastructure-as-Code