Go Backend Engineer III
FliffPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States • New York, New York, United States • Austin, Texas, United States • Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
Posted October 17, 2025
160000 - 175000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Fliff is a social sports gaming platform that offers interactive, free-to-play games with loyalty rewards. By combining social gaming, fantasy sports, and sports betting, Fliff provides a fun and engaging experience for sports fans without financial risk.
Job Description
Fliff is a sports gaming company focused on play-for-fun games. They are seeking a Go Engineer to design, build, and maintain high-performance backend systems to power their mobile and desktop applications. The company emphasizes a social sports gaming experience with a focus on user engagement and data-driven solutions.
Requirements
- ~4 years of overall software development experience
- Proficiency in Go
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures, messaging queues, or streaming platforms
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and performance optimization
- Hands-on experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases
- Experience deploying and managing services on AWS or another major cloud provider
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
Benefits
- Unlimited/ Flexible Time Off
- Health benefits
- Pre-tax savings plans
- Employee-sponsored 401(k)
- Professional development opportunities
- Work Remotely
- $500 work-from-home stipend + Equipment & Accessories
- Opportunity for professional development
- An engaging and challenging role
- Supportive, collaborative, and knowledge-driven workplace
