Cloud Solutions Architect

Gala is a company that creates entertainment empowering on the blockchain. Our family of brands, including Games, Music, Film, Blockchain and VOX, empower creators and fans to build the future of entertainment.

We are powered by talent from around the globe, making bold moves to create products that have never been seen in the marketplace. Gala was founded by Eric Schiermeyer, a gaming legend and co-founder of Zynga, and has since grown to be a leader in Web3 entertainment.

Under our Gala brand, we have reputable partners across Gaming and Entertainment, including DreamWorks, AMC, and NBCU. We also work with legendary game developers like Peter Molyneux and Will Wright, as well as music greats such as Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Kings of Leon, and BT.

Our values are based on openness and ownership, allowing us to deliver games, experiences, and opportunities to people worldwide. We break down barriers to bring joy, entertainment, and real-world value to our communities.

At Gala, we work flexibly, enjoying our time with colleagues and achieving great things. You'll imagine and create new and exciting things for the world to enjoy, improving audiences' lives in the real world.

We're building a robust and scalable infrastructure to support next-generation decentralized financial products and experiences. As part of our growing engineering team, we're looking for a skilled Senior Back-End Engineer to build, optimize, and maintain systems powering our DeFi protocols and applications.

The Senior Back-End Engineer will design, develop, and maintain backend systems and smart contracts supporting our diverse portfolio of DeFi products. You'll collaborate closely with front-end developers, smart contract engineers, and Product Owners to create reliable, scalable, and secure blockchain-based solutions.

This role requires technical expertise in DeFi protocols, smart contract development, and blockchain infrastructure, along with strong problem-solving skills and a passion for improving system performance and security.

You'll be part of a company of super-achievers working together to bring forth the evolution of decentralized finance. The ideal candidate has prior DeFi protocol development experience, excellent people skills, business acumen, and an exemplary work ethic.

This role requires on-site collaboration at our designated office location, five days a week, subject to project needs and deliverables. Significant overlap with US business hours is also required to facilitate collaboration with US teams.

• Develop and maintain backend systems and APIs to support product features and functionality.
• Design cloud-based solutions focusing on high availability, scalability, and reliability on AWS.
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers, front-end developers, and smart contract developers to build seamless and efficient solutions for game teams and other internal stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot and debug backend issues, ensuring smooth operation and performance of systems, addressing bugs, and optimizing performance.
• Participate in code reviews, provide feedback to peers, and contribute to the establishment and improvement of best practices across the team.
• Continuously improve the codebase through refactoring, optimization, and adopting modern practices to ensure high performance, security, and maintainability.
• Monitor and ensure the availability and performance of backend systems through proactive analysis and alerting.
• Stay current with the latest trends in backend development, cloud architecture, and related technologies and apply them to enhance our systems.

Requirements:

• More than 5 years of experience in this type of role
• Strong experience in backend development, working with languages such as Node.js and Typescript.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and working with microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud platforms, particularly in designing scalable and reliable infrastructure.
• Familiarity with database technologies (MySQL, Postgres) and caching mechanisms.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience in troubleshooting, debugging, and optimizing backend systems for performance and scalability.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., GitLab) and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Experience in the gaming industry or working with real-time systems.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Familiarity with web3, blockchain technologies, or decentralized applications (dApps).Self-motivated, stellar work ethic, fun collaborator
• Excited by problem-solving
• Fearless