Lead Backend Engineer

1 day ago Lead United Arab Emirates Remote Full Time Backend Jobs by Farcana
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Farcana is a Web3 team-based ability hero shooter featuring fast-paced 4v4 PvP battles, unique heroes, esports, NFTs, and Bitcoin-backed rewards.
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About Farcana
Farcana develops and operates a sci-fi 4v4 PvP hero shooter with ability-based gameplay, competitive arenas, player-driven narrative, in-game economies, esports integration, NFT assets, and Bitcoin-backed rewards. Its platform also provides Web3 services for FAR token holders, including account assets, token staking, vesting, and airdrop participation. The organization primarily serves players, NFT holders, token holders, and participants in its gaming ecosystem.
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AwsAzureBullmqCi/CdDistributed SystemDockerEmbeddingEvent-Driven ArchitectureExpressFastifyGcpKafkaKubernetesLlmMongodbNestjsNode.JsPostgresqlPulumiRabbitmqRagRedisSqsSystem DesignTerraformTypescriptVector Database
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United Arab Emirates
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About The Role
You will take technical ownership of backend architecture while remaining hands-on with system design, coding, and code reviews. You will lead backend engineers, set quality standards, design scalable and reliable services, manage database architecture, build integrations, improve observability, and contribute to infrastructure, delivery planning, and AI/LLM product capabilities.
Requirements
5+ years of backend engineering experience with strong hands-on coding skills
Strong production experience with TypeScript and Node.js
Experience with NestJS, Express, or Fastify
Experience leading backend engineers and owning technical delivery
Understanding of system design, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture
Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis
Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, or BullMQ
Understanding of Docker and CI/CD
Experience designing and operating scalable production systems
Responsibilities
Own backend architecture and technical decisions
Design, build, and maintain backend services using TypeScript, Node.js, and NestJS
Lead the backend team and unblock complex technical problems
Review code and maintain engineering and quality standards
Design highly available, performant, and scalable systems
Own and optimize database architecture across PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB
Build integrations with internal services, external APIs, payment platforms, and gaming platforms
Improve system reliability, observability, and fault tolerance
Work on CI/CD, deployments, and infrastructure with the Tech Lead
Support the integration of AI and LLM capabilities into production products
Contribute to planning, estimation, and technical direction
Benefits
Performance-based incentives
24 days annual leave plus public holidays
Health insurance
Modern office at Yas Creative Hub, Abu Dhabi

Work arrangement
Yes