Senior Backend Software Engineer - KICK Viewer Engagement Jobs

Easygo Gaming

Location:
Australia, Melbourne

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

The Viewer Engagement and Experience feature development team powers the heart of Kick’s platform and the real-time, high-volume features that keep millions of viewers coming back. We own the core customer experience: seamless live stream viewing, rapid fire live chats, and the real-time community interactions that make Kick, Kick. From delivering lightning fast chat messaging across massive global events (think 4M+ concurrent viewers) to architecting systems that scale, this team pushes technical limits daily. You’ll tackle complex backend challenges, build and ship user-facing features at scale, and help evolve our architecture as we migrate toward high-performance Golang based services.

Job Responsibility:

Architect and design scalable, high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards
Optimise existing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies
Actively engage in hands-on coding and development, ensuring code quality, scalability, and maintainability
Collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to effectively communicate technical concepts
Innovate within the team by pushing for improvements and driving constructive changes to enhance team performance and efficiency
Provide technical guidance and mentor junior engineers in the team

Requirements:

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
6-7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development
Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks relevant to the role (Go, PHP and React)
Strong understanding of code architecture and design principles
Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders
Positive attitude and eagerness to learn new technologies to grow as a full-stack engineer
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Nice to have:

Experience as a Senior Software Engineer in a large-scale product company
Experience building web applications and debugging production applications

What we offer:

Champion Engineering Excellence to influence cultural change across the organisation
Work alongside the top 5% of engineering talent in Australia, using a vast cloud native tech stack including AWS, Microservices, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Kafka, K8's, Terraform, Golang, ArgoCD, Datadog & Cloudflare
Exposure to building global, large-scale volume products which operate at thousands per second frequency (3 Billion Requests per day!)
Access to over 9,000 courses across our Learning and Development Platform
EAP access for you and your family
Be rewarded with lucrative annual bonuses
Give back with a paid volunteer day
Fuel your day with daily breakfast and open pantries brimming with unlimited snacks and refreshments, all on the house
Break up the week with on site remedial massage Wednesdays
In house full-time barista’s providing you your daily coffee needs
Weekly team lunches and happy hour in the office from 4pm on Fridays
Enjoy a bustling office with the option for up to 2 days work from home per week
Fun office environment with pool tables, table tennis and all your favourite gaming consoles

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 08, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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