Senior Fullstack Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Fullstack Engineer (Web Platforms): Developing scalable and high-performance web applications for live games with an accent on creating tools that support internal game teams. Focus on designing database schemas that ensure data consistency, integrity, and security.

Location: In Portugal, employees may work from home or from the office depending on team and individual needs, ensuring both flexibility and strong collaboration. If you reside in the Lisbon metropolitan area: you will be expected to work onsite one to three times per week. For candidates not residing in Portugal, you will be onboarded as a full-time contractor through our international payroll provider.

Company

hirify.global creates the world’s most-played games, from the Solitaire that came on your Windows machine, to hundreds of other games you’ve come to know and love.

What you will do

• Contribute to the development of scalable and high-performance applications and systems.
• Build comprehensive and robust full-stack solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Design, develop, and maintain both server-side and client-side applications for live games.
• Support internal game teams by creating tools that help them scale and accelerate development.
• Design database schemas that ensure data consistency, integrity, and security.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure high code quality and adherence to best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer.
• 3+ years working with server-side runtime environments (e.g. Node.js).
• Strong hands-on experience with React, Next.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Solid understanding of backend architectures and patterns for scalable distributed systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with containerization (Docker) or orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with cloud services (Azure or AWS).
• Experience building or maintaining online games or high-traffic applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with structured performance and career development check-ins
• Health insurance
• Additional budget for conferences you are interested in
• Personal development budget to fuel your passions and desire to learn
• A unique culture of transparency, true teamwork and fun