Job description for Senior Back End Developer at VocaGame
Why Voca
Voca is a leading gaming commerce and digital payments platform, connecting gamers, publishers, and partners across SEA through seamless payment, distribution, and monetization solutions. Our platform powers digital transactions for game top-ups, vouchers, prepaid products, digital goods, and other online services, serving millions of users across the region. As we continue to grow, we're building scalable technology and expanding our ecosystem to support the next generation of gaming and digital commerce. At Voca, we believe great products are built by great people. Our culture is rooted in ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and a shared passion for solving meaningful problems. If you're looking to build products that reach millions of users and work alongside talented people who care deeply about their craft, we'd love to meet you.
Engineering at Voca
At Voca, we're building systems that power high-volume payments, gaming commerce, and digital distribution at scale. Our engineers design and operate distributed systems that process millions of transactions reliably and securely. We focus on building resilient services, modern developer platforms, and cloud-native infrastructure that allow our teams to move quickly without compromising quality. Our technology stack is built on AWS and includes Go, Node, gRPC, REST APIs, MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, OpenTelemetry, and modern DevOps practices. We believe in automation, observability, and continuous improvement. Most importantly, we trust our engineers with ownership. From technical decisions to product impact, every team member has the opportunity to contribute, innovate, and make a difference.
The Opportunity
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build and scale the services that power Voca's growing commerce ecosystem. In this role, you'll design, develop, and operate highly scalable backend systems that support payments, wallet services, transaction processing, digital distribution, and internal platforms. You'll work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and stakeholders to deliver reliable solutions that serve millions of users across the region.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
- Develop reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
- Take ownership of services from design and implementation to deployment and operations.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to deliver impactful features.
- Improve system performance, scalability, observability, and reliability.
- Participate in architecture discussions, technical planning, and code reviews.
- Troubleshoot production issues and drive long-term improvements.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering best practices.
- Help shape the future of our platform and technology stack.
What You'll Bring
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in Go (Golang).
- Experience building and operating production-grade backend services.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
- Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services.
- Solid knowledge of relational databases, data modeling, and query optimization.
- Experience working with Redis, messaging systems, or event-driven architectures.
- Familiarity with AWS or other cloud platforms.
- Experience with Docker and modern CI/CD practices.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to take ownership and drive projects independently.
Nice to Have
- Experience with high-volume payment, wallet, fintech, gaming, or e-commerce platforms.
- Experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar messaging technologies.
- Experience with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or distributed tracing.
- Experience with Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience building systems that handle high transaction volumes and strict reliability requirements.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We value diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and believe they make our team stronger.
Due to the volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We encourage you to keep an eye on future opportunities if this role isn't the right fit today.
