Backend GO developer to gaming client

emagine is looking for two Backend Engineers (Golang) to our gaming client. Gaming experience is a big benefit. Location: Stockholm (hybrid)Start: ASAPLocation: Stockholm on-site 3-4 days per weekAbout the assignmentYou will join small, autonomous engineering teams at a cutting‑edge tech‑driven gaming company building large‑scale online experiences. The work revolves around designing, developing, and operating high‑performance backend services that support real‑time features, cross‑platform connectivity, and live production environments. The teams value rapid iteration, strong ownership, and a modern cloud‑native approach to development. What you’ll do• Build and operate distributed backend services in Go with a focus on performance, reliability, and clean architecture. • Work across cloud, backend, and client‑facing interfaces to deliver features in collaboration with gameplay, data, and infrastructure teams. • Strengthen observability, performance tuning, and long‑term service health through monitoring, profiling, and production best practices. • Contribute to internal tools, automation, and developer workflows to improve team velocity. Tech environment• Go‑based microservices deployed on Google Cloud Platform.• Kubernetes for orchestration and scalable service runtime.• Observability stack including Grafana and integrated monitoring pipelines.• Modern build and API tooling such as Bazel, protobuf, and OpenAPI.What you bring• Solid professional experience building cloud‑native backend systems in Go. • Strong understanding of distributed systems (performance, optimization, resilience). • Ability to collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines in English. • Comfortable taking initiative and owning challenges end‑to‑end. Nice to have• Experience with large‑scale, player‑facing systems or event‑driven architectures. • Familiarity with data analysis pipelines or telemetry tooling. • Understanding of reliability engineering and continuous delivery workflows. Why this assignment• Work in a highly modern, cloud‑native Go environment.• Join empowered, small engineering teams with real autonomy and impact. • Be part of a forward‑thinking organization building next‑generation online experiences.