OBJECTIVE
We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to lead and scale personalization-focused backend platforms and services that help Amanotes enable personalized experiences for users across all Amanotes games.
You will collaborate closely with product, data, and personalization teams to design and build robust, reusable services and APIs that power user-level personalization, experimentation, and recommendations at scale.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Technical Leadership: Architect and design complex backend systems, ensuring scalability, performance, reliability and security. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the engineering team.
Collaborate with technical architects to implement core backend components including authentication, authorization, background job system, and logging mechanisms and polyglot database synchronization.
System Ownership: Take ownership of critical backend components, driving improvements in code quality, performance, and maintainability. Oversee the deployment process, implement monitoring tools, and ensure post-deployment performance meets defined metrics
Performance Optimization: Analyze system performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
DevOps: Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate infrastructure and deployment processes.
Collaborate with product, data, and personalization teams to design and deliver backend services that power personalized, data-driven experiences for millions of users across Amanotes products.
QUALIFICATION
Experience: 5+ years of experience in backend development.
Proven track record of designing and building scalable, high-performance backend systems.
Deep expertise in programming languages, e.g, Java, Node.js
Advanced knowledge of databases (SQL, NoSQL) and data modeling.
Strong proficiency in authentication and authorization mechanisms & tool set (e.g., OAuth, JWT, Keycloak, Auth0..)
In-depth knowledge of logging frameworks and best practices
Strong understanding of coding structure and architecture patterns (e.g., layered architecture, microservices, hexagonal architecture).Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)Proficiency in API design and development (REST, GraphQL).
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
Proven ability to design or integrate personalized/backend solutions, such as recommendation engines, user segmentation services, or personalization APIs that tailor experiences to different user profiles.
NICE TO HAVE
Experienced with micro-service/ monolithics architecture, or related tools as K8S,...Experienced with implementing observability & tracing.
Experience with improving best performance (caching layer, searching engine, …)
Experience with Spring Framework, NestJS.
Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
Knowledge of data engineering and big data technologies.
Experience with large-scale systems is highly desirable, with an understanding of scaling problems and security.
Background working closely with data science, ML, or experimentation teams on personalization, ranking, or targeting use cases is a strong plus.
BENEFITS
At Amanotes, you will be enjoying the dynamic working environment with unique music culture many benefits as below:
Competitive salary upon experience
13th month salary
Annual Performance Bonus/ESOP (Employee Stock Options Plan) for people managers.
Flexible working time.
Personal learning and well-being budget
Team-building budget
Lunch and parking allowance
Various learning activities, including internal training & sharing, international conferences, and e-learning (Udemy, Linkedin Learning...).
Engaging music events: Music Night, Amasing Night, Music schools…
Employee Assistance Program to support mental health & well-being.
Minimum 12 days of paid annual leave, plus 10 days of paid sick leave.
12 days working from home per year.
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About Amanotes
We are Amanotes – a dynamic music game company that’s using cutting-edge technology to transform how people experience music.
Since 2014, we’ve led the global simple music game market with over 3.5 billion downloads across 190+ countries, including chart-topping titles like Magic Tiles 3, Tiles Hop, Dancing Road, and Duet Cats.
As the #1 Music Game Publisher worldwide and the #1 App Publisher from Southeast Asia by downloads, our ambition is clear: to create iconic, hybrid-casual music games that people love and play for years.
What truly sets Amanotes apart is not just what we build — it’s how we grow and who we grow with:
🎓 We invest in your growth through learning budgets, coaching, and stretch opportunities.
🎶 We embrace a creative and dynamic culture, where everyone can play, share, and thrive.
🧘 We believe in work-life harmony — your rhythm matters here.
🏆 We recognize and reward impact, with competitive benefits and clear development paths.
Come join our music-filled workplace, where innovation meets rhythm — and let’s create a magical music experience together.
Amanotes – Where Everyone Can Music.
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