🚀 We're Hiring: Senior DevOps & Backend Developer

📍 Location: United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Must already reside in the UAE

🕒 Availability: Max 1-week notice period

🏢 Company: Ninja Gaming – Building the future of gaming platforms

🧠 About Us

Ninja Gaming is a fast-scaling startup revolutionizing gaming infrastructure and user experience across MENA. We're looking for a sharp, hands-on Senior DevOps & Backend Developer who thrives in high-performance environments and enjoys solving real infrastructure and system design challenges at scale.

🔧 Your Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage scalable backend systems (microservices architecture)

Deploy, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)

Set up and maintain cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure)

Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, etc.)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation)

System monitoring, logging & alerting (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK stack, etc.)

Work closely with frontend/game devs to deploy new features & maintain stability

Ensure best practices for security, reliability, and cost-efficiency

🧰 Required Tech Stack & Skills

Programming: Expert in Node.js, PHP, or Python

CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD

Cloud Platforms: Strong experience in AWS (EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, IAM, etc.)

Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes (or AWS ECS)

IaC: Terraform or similar

Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB

Version Control: Git

Other tools: Nginx, PM2, Load Balancers, CDN configs

Strong experience with scaling, performance tuning, and system security

✅ What We’re Looking For

5+ years of backend or DevOps experience

Prior experience working on high-traffic applications or gaming platforms is a big plus

Strong communication skills and problem-solving attitude

Based in the UAE and able to join within 7 days or less

Comfortable working in a fast-paced, startup-like environment