Senior Full-Stack Engineer (US, Remote), Remote Job

About usBackgammon.com is building the largest online backgammon community. Not just a place for competitive players, but the home for everyone who plays: people learning the game, casual players, and serious competitors alike. One place to play, learn, improve, compete, and connect. We are a small, senior team that ships quickly and owns what we build. The roleWe are hiring senior full-stack engineers, based in the US, to build player-facing features end to end. As we bring more of our frontend development in-house, these roles lead with frontend while working across the whole stack, so we are looking for engineers who are strongest on the frontend and comfortable everywhere else. One of these roles is an opportunity to lead frontend as the team grows. You will own features from design through production. We care more about features that are focused and genuinely complete than about half-finished big ones. What you’ll doBuild player-facing features, leading on the frontend and working through the full stack Shape the frontend architecture and raise the quality bar as the product grows Work on real-time, interactive experiences: live games, matchmaking, presence, analysis Ship well-tested, polished features and own them in production Partner closely with product and design in a tight, fast feedback loop Our stackFrontend: React, React Native, TypeScript Backend: Python, Django, PostgreSQL Real-time: WebSockets Infrastructure: AWS AI-assisted development is part of how we work every day What we’re looking forSenior full-stack experience with real frontend depth: you are at home owning a feature from the interface through to the API and database Strong with React and TypeScript; solid with Python/Django Experience with real-time or highly interactive products (games, chat, live data) is a strong plus A bias for shipping complete, high-quality work fast Comfortable with high autonomy on a small team Comfortable in a containerized development workflow (Docker) Nice to haveFrontend leadership experience: able to own frontend direction and mentor as the team grows Background in online games or competitive, real-time products You play backgammon, or you want to Benefits100% remote work Competitive salary Healthcare 401(k) Match Unlimited paid time off Fun, collaborative culture Why join us?Small team, which will increase in size as we scale operations Fully remote, and largely asynchronous. We need a self-directed developer comfortable with autonomy, high standards for code quality, and end-to-end ownership Weekly synchronous meetings with the full product, development, and design teams, with additional synchronous meetings as necessary Backgammon.com asks respectfully to only apply through the application form and not email/apply to them directly. Recruiters and Agencies please do not contact Backgammon.com directly.