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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - **Company:** Hbx Group - **Location:** Barcelona, Spain (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Automation of Tests, BASIC (Programming Language), Code Review, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Redis, Software Engineering, Data Logging, Delivery Pipeline, Backend, Gitlab-ci, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Api Management, Docker, Amazon Redshift - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html ## About the Role + 2-4 years of professional backend development experience, including hands-on experience with production systems. + Strong production-level Python skills and practical experience building maintainable backend services. + Proven experience designing, developing, and deploying REST APIs. + Practical experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL. + Experience with NoSQL technologies such as DynamoDB or Redis. + Hands-on experience with AWS services, including EC2, RDS/DynamoDB, S3, SQS, IAM, and Redshift. + Experience working with Docker and a solid foundational understanding of CI/CD practices. + Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI or GitHub Actions. + Strong testing practices and a habit of treating automated tests as an essential part of software development. + Ability to take ownership of production systems and proactively address reliability or operational concerns. + Strong communication and collaboration skills, particularly when working across engineering disciplines. + Comfortable contributing to technical discussions, code reviews, planning sessions, and architectural decisions. ## Description As a Platform Engineer, you'll build and maintain the backend services powering a diverse portfolio of mobile games. Your work will span analytics, social features, gifting, leaderboards, LiveOps tooling, and other shared platform capabilities. You'll develop production-grade Python services and REST APIs that can be integrated across multiple products. The role combines hands-on engineering with ownership of observability, deployments, and operational reliability. You'll work closely with SDK engineers and other technical stakeholders to create robust API contracts and integrations. In a remote-first environment, you'll have the autonomy to influence platform architecture while contributing directly to products used by a broad player community. Accountabilities + Develop and maintain production backend services in Python, including REST APIs, data models, and asynchronous workers. + Build and contribute to platform features designed to be integrated across multiple games and products. + Design, implement, and maintain reliable APIs and backend systems that meet the needs of different game teams. + Ensure strong observability for owned services through effective logging, metrics, and basic alerting. + Take end-to-end responsibility for the services you release into production, including their reliability and operational performance. + Work directly with SDK engineers to align API contracts, technical requirements, and integration approaches. + Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, architecture decisions, and delivery planning. + Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and broader operational engineering practices. + Write and maintain automated tests as an integral part of the development lifecycle. + Help improve the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of the shared platform as the product portfolio evolves. ## Related Videos - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [Accelerating Authentication Architecture: Taking Passwordless to the Next Level](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/733-accelerating-authentication-architecture-taking-passwordless-to-the-next-level) - [Our GitOps approach for deploying an Identity Provider and an API Gateway in a SaaS company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/776-our-gitops-approach-for-deploying-an-identity-provider-and-an-api-gateway-in-a-saas-company) ## Related Articles - [20 Essential Tools For Backend Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/218-20-essential-tools-for-backend-development) - [The 7 Most Popular Backend Frameworks for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/403-the-7-most-popular-backend-frameworks-for-developers) - [What’s the Difference Between Frontend and Backend Development?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/240-what-s-the-difference-between-frontend-and-backend-development) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)