AI Backend Engineer

Overview

Build AI-Powered Backend Systems as our new AI Backend Engineer (Python / AWS)

If you’re ready to combine your expertise in backend engineering with the exciting world of AI, this is your chance. We’re building cutting-edge AI experiences for gamers, powered by a specialised domain LLM and agentic systems and we need your skills to make it happen.

How We Make an Impact

Gameopedia began with a simple mission : to be the ultimate gamer friend, helping gamers discover the best games with top-tier recommendations. Today, we deliver industry-leading video game data and insights to some of the world’s biggest companies, including Google, YouTube, Samsung, LG, and Amazon, shaping millions of gaming decisions globally.

As the global leader in game metadata, with metadata for more than 200K games, we are becoming an AI-first company — crafting advanced AI solutions that transform the gaming industry. At the heart of this is our domain-specific Gaming LLM and AI-driven services that power discovery, personalisation, and development.

How You’ll Make an Impact

As an AI Backend Engineer, you’ll design, build, and operate the services that make our AI experiences reliable, secure, and scalable. You’ll own production APIs, AWS infrastructure, and integrations with LLMs and agent frameworks — ensuring that our AI products run smoothly and cost-effectively in the real world.

Responsibilities

What We Expect You to Do

• Backend & APIs :

Design and own Python microservices and APIs (FastAPI; GraphQL a plus).

Ship with Infrastructure-as-Code (AWS CDK) and GitHub Actions for CI / CD.

Integrate our Gaming LLM and external providers (Gemini, OpenAI, MCP) with tool / function calling.

Qualifications

What We Think You’ll Need to Succeed

Bonus XP (Nice-to-Haves)

Your First 6 Months with Us

What You’ll Get From Us

Ready to Level Up Your Backend Engineering Career?

If you’re looking for the opportunity to apply your backend and AI skills to shape the future of gaming, we’d love to hear from you. Share your CV, portfolio, GitHub, or anything else that shows us your story. What matters most is making a connection.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace because we know that the best gaming experiences — and AI systems — are built by diverse minds. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life to apply. Join us in creating extraordinary experiences for gamers and the gaming industry worldwide.

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