Backend Tech Lead

3 weeks ago


Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Playrix Full time

Backend Tech Lead

Playrix stands out among mobile game developers, ranking among the top 3 globally in terms of profit. Our portfolio includes popular titles such as Gardenscapes, Fishdom, Manor Matters, Homescapes, Wildscapes, and Township, enjoyed by over two billion players with a vast monthly audience of 130 million users.

We are seeking a Backend Tech Lead to join our server team. In this role, you will drive the development of existing game features and spearhead the creation of new elements across Playrix's game catalog.

From crafting architecture to deploying and maintaining services in a high-traffic environment pushing 75,000 requests per second, you will engage in a wide range of tasks that demand expertise in developing high-load services and leveraging technologies like DynamoDB, S3, and SQS.

Team: 8 NodeJS Middle+ and Senior developers.
Our stack: NodeJS, AWS, DynamoDB, Graphite, git, Kibana.

This position entails relocation from Russia and Belarus to our offices or remote work from other locations worldwide (excluding Russia and Belarus).

Tasks

  • Producing technical and product initiatives
  • Managing the team and enhancing engineers' technical skills
  • Collaborating with game development teams to shape requirements for game features
  • Designing and implementing the server-side elements of games for heavy loads (75K RPS)
  • Monitoring and ensuring the technical reliability of game servers
  • Creating and maintaining APIs for our games
  • Developing automation scripts for game operations

Requirements

  • Prior experience in leading teams of 3+ developers, guiding their growth and technical capabilities
  • Track record of spearheading technical and product initiatives using ES6+
  • Minimum 5 years of backend development experience, with at least 3 years in Node.JS (ES6+)
  • Over 2 years of experience in designing high-load service architectures and cloud applications
  • Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+) and working with cloud technologies, preferably AWS
  • Hands-on experience in writing automated Unit and Integration tests

Preferred

  • Familiarity with DynamoDB and other NoSQL DBMS like Cassandra, Redis, MongoDB, etc.
  • Proficiency in Python development
  • Involvement in open source projects

Our Perks

  • Flexibility at work: We offer a flexible schedule, enabling our team to work from any location worldwide (except for Russia and Belarus). Focus is solely on the final outcomes, not on where or how the work is done.
  • Caring for health and well-being: We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, along with covering online sessions with a psychologist.
  • Fully paid vacation and sick leave, with provisions for additional days off in special circumstances.
  • Support for maintaining a healthy lifestyle through reimbursing gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.
  • Professional development and education: We fund participation in specialized conferences and courses, including hosting internal conferences.
  • Discounts on English language courses and languages of the countries where the company operates.
  • Events and merch: Regular offline team meetings, corporate parties, and fun activities like competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online challenges.
  • Access to a merch store with an internal currency for purchasing unique gifts, earned through participation in events and activities.

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