Backend Tech Lead

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Playrix is in the global top 3 in terms of profit among mobile game developers.
We have created the hit games Gardenscapes, Fishdom, Manor Matters, Homescapes, Wildscapes, and Township.
They have been downloaded by more than two billion players, and have a monthly audience of 130 million people.
We are looking for a
Backend Tech Lead
for our server team.
They will be responsible for the development of current game mechanics and the creation of new features for all of Playrix's games.
You will face tasks ranging from developing architecture to implementing and operating services in a high-load environment — 75K RPS.
This requires experience in developing high-load services and working with DynamoDB, S3, and SQS.
Backend Tech Lead )
Playrix is in the global top 3 in terms of profit among mobile game developers.
We have created the hit games Gardenscapes, Fishdom, Manor Matters, Homescapes, Wildscapes, and Township.
They have been downloaded by more than two billion players, and have a monthly audience of 130 million people.
We are looking for a
Backend Tech Lead
for our server team.
They will be responsible for the development of current game mechanics and the creation of new features for all of Playrix's games.
You will face tasks ranging from developing architecture to implementing and operating services in a high-load environment — 75K RPS.
This requires experience in developing high-load services and working with DynamoDB, S3, and SQS.
Team:
8 NodeJS Middle+ and Senior developers.
Our stack:
NodeJS, AWS, DynamoDB, Graphite, git, Kibana.
This role requires relocation from Russia and Belarus to one of our offices or remote work from other countries (except Russia and Belarus).
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Tasks
Producing technical and product initiatives
Managing the team and developing engineers' technical competencies
Interacting with game development teams and forming requirements for game features
Designing and programming the server side of games for high loads — 75K RPS
Monitoring and ensuring technical reliability of game servers
Designing and developing API for our games
Programming automation scripts for game operations
Requirements
Experience managing a team of 3+ developers, mentoring and developing the team's technical competencies
Experience leading technical and product initiatives (ES6+)
5+ years of experience in backend development, 3+ of which are on Node.JS (ES6+)
2+ years of experience designing the architecture of high-load services and applications in the cloud
Proficient knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+)
Experience working with cloud technologies, with a preference for AWS.
Experience writing automated Unit, Integration tests
Preferred
Experience with DynamoDB and other NoSQL DBMS: Cassandra, Redis, MongoDB, etc.
Experience developing in Python
Participation in open source projects
Our Perks
Flexibility at work
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We offer a flexible schedule, and our employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus).
It doesn't matter to us where or how you do your work — we only evaluate the final results
Caring for health and well-being
We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist
We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave.
In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off
We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions
Professional development and education
We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences
We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates
Events and merch
We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties
We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges
We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts.
We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities
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