Tech Lead

Job title: Tech Lead

Job Details

Hours: Full time

Location: Fully remote. This opportunity is open to you if you can legally work remotely from one of our home countries in Sweden, Malta, Hungary, Spain, or Poland.

Contract: Permanent

At Play’n GO we enjoy a flexible freedom to shape our own days. Our growing remote workforce is incredibly self-reliant but still looks to leaders for feedback and mentorship.

Our leaders are not only proficient in their area of expertise but astute learners and teachers of their craft. Command and control leadership does not play here. We GO with leaders who take responsibility and give inspiration. If that sounds like you, read on.

Everyone we hire is unique and every role we fill has certain performance expectations. The day-to-day challenges of remote leadership and life will be unique to you but our commitment to helping you find a balance will never vary.

From the GO

At Play’n GO our purpose is to entertain. Our pleasure is in working with people ready to make a difference that lasts. We are pioneers. We were the first entertainment supplier to recognise the potential of gaming on the GO and create the innovative mobile games which supercharged our industry and inspired our name. Today, Play’n GO is the leading gaming entertainment supplier to casinos in regulated markets the world over. And we are still growing.

With growth comes opportunity. This could be yours. Are you ready to help us the face challenges of leading a fully-remote workforce and find solutions that get us all to the next level of excellence?

What the role entails

Some of the key responsibilities of our Technical Lead will be:
- Individual contributor experienced in technology that requires minimal supervision.
- Lead the team in their technical approach, direction and execution.
- Accountable for the quality of the technical deliverables for the team.
- Scoping complex tasks, coordinating team towards solving them, and unblocking them along the way.
- Collaborate with Product Owner/Team Lead if backlog needs to be shuffled or estimated.
- Responsible for providing technical feedback and advice to dev team members.
- Conducts functional, technical analysis and design as well as technical reviews.
- Contributes to the software architecture.
- Contributes to the team and clan by sharing knowledge and experience.
- Coaches and mentors team members in the tech area.
- Stays up-to-date with the latest trends in the tech community to identify improvements and benefits on team/clan level.
- Create and maintain technical documentation.
- Present and demonstrate technical solutions to stakeholders.


Technical Requirements:
- 2-3 years of experience as a Software Architect or similar role.
- At least 9 years of experience in software development, with substantial experience in C# and database technologies.
- At least 2-3 years of experience in cloud development using Infrastructure as Code, particularly with AWS.
- Proficient in web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
- Extensive knowledge and practical application of design patterns.
- Experience working with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- CI/CD experience (Git, Octopus Deploy, TeamCity, Docker).
- Experience working with application metrics and performance monitoring.
- Proficient in unit testing as part of the natural development lifecycle.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken English.
- Ability to work effectively in a remote team environment.
- A strong desire for continuous learning and self-improvement.


Preferences:
- Experience with SonarQube for code quality analysis.
- Experience with Grafana for monitoring and visualization.
- Experience with OpenSearch for search and analytics.
- IGaming industry experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing cloud-based solutions within AWS.
- Experience with AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, and ECS/EKS.
- Familiarity with migrating server-level services or websites to a global cloud infrastructure.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about the long-term impact of technical decisions.
- Experience with agile methodologies and working in a DevOps environment.


 What’s in it for you?

If you feel great, you’ll do great. Our employees know that their package of benefits, activities, and initiatives are some of the most generous in the industry. From challenges to chill outs, the fun we share at play helps inspire excellence from the go.

Apply now to find out more. It’s your best move. This opportunity will remain open until we meet the right candidate.

GO for it!

We believe the way forward relies on well-regulated gaming and player safety. Our commitment to this sets the standard for our industry.

Read more at our TalentHub. Please note that the position will remain open until the right candidate crushes it.