Technical Lead (Boosters)

About the Role

We’re scaling Playson’s Promotional Features domain and building the Boosters direction further as part of our growth. This is a hands-on leadership role (80% delivery / 20% team leadership) where you’ll personally build and ship production-ready features and own the technical direction of the Boosters team. Performance, scalability, and reliability are non-negotiable.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical decisions and technical part of the products and architecture for Boosters services (hands-on, production-grade).

• Develop and maintain backend applications for promotional features.

• Drive delivery as a key contributor: tech design → implement → test → release → operate.

• Optimize existing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability in a distributed environment.

• Lead the team execution with a “PoC-first” approach: fast validation → measurable outcomes → production hardening.

• Conduct code and architectural reviews; set engineering standards and best practices.

• Be the go-to technical owner: any tech problem in the domain is your problem to solve (with the team).

• Participate in on-call rotation and continuously improve operability (monitoring, alerting, runbooks, incident reviews).
  

Requirments

• Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript (our primary backend stack). We’re also open to strong backend engineers from other ecosystems (e.g., Go, Java, C#, C++) who are ready to ramp up quickly.

• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming and concurrency patterns.

• Experience building distributed systems and working with messaging and coordination tools (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, distributed locks).

• Experience with gRPC in production environments.

• Solid knowledge of databases: relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL), columnar (ClickHouse), and NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB).

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and Kubernetes.

• Skilled in building and maintaining unit and end-to-end tests.

• Proven track record of delivering production-ready solutions.

• Experience working with large-scale microservices architectures.

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Nice to Have

• Understanding of application security and industry best practices.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary: We offer a competitive salary in EUR, subject to annual performance reviews

• Quarterly Bonuses: Benefit from a transparent and systematic quarterly bonus system

• Flexible Schedule: We offer a flexible work schedule to accommodate your needs

• Remote Work Option: Choose to work remotely, providing greater flexibility and comfort

• Medical Insurance: Receive comprehensive medical insurance for both you and a significant other

• Financial Support for Life Events: We provide financial support during special life events

• Unlimited Paid Vacation: Enjoy unlimited paid vacation leave

• Unlimited Paid Sick Leave: Take unlimited paid sick leave whenever necessary

• Professional Development: Get reimbursement for professional development courses and training

Recruitment Process

• HR interview

• Technical interview (with Live coding)

• Final interview

Please take into account that sometimes the process may differ, your TA Partner will keep you updated.

Join us today!