Python Tech Lead

Python 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 Python Tech Lead to join our team to automate HR business processes for the entire company of 3,500+ employees. These are a variety of services, including the employee portal, office booking system, EDF for employees and accounting, a service for analytics and salary revision, and even an internal streaming service. .

You will handle tasks ranging from improving current engineering processes to developing service architecture and implementing new functionality . This will require expertise in building team work and experience in Python development using asynchronous frameworks.

Team : Architect, 4 Backend, 2 Frontend and 2 QA engineers, UI / UX designer, Business Analyst, and System Analyst.

Our stack : Python 3, FastAPI, SQS, Kinesis, S3, Lambda, OpenAPI, Swagger, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Nomad + implementing Kubernetes.

This role requires relocation from Russia and Belarus to one of our offices or remote work from other countries (except Russia and Belarus). Find out more .

Apply

Tasks

• Develop and improve key services for automating the company’s business processes : from architecture design, infrastructure deployment, CI / CD processes and output to production
• Manage the team and develop engineers' technical competencies
• Produce technical and product initiatives
• Improve monitoring and transparency of services to simplify the analysis of incidents
• Technical quality management : code-review, system design review, etc.

Requirements

Experience in managing a development team of 5 people, experience in mentoring and developing a team’s technical competencies

Experience leading technical and product initiatives

At least 5 years of backend development experience in Python using asynchronous frameworks

Experience in developing architecture and creating services from scratch : creating a service, designing a database schema, and preparing a description using standard system design artifacts

Experience in developing and optimizing legacy systems

Ensure high-quality code development through unit and integration tests

Our Perks

Flexibility at work . 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

Share this job