chief technology officer for mobile games

HireHi; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation to Riga

Job summary

Estoty ищет технического лидера на должность CTO/Head of Engineering для формирования стратегии и архитектуры backend и инфраструктуры игр на PC, мобильных и VR платформах.

Кандидат возглавит команды, внедряет стандарты, развивает сервисы Nakama и GameKit, а также укрепит безопасность и мониторинг в AWS/Google Cloud. Возможна релокация в Ригу, рабочий график 09:00–18:00.

Qualifications

• Опыт на позиции CTO/Head of Engineering/Principal Engineer или Technical Director.
• Сильный практический опыт бэкенда и архитектуры распределённых систем.
• Глубокие знания Golang и экосистемы облаков.
• Практический опыт AWS, контейнеров, PostgreSQL/MySQL, очередей сообщений и кэширования.
• Опыт руководства инженерными командами и планирования работ под бизнес-приоритеты.

Responsibilities

• Формирование технической стратегии компании и дорожной карты продукта.
• Определение 방향 архитектуры и стандартов инженерии.
• Разработка бэкенд-систем и общих сервисов GameTech (Nakama, GameKit и пр.).
• Управление технологиями UA и интеграциями рекламных сетей.
• Разработка внутренних платформ и инструментов, включая бэк-офис и автоматизацию.
• Укрепление инфраструктуры, безопасность, стоимость владения (AWS/Google Cloud).
• Установка процессов разработки, тестирования, релизов и мониторинга.
• Лидерство в инициативах и развитие команды, менторство.
• Взятие ответственности за сложные проекты и Pragmatic decisions.

Skills

Golang

Distributed systems

Golang

AWS

Containers

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Security IAM

Observability

Incident management

Team leadership

Architecture decisions

Tools

Nakama

GameKit

Kubernetes

Laravel

React/Vue

Node.js

Google Cloud

Job description

Описание: Estoty is a creative video game developer that creates games for PC, mobile, and VR. Its portfolio includes more than 50 titles, and its games have been downloaded over 2 billion times.

Задачи:

• Shape the company’s technology strategy and lead the development of game backend systems, shared services, infrastructure, and internal platforms Define the technical direction, drive architectural decisions, establish engineering standards, and solve complex technical challenges
• Set the technology strategy, architecture, and technical roadmap across the company
• Develop game backend systems and shared GameTech services, including Nakama, GameKit, and other common services
• Manage UA technology and integrations, including advertising network integrations and creative management systems
• Develop internal platforms and tools, including back-office systems, helpdesk, and automation solutions
• Improve infrastructure reliability, security, and cost efficiency across AWS and Google Cloud
• Establish engineering standards and processes for development, testing, releases, documentation, monitoring, and incident management
• Lead technical initiatives and team development, mentor engineers, and help shape the engineering organization
• Take ownership of complex projects and make pragmatic architectural decisions

Требования:

• Previous experience as a CTO, Head/VP of Engineering, Principal Engineer, or Technical Director
• Strong hands‐on expertise in backend development and distributed systems architecture
• Solid knowledge of Golang
• Practical experience with AWS, containers, PostgreSQL/MySQL, message queues, and caching systems
• Strong understanding of security, IAM, observability, incident management, and disaster recovery
• Experience leading engineering teams and planning technical work around business priorities
• A hands‐on mindset and willingness to dive into complex systems when needed
• Ability to make pragmatic technical decisions and balance engineering quality with business impact

Будет плюсом:

• Experience in mobile gaming or live-service products
• familiarity with Laravel, React/Vue, Node.js, and Google Cloud
• experience with IAM, multi-tenant systems, and advertising integrations
• experience building shared platforms and infrastructure used by multiple products or teams
• experience with Nakama

Условия:

• Friendly atmosphere and smooth interpersonal relationships
• Opportunity to contribute to creating a new mobile game for a global audience
• Salary of 6000 - 9000 (brutto), depending on experience
• Relocation to Riga
• 09:00–18:00 Schedule