Senior Technical Lead: Real-Time Gaming Platform

Tive, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Caxy Interactive in Chicago seeks a Principal Technical Lead to own the architecture and the technical roadmap for a mature platform serving millions of users. You’ll write production code alongside peers and drive monthly release cycles with a nine-to-eleven engineering team.

You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Account, and QA/QC teams to deliver critical features for gaming, sports betting, or trading platforms, balancing performance with delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with progressive leadership responsibilities.
• 3+ years leading teams of 5+ through regular release cycles.
• Gaming, sports betting, or trading platform experience with uptime focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and day-to-day leadership of a 9–11 person team including QA/QC engineers and mid-to-senior developers.
• Own architecture and the technical roadmap; write production code alongside the team.
• Manage releases and ensure timely, quality delivery; conduct thorough code reviews.

Skills

Scala

React

PostgreSQL

Couchbase

Kafka

GraphQL

Kibana/ELK

System Architecture

Release & Quality Management

Team Leadership

AI-assisted development

Job description

Caxy Interactive in Chicago seeks a Principal Technical Lead to own the architecture and the technical roadmap for a mature platform serving millions of users. You’ll write production code alongside peers and drive monthly release cycles with a nine-to-eleven engineering team.

You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Account, and QA/QC teams to deliver critical features for gaming, sports betting, or trading platforms, balancing performance with delivery.