Technical Leader, Gaming Platform Integrations

Hire Resolve; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

A leading gaming and entertainment company in South Africa is seeking a Technical Leader for their Gaming Platform Engineering team. This hands-on role focuses on shaping the technical direction and architecture of critical integrations within their gaming platform using Node.js and Azure cloud infrastructure. With a minimum of 7 years of software engineering experience and at least 3 years in a leadership capacity, the ideal candidate will also mentor the engineering team and actively contribute code. Competitive salary based on experience offered.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong expertise in Node.js and Express.js for building enterprise-grade applications.
• Extensive experience with RESTful API development and integration design patterns.
• Proven track record building integrations between multiple systems/third-party services.
• Solid experience with Azure cloud services.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes.
• Database expertise with relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of complex integrations within the gaming platform ecosystem.
• Drive technical decision-making on system design, technology choices, and architectural patterns.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship to the engineering team.
• Actively contribute code to critical integration projects.
• Develop robust REST APIs and integration services primarily using Node.js and JavaScript.
• Implement scalable solutions on Azure cloud infrastructure leveraging Kubernetes.

Skills

Node.js

Express.js

RESTful API development

Azure cloud services

Kubernetes

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

CI/CD

Microservices architecture

Job description

A leading gaming and entertainment company in South Africa is seeking a Technical Leader for their Gaming Platform Engineering team. This hands-on role focuses on shaping the technical direction and architecture of critical integrations within their gaming platform using Node.js and Azure cloud infrastructure. With a minimum of 7 years of software engineering experience and at least 3 years in a leadership capacity, the ideal candidate will also mentor the engineering team and actively contribute code. Competitive salary based on experience offered.