Senior Game Technical Lead

🎯 What you’ll do

You will:

• write and review production code,

• design and evolve game systems,

• debug real production issues,

• and set the technical standard for the team.

You’ll own the technical side of the product lifecycle: idea → implementation → QA → release → live ops. You’ll work daily with Product, QA, Art, Animation, and Platform - through collaboration, not handoffs.

You’ll help the team ship with:

• clearer scope,

• fewer surprises,

• better technical decisions.

🔧 How hands-on is this? Very.

You will:

• code regularly,

• review PRs and architecture decisions,

• jump into debugging when things break,

• pair with engineers to unblock and teach by example.

You will not:

• become a delivery coordinator,

• manage people full-time,

• or disappear into meetings.

🧠 What you need to bring

Must-have

• Strong hands-on engineering background.

• Experience building and shipping production systems.

• Comfort owning technical decisions end to end.

• Experience working with real users, releases, and production incidents.

➕ Strong plus (not required)

• Experience in iGaming / games / real-time or high-frequency products.

• Live Ops experience or work on always-on systems.

• Parallel development and frequent releases.

• Working in regulated or high-risk production environments.

🧰 Tech you’ll work with

• Node.js (TypeScript / JavaScript)

• Pixi.js / Phaser.js

• Spine

• Performance-sensitive systems and live environments

🔁 How we work

• Ship fast, then improve.

• Fix problems early.

• Prefer simple solutions over clever ones.

• Fewer meetings, more real work.

• Direct, respectful communication.

🔥 What we offer

• Fully remote (Europe-friendly)

• Unlimited vacation + paid sick leave

• Quarterly performance bonuses

• Learning budget (courses, conferences)

• Real technical ownership

• No micromanagement

👉 This is not the role if…

• You’re done with hands-on engineering.

• You want a pure management role.

• You prefer coordination over problem-solving.

• You avoid production responsibility.

👉 This is the role if…

You’re a mature engineer who still loves building things, wants more technical influence, and is ready to lead by example while staying close to the code. If that sounds like you - let’s talk!