R&d Director jobs at Playtika in Poland

• Maintain and improve existing monitoring configurations (alerts, dashboards, service discovery, scrape configs, etc.)
• Implement and enhance alerting logic, including threshold tuning and dynamic alert conditions
• Troubleshoot monitoring and metrics-related issues (e.g., missing data, false alerts, broken dashboards)
• Support and improve self-developed metrics collectors and Python-based monitoring services
• Assist NOC and SRE teams with alert deduplication, escalation rules, and alert quality improvements
• Participate in design and implementation of observability improvements for new services and infrastructure components
• Review, modify, and extend existing scripts and plugins (primarily Python and Bash)
• Provide monitoring-related guidance to development, infrastructure, and operations teams
• Ensure monitoring tools and services operate reliably within Kubernetes clusters and Linux systems
• Maintain monitoring configuration in Git and follow internal version control best practices
• Participate in cross-team initiatives to improve the overall monitoring and incident response ecosystem

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux systems (primarily Ubuntu)
• Practical knowledge of Prometheus ecosystem, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, and Zabbix
• Experience supporting monitoring systems in Kubernetes-based infrastructure
• Solid scripting skills (Bash)
• Familiarity with Git and common version control workflows
• Good understanding of networking and infrastructure concepts (ports, protocols, DNS, etc.)
• Ability to troubleshoot metric collection, alert firing, and data visualization issues
• Basic knowledge of SQL (e.g., for querying time-series or metadata stores)
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration

• Understanding of high-availability and failover patterns in observability systems
• Experience working with SLO/SLA-based alerting or anomaly detection mechanisms
• Exposure to automation and CI/CD pipelines for monitoring infrastructure

• Experience in leading managers in large R&D groups of highly skilled developers & testers (5+ years, 50+ people)
• Strong leadership skills that include recruiting, building, coaching, providing guidance, and inspiring teams
• Working in a multicultural, global environment
• Solid technical skills and ability to understand microservices architecture, high-scale solutions, CI/CD (10+ years of development experience)
• Proven Experience in applying Agile/Scrum development practices
• Experience in working in a Product company
• Experience in effectively managing and communicating with key stakeholders, including executives, product managers, and external partners.
• Experience in leading and managing the delivery of large software development projects, while meeting key milestones and resolving bottlenecks - both technical and structural
• Experience in the Mobile app development/gaming industry is a huge advantage
• Ability to oversee technical coordination while promoting collaboration to resolve dependencies and slowdowns
• Hands-on approach with the ability to see the big picture whilst being knowledgeable with the product details
• Skilled in identifying potential risks and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
• Ability to define and drive the long-term vision and strategy for R&D initiatives, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
• Experience in working with R&D budget
• Have a customer-centered approach and results-driven mindset
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and a can-do attitude
• Proven track record of fostering a culture of innovation, encouraging creative problem-solving and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with various levels in the truly global organization
• Not to forget to have fun in the process

• You’ll join a team of leaders in the field, and enjoy amazing benefits, some are listed below:
• A competitive salary and performance-based bonuses;
• Hybrid working mode: Two days from our office, located in the heart of Warsaw (Browary Warszawskie), and three days from anywhere, per week
• All you can eat! Breakfast, lunches, desserts, snacks and much more in our Playtika-only cafeteria
• Access to PlaytiCafe where all of your coffee (and other refreshments) dreams come true;
• Six “Power Up” long weekends for all, and additional day off for your birthday month;
• Private medical healthcare and three additional sick leave days;
• A wellness program in the office: yoga classes, massage chairs and zerobody room;
• Gaming room with a variety of activities;
• Flexible working hours and monthly happy hours;
• Work permit assistance for employees;
• Corporate celebrations, team buildings, and fun activities.

As a, you’ll be leading a nimble group that’s empowered to set aggressive goals and move fast to achieve them in an ambitious and technologically inspiring project. With best engineers working together, brainstorming complex ideas, building, proving, or dismissing concepts, team lead will drive development of a new game engine, pursuing the exiting vision of bringing better experience for our players.

• You will be leading engineering team, responsible for building complex, high-scale mobile game.
• You will be maintaining innovative culture where discussions are open, strategic risks are encouraged and problems are solved together, but to build proper processes which will allow us to scale smoothly.
• Your role includes cooperation with product management and production operations. While managing employees you might also get your hands dirty by executing actual engineering tasks.
• You will have to move fast, fail fast and learn fast, as ever-changing environment requires.

• Experience in leading teams and people management
• Working with reporting systems (e.g. Jira)
• Familiarity with agile methodology (Scrum, Kanban)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Fluent English
• Proven planning experience in high scale projects
• Open minded and good in accepting new ideas, experience in moderating technical discussions and explaining the vision as well as connecting the details
• You are not stressed with changing priorities and fast pace.
• Critical mindset

• Experience in building the teams

You’ll join a team of leaders in the field, and enjoy amazing benefits, some are listed below:

• A competitive salary and performance-based bonuses;
• Hybrid working mode: Two days from our office, located in the heart of Warsaw (Browary Warszawskie), and three days from anywhere, per week
• All you can eat! Breakfast, lunches, desserts, snacks and much more in our Playtika-only cafeteria
• Access to PlaytiCafe where all of your coffee (and other refreshments) dreams come true;
• Six “Power Up” long weekends for all, and additional day off for your birthday month;
• Private medical healthcare and three additional sick leave days;
• A wellness program in the office: yoga classes, massage chairs and zerobody room;
• Gaming room with a variety of activities;
• Flexible working hours and monthly happy hours;
• Work permit assistance for employees;
• Corporate celebrations, team buildings, and fun activities.