דרושים Php Technical Lead ב-Playtika ב-אוקראינה

• Lead the development of new features and gameplay logic on the client-side
• Build internal tools and reusable modules that power our games
• Design architecture and collaborate on business logic with product teams
• Conduct code reviews and raise the quality bar for others
• Drive experimentation and introduce innovative approaches
• Be a mentor, sharer, and problem-solver across teams
• Take part in performance investigations and optimization efforts

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
• Solid grasp of game engines, OpenGL/WebGL, and how rendering ticks
• Strong understanding of mobile app development workflows
• Experience with Jest or similar testing frameworks
• Proven track record in profiling, memory management, and multithreading
• Git wizardry and comfort working in complex enterprise environments
• A curious mind that thrives in cross-functional collaboration

• You’ll become the internal face of new game engine – Gdevelop, with all the challenges it brings – including adoption and standards
• Your work will directly impact speed, quality, and scalability of game delivery
• You’ll collaborate with multiple studios and product teams across the company
• You’ll grow both as a technical expert and strategic contributor

• Annual company bonus
• Competitive salary & flexible working hours
• Daily breakfast, lunch, and office refreshments
• Private health insurance, dental coverage, and psychological counseling
• 20 paid vacation days and 5 sick days per year
• 6 long weekends and 1 day off for your birthday
• Gifts for special occasions (birthday, Easter, Christmas, Women’s and Men’s Day, weddings, childbirth, etc.)
• Technical library with the option to order books
• Access to our educational platform with courses, training programs, and certifications
• Career development through coaching and reviews
• Internal mobility & referral program
• Corporate celebrations, team-building events, and fun activities
• Personal care in the office (nails, eyebrows, and barber services)
• Modern offices (Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Dnipro) with organized shuttle buses to and from the office

Discovery and concept creation:

• Discovery and ideation of the users’ needs and pains
• Ability to translate the spoken pain into a need with a wider range of opportunities
• Conducts market and user research throughout the product's life cycle, both for similar features from the industry and examples for UX solutions of specific feature needs
• Consolidates all studio domains behind a feature's concept that meets the feature's business requirements and KPIs (task force leader)
• Writing a PRD (Product Requirements Document) that includes the feature’s design the flow
• Have a full analytical coverage of the feature, in all phases

Plan the product life cycle:

• Conducts and plans tests and challenges for the product before production
• Breaks down PRD (Product Requirements Document) to detailed R&D requirements and timelines
• Creates user stories based on PRD document
• Prioritizes the backlog and identifies potential problems (performance or product experience issues)
• Have user testing for any customer-facing component
• Validates the definition of the feature requirements and acceptance criteria

Lead the product execution:

• Leads the execution phase of the product's life cycle
• Helps the GrM to lead the delivery of the product on time, escalate when needed and communicate with other parties
• Acts as the contact point for R&D team on all product aspects daily
• Builds specific sprint's scope with R&D team
• Creates a product delivery and deployment plan to divide into deliverable stages.
• Responsible for conducting routine grooming meetings with the R&D team (effort estimation and 'micro-planning’) and other parties such as data and AI
• Times and coordinates every domain's relevant output with the product's planned release
• Responsible for the customer-facing documentation of the feature and communication of the features to the customers and users
• Receives feedback for new features and prioritizes needed changes
• Manage the guild of the relevant personas that relates to the product

Your Experience & Skills

• Previous experience in product management positions – A must
• Previous experience in platform/B2B2C Products – Advantage

Technological orientation

• Background in development/Technical field – Advantage
• Background in Monetization Operation/Economy - Advantage
• Background in leading AI projects – Advantage
• Technical Understanding of Basic Software Engineering Concepts - Advantage
• Knowledge of working in agile methodologies
• Project Management skills
• In-depth understanding of user flow analysis and creation
• Plays and understands the gaming industry - an advantage

• Annual company bonus
• Competitive salary & flexible working hours
• Daily breakfast, lunch, and office refreshments
• Private health insurance, dental coverage, and psychological counseling
• 20 paid vacation days and 5 sick days per year
• 6 long weekends and 1 day off for your birthday
• Gifts for special occasions (birthday, Easter, Christmas, Women’s and Men’s Day, weddings, childbirth, etc.)
• Technical library with the option to order books
• Access to our educational platform with courses, training programs, and certifications
• Career development through coaching and reviews
• Internal mobility & referral program
• Corporate celebrations, team-building events, and fun activities
• Personal care in the office (nails, eyebrows, and barber services)
• Modern offices (Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Dnipro) with organized shuttle buses to and from the office

• Lead technical integration projects with newly acquired studios, overseeing all aspects from design to successful implementation
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to teams across multiple studios
• Identify and implement improvements to existing codebases and architectures
• Develop high-performance solutions for critical systems
• Create and maintain technical documentation for knowledge transfer
• Drive collaboration between client and backend teams
• Plan and execute refactoring activities to improve code quality and maintainability
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices
• Collaborate with studio leadership to define technical roadmaps
• Serve as the focal point for production issues and cross-team technical challenges
• Design and implement efficient testing strategies for high-load systems
• Participate in configuration management and deployment process improvements

• 5+ years of professional experience with PHP development
• 3+ years of experience with Java backend development
• Proven experience working with high-load distributed systems
• Strong understanding of database technologies (MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, Memcached, Aerospike)
• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of software design patterns and object-oriented programming
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent leadership and communication abilities
• Intermediate to advanced English proficiency (both written and spoken)

• Experience with gaming industry backend systems
• Knowledge of microservice architecture patterns
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Experience integrating systems across multiple technical environments
• Understanding of data analysis and performance optimization

• Annual company bonus
• Competitive salary & flexible working hours
• Daily breakfast, lunch, and office refreshments
• Private health insurance, dental coverage, and psychological counseling
• 20 paid vacation days and 5 sick days per year
• 6 long weekends and 1 day off for your birthday
• Gifts for special occasions (birthday, Easter, Christmas, Women’s and Men’s Day, weddings, childbirth, etc.)
• Technical library with the option to order books
• Access to our educational platform with courses, training programs, and certifications
• Career development through coaching and reviews
• Internal mobility & referral program
• Corporate celebrations, team-building events, and fun activities
• Personal care in the office (nails, eyebrows, and barber services)
• Modern offices (Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Dnipro) with organized shuttle buses to and from the office