Position: VP of Engineering / R&D
Company: CODEX recruiting agency
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

We are looking for a VP R&D to join a gaming company, located in Kiev.
 
**Requirements**
 
At least 10 years of professional software development experience
At least 6 years in a people and/or team management
Solid knowledge and experience in software development life cycle (game dev)
Be an expert in the architectural domain
Experience with NoSQL Databases
Experience with back-end development of real-time web services
Experience with client development
Experience with leading an development team of at least 10+ people
Team player mentality
Problem solving skills, keeping overview with an eye for details
Experience in coaching and mentoring engineers
Pro-active ‘can do’ mentality
Good spoken and written English
Leader
 
 
**Responsibilities and Duties**
 
Coordinate cross-functional teams on the delivery of new product features
Motivate and develop your team to achieve high productivity and morale
Support to team and create a working environment that allows everyone to work to the best of their abilities
Manage the day-to-day technology aspects of all products
Introduce and sustain development processes aimed at high quality and efficiency
Identify risks and manage them
Build and lead a team of engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
Recruit and lead scrum teams from an engineering perspective
Design and challenge architectural decision
Responsible for work standards and tools across all disciplines in the R&D and testing units, setting coding review standards and testing standards
Lead the development of both: backend and cross-platform games with Unity
Responsible for the production environment
Lead technical initiatives in the R&D unit
 
**Will be a plus:**
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with Unity3D
Experience with Java development
Experience with front-end development (Angular)