Position: Head of Development (Game Studio)
Company: BrainRocket
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2023-08-01T00:00:00+03:00

We are seeking an experienced Head of Development with a proven object oriented development background to inspire and challenge a team of talented multidisciplinary engineers plus QA in evolving and extending the game engine platform powering our latest generation of casino games & social games. 

**✅ Your main areas of focus will be:**
✔️ Leading of the development department of Game studio
✔️ Drive technical projects and provide leadership, review design proposals and prototypes to identify opportunities for improvement or new product ideas
✔️ To be accountable for the overall planning, actioning and success of technical projects
✔️ Drive OKRs processes for every quarter, Oversee the engineering staff and ensuring that they meet deadlines and deliver high quality work
✔️ Mentor the team in both soft and technical skills, manage the daily operations of engineering teams
✔️ Partner with the Product team in planning, designing and delivery of new products & projects
✔️ Set up development plans for the team, help team members grow
✔️ Review engineering proposals to determine if they meet industry standards, are cost effective, and are feasible from an engineering standpoint

**✅ Requirements:**
✔️ 3+ years as a manager, leading at least 2 teams per 7 members
✔️ Experience of building teams/hiring people (You have hired and led high-performance engineering teams),
✔️ 5+ years of demonstrable software engineering
✔️ Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
✔️ At least Intermediate lvl of English 
✔️ Demonstrated people management and leadership skills, and a proven track record of mentoring and coaching team members,
✔️ Understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum & Kanban, experience in utilizing best practices in the software development life cycle
✔️ Conducting employees performance reviews, regular 1-on-1 meetings, leading OKRs
✔️ Strong organizational and prioritization skills, along with outstanding written and verbal communication skills

**✅ From technical side:**
✔️ Strong knowledge of JavaScript and the ECMAScript 6 standards
✔️ 3+ years of commercial experience with Node.js
✔️ 5+ years of commercial experience in web development
✔️ Commercial experience of working with high loaded SQL databases
✔️ Commercial experience of implementing the REST, GraphQL and WebSockets
✔️ Understanding of the TDD principles and experience of writing tests
✔️ Understanding of microservice architecture principles
✔️ Experience of GIT version control system
✔️ Experience with RabbitMQ
✔️ Experience with Redis
✔️ Experience with databases MySQL

**✅ We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to:**
🧑🏻‍💻Learning and development opportunities and interesting challenging tasks;
📝Official employment in accordance with the laws of Cyprus and the EU, registration of family members;
✈️ Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for 2 weeks);
🏋️‍♂️ Company fitness corner in the office for employees;
📚 Opportunity to develop language skills and partial compensation for the cost of language classes;
🎁 Birthday celebration present;
🏝 Time for proper rest and 24 working days of Annual Vacation;
🍲 Breakfasts and lunches in the office (partially paid by the company).

**Join BrainRocket and rock with us! 🚀**