Tech Lead - Backend (Platform Tribe)

About the Role

Playson is a globally recognised iGaming supplier delivering a high-performance, microservices-based platform designed to process billions of financial transactions every day. Built across multiple regions, our infrastructure is focused on one clear ambition - driving latency as close to zero as possible.

We’re now looking for a Technical Leader to join our Platform Tribe and lead from the front in an 80/20 hands-on role. You’ll be shaping and evolving a cutting-edge, high-load system where every millisecond has a real impact on the product and user experience.

The challenges here are far from trivial. You’ll be working at the core of our platform, pushing the boundaries of availability, optimising latency across every service and transaction, and ensuring resources are used as efficiently as possible - all at scale.

If you’re genuinely product-driven, enjoy solving complex engineering problems, and bring a fast, “PoC-first” mindset with strong ownership, this is the kind of environment where you can make a real difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical decision-making and shape the architecture of our high-load, microservices-based platform

• Stay deeply hands-on, contributing to the codebase daily and setting the standard for engineering excellence

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services powering our gaming platform

• Continuously optimise systems for performance, latency, and reliability in a high-throughput environment

• Collaborate closely with a distributed team to deliver new features end-to-end

• Drive and participate in code reviews, ensuring high-quality, maintainable, and efficient code

• Conduct architectural reviews and guide the team toward best practices and scalable solutions

• Tackle complex business and technical challenges with pragmatic, innovative approaches

• Mentor engineers through example, sharing knowledge and raising the overall technical bar

• Participating in on-call rotations within the squad to ensure the reliability and availability of our systems

Requirements

• Solid experience with Node.js/TypeScript is ideal, but we also welcome experts in other OOP languages such as Java, Python, C++, C#, or Go.

• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming techniques

• Experience with distributed systems and messaging systems (Apache Kafka, gRPC)

• Knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL), columnar databases (ClickHouse), and NoSQL technologies (DynamoDB, MongoDB)

• Skilled in developing and maintaining end-to-end and unit tests

• Proven track record of developing production-ready solutions

• Degree in Computer Science or related field

Nice to Have

• Experience with large-scale microservices architecture.

• Good ground knowledge of Kubernetes

• Familiarity with cloud providers (especially AWS)

• Understanding of application security and industry best practices

• Understanding of enterprise development patterns

• Active performance observation

• Gambling domain experience

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary: We offer a competitive salary, subject to annual performance reviews

• Quarterly Bonuses: Benefit from a transparent and systematic quarterly bonus system

• Unlimited Paid Vacation: Enjoy unlimited paid vacation leave, including Ukrainian bank holidays

• Unlimited Paid Sick Leave: Take unlimited paid sick leave whenever necessary

• Flexible Schedule: We offer a flexible work schedule to accommodate your needs

• Remote Work: Choose to work remotely, providing greater flexibility and comfort

• Medical Insurance: Receive comprehensive medical insurance for both you and a significant other

• Financial Support for Life Events: We provide financial support during special life events

• Professional Development: Get reimbursement for professional development courses and training

• International exposure: Attend industry expos, team gatherings & global meet-ups

• B2B contracts

Recruitment process

1. HR interview (30-45mins)

2. Interview with a Product Owner (60mins)

3. Technical interview with live coding (90mins)

4. Final Interview with C-level (60 mins)