Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Estoty, founded in 2012 in Riga, Latvia, expanded with a second studio in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2014. Today Estoty is known as a creative video game developer with a keen eye for detail, crafting games across all platforms including PC, mobile, and VR.
With a portfolio of over 50 successful titles, Estoty has created global mobile hits such as Johnny Trigger, 2048, and Knife Hit, along with recent successes like Idle Breakers, West Escape, Raptor Evolution, Age of Sails, and My Little Universe. Collectively, Estoty’s games have been downloaded more than 2 billion times, with Johnny Trigger becoming the most downloaded mobile game worldwide in January 2020. This success has empowered Estoty to take on larger-scale projects, expanding its creative vision and pushing the boundaries of gameplay and storytelling.
Estoty is looking for a hands-on CTO to shape the company’s technology strategy and lead the development of our game backend systems, shared services, infrastructure, and internal platforms.
This is a senior technical leadership role combining strategic ownership with hands-on engineering. You will define the technical direction, drive architectural decisions, establish engineering standards, and stay closely involved in solving complex technical challenges.
- Technology strategy, architecture, and technical roadmap across the company;
- Game backend systems and shared GameTech services, including Nakama, GameKit, and other common services;
- UA technology and integrations, including advertising network integrations and creative management systems;
- Internal platforms and tools, including back-office systems, helpdesk, and automation solutions;
- Infrastructure reliability, security, and cost efficiency across AWS and Google Cloud;
- Engineering standards and processes covering development, testing, releases, documentation, monitoring, and incident management;
- Technical leadership and team development, including mentoring engineers and helping shape the engineering organization;
- Critical technical initiatives, taking ownership of complex projects and making pragmatic architectural decisions.
- Previous experience as a CTO, Head/VP of Engineering, Principal Engineer, or Technical Director;
- Strong hands-on expertise in backend development and distributed systems architecture;
- Solid knowledge of Golang; experience with Nakama is a strong plus;
- Practical experience with AWS, containers, PostgreSQL/MySQL, message queues, and caching systems;
- Strong understanding of security, IAM, observability, incident management, and disaster recovery;
- Experience leading engineering teams and planning technical work around business priorities;
- A hands-on mindset and willingness to dive into complex systems personally when needed;
- Ability to make pragmatic technical decisions and balance engineering quality with business impact.
- Experience in mobile gaming or live-service products;
- Familiarity with Laravel, React/Vue, Node.js, and Google Cloud;
- Experience with IAM, multi-tenant systems, and advertising integrations;
- Experience building shared platforms and infrastructure used by multiple products or teams.
You know how to connect strategy with hands-on engineering. You can simplify complex systems, identify what really needs to be changed, and modernize technology incrementally without putting the business at risk.
You are comfortable operating at both levels: setting the long-term technical direction and getting into the details when the situation requires it. You take ownership, communicate clearly, and focus on building reliable, scalable technology that supports the company’s growth.
- Friendly atmosphere and smooth interpersonal relationships - this is our core value;
- Opportunity to contribute to the creation of a new mobile game that will be played by hundreds of millions of people around the world;
- Full-time 09:00-18:00 job position;
- Salary 2500 - 4500 EUR (bruto) depending on experience.
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