Tech Lead

ABOUT YOU   We are looking for a talented Sr. Software Developer to lead a team in our Canada office. The Team Lead will work within a tightly knit global development team, and will play an integral role within Xsolla.    If you are a solid leader who still likes to have your hands in the development process, we want to talk to you. You should be local to the Montreal, Canada area and have experience leading a team.   ABOUT US   Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA, companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games, Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together, and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500+ game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game. For more information, visit xsolla.com.

Setting goals and planning the development process for the team

Estimating the time of the implementation of individual tasks

Organizing and facilitating team rituals

Creating product QA process

Participating in testing and delivery processes.

Creating a support team from a scratch (onboarding, retaining, etc.)

Supporting the professional growth of employees through the accumulation of knowledge and experience

Working with the strengths and weaknesses of team members

Building a culture of collective responsibility for commitments

Creating a culture of trust, creativity and mentorship in the team

Creating and updating a competency map as well as working with personal development tracks for each employee

Defining future technologies and development architecture with the team

Participating in the discussion of architectural solutions in the department

Requires 5+ years work experience 

Experience in Kanban methodology 

Working knowledge of Go and PHP programming language

Professional knowledge of SQL and MySQL/PostgreSQL database

Experience with Google Cloud Platform technologies (Kubernetes Engine, CloudSQL, PubSub and Cloud Run) or with any other cloud provider 

Decent understanding of backend components, such as caches, networks, load balancers, CDNs, etc.

Ability to build reliable, scalable, and fault-tolerant software

Ability to work and be flexible in a fast pace environment