Technical Lead (Hands-on)
About Nexters
Nexters is an international game development company that strives to introduce the joy of core gaming experiences to casual players. In 2021 we went public and listed on the NASDAQ (GDEV). Nexters is part of the GDEV holding, which includes not only Nexters, but also Cubic Games, Royal Ark, Game Gears. Our people work worldwide from offices in Cyprus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan or remotely. We want brilliant professionals who love building great games as part of a team in one of the best cultures.
We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead (Hands-on) to strengthen the team behind our flagship project, Hero Wars: Alliance.
What you’ll be doing
Product Development & Delivery
- Planning work for features and projects, and estimating task timelines
- Contributing across all aspects of development - from client-side and backend logic to ensuring overall product quality
- Making architectural decisions and participating in designing technical solutions
- Optimizing performance, improving application stability, and enhancing code quality
- Conducting code reviews
- Driving improvements to development processes and the delivery pipeline
- Keeping development tools and artifacts up to date, including documentation, task trackers, and other essential project documentation
Engineering Excellence
- Ensuring compliance with the project's engineering quality standards
- Promoting and enforcing engineering best practices and development processes, including solution design, code reviews, testing, incident analysis, and more
Important: This is initially an individual contributor role. You will independently implement the majority of the functionality, taking ownership of the full development lifecycle within your area of responsibility. QA engineers and backend developers will be involved when needed. At the initial stage, there is no expectation of managing a large team or of taking on significant people-management responsibilities.
We hope that you have
- 5+ years of experience as a Backend Developer (C#) or Unity Developer
- At least 1 year of experience leading a development team as a Tech Lead or Team Lead
- Deep understanding of software architecture and hands-on experience designing scalable technical solutions
- Experience establishing and improving development processes to ensure transparency and on-time delivery
- Ability to communicate team values and motivate engineers toward shared goals
- Strong goal-setting, execution tracking, and constructive feedback skills
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to foster effective collaboration, negotiate, and resolve conflicts within the team
What we offer
- Healthcare
Medical care program (including dental service) or medical care compensation are available for you wherever you wish to work. The medical care program (basic package) is also available for your family members if you choose to work from our official locations – Cyprus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan. - Work, life, and balance
We offer a fair amount of paid vacation days and sick leave. You can work at one of our comfortable offices in official locations or from home. - Sports
You can choose various sports activities like yoga, football, and volleyball in our official locations. - Relocation support
A relocation package is available for you if you decide to join us in one of our official locations. - Skills improvement
Let's learn languages: you can visit online English language courses. Greek and Armenian language lessons are available for everyone who works in Cyprus or Armenia. Our company encourages people of Nexters to take part in game jams, hackathons, and relevant conferences and meetups as expert speakers. - Community & ESG
We are proud of our local communities and support employees’ social initiatives. Dream big, act big: Nexters contribute to gaming’s positive impact on the world, hold a sustainability strategy, and take part in charity projects all over the world.
Work format
In one of the company's offices in Cyprus, Armenia and Kazakhstan or remotely.
