Development Director

We are looking to hire super talented Software Development Director at HUUUGE GAMES to drive the development of the company's game management platforms, lead and mentor development managers to operational excellence, be involved and have an impact on technology, decisions and technical roadmap definition.
What makes us special is our company culture. We worship everyday learning and playing together as a team of teams. People who are professional, humble, and hungry to learn are the ones Huuuge Games is looking for. Do you like what you are reading? If yes, then WE have a job for you.

In this role you will:

• Create and lead the strategy of development of our game and player management,
• Manage, lead and mentor development managers,
• Software production process optimization,
• Deliver state of the art platforms, services, and solutions that are recognized as the best in the gaming industry,
• Impact on architecture and technology decisions – architecture concept and technical roadmap,
• Proactively seek gaps and opportunities to drive key initiatives and improve functionality, technical standards, architecture, ease of integration, and useability
• Define, approve, and challenge designs, lead code standards,
• When possible (if there will be time …) even code by yourself,
• Work closely with Head of Product
• Active communication with stakeholders core technology team,
• Support and contribute to Agile Transformation and efficient and professional Scrum process,
• Define and implement SLA procedures for a product on a top level,
• Keeping current with industry trends and developments that can be applied to studio needs.

Most wanted:

• Professional engineering experience,
• Agile and product oriented mindset,
• Experienced in creation and leadership of strategy,
• Firm experience leading architecture and technology definition, technical roadmap, technical designs of a portfolio of business applications,
• Technically hands-on; Can challenge technology design and coding quality,
• 6+ years of experience as software engineer, mobile developer as an advantage,
• 4+ years of experience as software development manager or 2+ as software development,
• Director, managing and leading development teams (minimum 30 people) - including experience in managing team leaders or software development managers,
• Experience in leaders development, motivation, and evaluation,
• Experience in software production process optimization,
• Ability to communicate by the language of business value and ROI, understandable by business, product, and technology,
• Expert in software architecture paradigms - microservices, domain-driven design (DDD), OOP, design patterns,
• Experience in leading design and development of applications, services, and API,
• Expert in working in Scrum environments
• Experience in most of the following technologies: Game technologies: Unity, C#; Mobile technologies: Java, Kotlin, Objective-C, Swift; Cloud: AWS (preferable), Azure, GCP; Backend: Node.js, C#, TypeScript, GraphQL, and Pytho; Frontend: JavaScript; Databases: PostgreSQL, Redshift, ElasticSearch, MySQL; CI/CD: TeamCity, Jenkin; Containers: Docker, Kubernetes; Game services: Firebase.

Surprise us with:

• Experience in leading design and development of data-driven products,
• Experience with test automation methodologies,
• Leader and a mentor with strong communication skills, ability to manage cross-functional interfaces and guide remote teams,
• Fluent in English,
• Ability to work within multicultural environments,
• Gamer in heart.