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Miniclip is looking for a Senior Server Engineering Lead to hire in our Lisbon (Portugal) Games Development Studio.

This is an exciting opportunity for an engineering leader with strong technical background to integrate into an agile, highly effective and skilled team.

DUTIES

Your work will include:

  • Lead, coach and manage a group of leads who lead the developers that integrate one or more multidisciplinary scrum teams to develop mobile games
  • Focus your team on highly scalable and resilient backend solutions and their contribution to the products
  • Performing line management responsibilities such as regular one on ones, coaching, objective setting, career development, etc...
  • Stay true to the principles of software development as adopted by your team and to the agile practices adopted by the teams that they are integrated in
  • Foster a culture of mutual respect, collaboration and consensus based decision-making
  • Report to the Development Director and optimize prioritisation and resource allocation of the server team according to the team's capabilities
  • Collaborate with the leads of other areas (client development, agile operations and quality assurance) to build alignment and optimise the workflow in cross functional Agile teams
  • Collaborate with the Cloud Engineering team to define requirements to ensure the company governance compliance of our cloud infrastructure
  • Collaborate with the Cyber Security team to address any incident and proactive improvements of security compliance
  • Collaborate with the Chief Technology Officer to Identify new technologies to be adopted and manage infrastructure cost by ensuring the proper usage of infrastructure resources and services
  • Collaborate with the People and Organisation team and lead the recruitment of high quality candidates

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate must present the following:

  • Background and expertise as a Back-end Engineer
  • Strong background with distributed cloud computing in AWS, backend services, and CI/CD with experience troubleshooting issues and addressing load problems
  • A minimum of 4 years leading a team of developers
  • Passion for developing teams and individuals
  • Experienced in defining and implementing complex engineering solutions at large scale for a global audience
  • Strong delegation skills and comfort in leading developers who are "stronger" than you
  • Capacity and willingness to adapt to the methodologies already used in the company
  • Deep understanding of Technical Excellence and Agile product development process
  • Very good written and spoken English

The following skills are desirable but not essential (if you have them, don’t forget to mention them):

  • Knowledge or experience of Erlang/Elixir
  • Knowledge or experience of C or C++
  • Experience in game development
  • Experience in mobile development

APPLICATION

To apply please submit your CV and cover letter in English.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

You will be working in our fashionable, open plan Studio in Lisbon with enthusiasts and professionals from the games industry. We like to maintain a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere, with regular team building and social events. We understand that being tied to a desk all day is not fun and that’s why there is a games area, fridge with complimentary drinks and fruit for all staff.

We also have a fantastic benefits package which includes comprehensive medical cover, gym membership, local discount packs, Portuguese language lessons and time-off for voluntary work.

ABOUT MINICLIP

Miniclip is a global leader in digital games with a mission of unleashing the gamer in everyone. The Company develops, publishes and distributes highly engaging games to an audience of over 200 million monthly active users across mobile, social and online platforms.

Founded in 2001, the Company has successfully grown a huge global audience in over 195 countries and across six continents. Miniclip has a unique understanding of the digital games space and has developed a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games, extensive worldwide distribution, and an internationally recognised brand name. To date, Miniclip franchises including 8 Ball Pool™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™ and Agar.io™ have generated more than 2 billion downloads. As of April 2020, Miniclip has more than 60 million daily active players reaching people across the world in the pursuit of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’.

In February 2015, Miniclip was excited to receive a large majority investment from Tencent, one of the world’s largest technology companies and the world’s largest games publisher. This new chapter in Miniclip’s history strengthens the Company’s position, with Tencent recognising its achievements to date and future potential.

In the past two years, as part of their ambitious growth plans, Miniclip have been delighted to welcome the teams from Playsport (famous for Motorsport Manager), Yakuto (creators of Darts of Fury), and Masomo (home of Head Ball 2), Ilyon (designers of Bubble Shooter), and Eight Pixels Square (Sniper Strike) to the Miniclip Group.

For more information, visit our website.