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Backend Team Lead

11 Hours ago • 7 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Papaya, a leading mobile game developer, seeks a Backend Team Lead to recruit, lead, and grow a team of backend engineers. Responsibilities include delivering new game features, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and taking full accountability for major features. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience in backend development of high-scale real-time web services, expertise with cloud-based architectures (AWS), and proficiency in Node.js or C#. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, along with a passion for technology and mentoring.
Must have:
  • Team leadership (2+ years)
  • 7+ years Software Engineer experience
  • Backend development of high-scale systems
  • AWS experience
  • Node.js or C# proficiency
  • Excellent communication (Hebrew & English)

Job Details

Description

Get ready to join the action at Papaya, one of the world's fastest-growing mobile game powerhouses! We're all about delivering fun and excitement to millions of players across our diverse range of games. The company is HQ in the heart of Tel Aviv.

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer Team Lead eager to become one of our pioneering core team members and establish themselves as a significant building block of our products and company at this critical point in time before we reach greater heights.

Responsibilities

  • Recruit, lead and grow a strong team of Backend engineers
  • Deliver new game features and functionality for large-scale mobile games
  • Collaborate with other development teams, product managers, UI\UX designers, and others to maintain high levels of visibility, efficiency, and collaboration
  • Take full accountability for major features from specification and planning through execution & coding with multiple engineers
  • Stay hands-on in the code, design and architecture
  • Use and teach the best engineering methodologies, high quality development, coding and designing skills. The code is in Node.js (Backend) and C# (Unity, Frontend)
  • Take a major part in our strategic growth of the R&D team - technology, process and professionally

Requirements

  • Team leadership experience and working with cross-functional teams (2+ years)
  • At least 7 years of experience as a Software Engineer
  • Experience with backend development of real-time web services of a high-scale system
  • Experience in working with cloud-based architectures and AWS specifically
  • Familiarity with Node.js or C#
  • An academic degree in a relevant technical field
  • Excellent communication skills (both Verbal and written) in Hebrew and English

About you:

  • Passion for people, technology, architecture, and quality
  • Hunger and curiosity to always learn, understand and play with new technologies
  • Mentor – love working with others to make everyone around you better
  • Team player
  • Track record of excellence and drive for results & problem-solving

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About The Company

Since 2019, Papaya has been committed to shaping the future of gaming through an innovative and forward-thinking approach to game development. We believe that gaming should be about more than just luck, which is why our games are designed to reward skill, strategy, and perseverance. 


Ranked by Dun’s 100 as one of the top 50 hi-tech companies in Israel to work for.

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