Engineering Manager

Playson

5+ Years | Remote | Full Time | 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Playson is a leading iGaming supplier processing billions of transactions daily. We are seeking an Engineering Manager to architect, refactor, and scale high-load distributed systems. This role requires leading by example, optimizing performance, making critical design decisions, and collaborating closely with product and solution architects. The ideal candidate will have strong backend experience, particularly with Node.js/TypeScript, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS, and a passion for building resilient, measurable, and elegant systems.

Must Have

Architect, refactor, and scale high-load distributed systems.
Lead by example: code, review, debug, and mentor.
Optimize system performance, latency, and throughput.
Make critical design and architecture decisions.
Collaborate with Product Owners and Solution Architects.
Build resilient, measurable, and elegant systems.
5+ years of backend experience.
Proficiency in Node.js / TypeScript, async flows, gRPC, Kafka.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS.
Strong understanding of microservice architecture.
Obsession with performance metrics and observability.
Proven leadership experience with engineers.

Good to Have

Experience with ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.

Perks & Benefits

Fully remote work (Europe).
Unlimited paid vacation and sick leave.
Quarterly bonuses.
Medical insurance for you and your partner.
Learning budget for professional development.
Ownership and autonomy in work.
Social events.
Flexible schedule.
Employee referral program.
Competitive salary (EUR/USD).

Job Description

Playson is a leading iGaming supplier processing billions of transactions daily and delivering seamless, low-latency performance worldwide.

150+ Creative people

10+ Years in Business

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager who doesn’t just manage. You build, optimize, architect, and own.

###### What You’ll Actually Do

Architect, refactor, and scale a high-load distributed system where failure is not an option.
Lead by example - code, review, debug, and mentor through doing, not preaching.
Tune performance until it screams - reduce latency, optimize throughput, and kill inefficiencies.
Make tough calls: design trade-offs, architecture rewrites, tech debt prioritization.
Work side-by-side with Product Owners and Solution Architects - no “handoffs,” just shared goals.
Build systems that outlive trends - resilient, measurable, and elegant.
Jump into incidents, own RCA, and make sure it never happens again.
Push the “PoC-first” mindset - test fast, fail smart, scale what works.

###### What You Bring

5+ years of backend experience - you’ve built serious stuff, not toy projects.
Deep in Node.js / TypeScript, comfortable with async flows, gRPC, and Kafka.
Hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS.
You can diagram a microservice architecture from memory - and then improve it.
Obsessed with performance metrics, observability, and efficiency.
You think like an engineer, act like an architect, and deliver like an owner.
You’ve led engineers - maybe not by title, but by respect and example.
Bonus: You’ve touched ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.

###### How We Work

Speed > perfection. Build fast, measure, and move on.
Impact > output. One scalable fix beats ten “good-enough” features.
Depth > talk. We respect engineers who know their stack and their product.
Direct > polite. Say what’s broken, fix it, move forward.
No heroes, no silos. We win as a team or not at all.

###### What We Offer

Fully remote. Work from anywhere in Europe.
Unlimited vacation + paid sick leave. Life happens — take time.
Quarterly bonuses. Real performance, real rewards.
Medical insurance for you and your partner.
Learning budget for courses, conferences, and certifications.
Ownership and autonomy. You decide how to make things faster, cleaner, better.
No bureaucracy, no filler. Just meaningful engineering work.

Apply now, if you’re the kind of engineer who runs toward complexity, who sees product value in milliseconds and infrastructure elegance - then you’ll feel at home here.