Engineering Team Lead

Casumo is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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Company Overview:

Welcome to Casumo, your passport to a world of fun, excitement, and responsible gaming. We're an international online casino company with a knack for creating unforgettable gaming experiences. Our secret sauce? A blend of innovation, security, and a dash of playful charm.
Nowadays, we're on the hunt for a dynamic & strategic Engineering Team Lead to join our tech team!

Team Overview:

Our software is the heart of our business. We strive to create a safe, engaging and unparalleled player experience. We research, experiment and iterate. Our mission: to build a product and an organization that puts the experience first, delivering a high-quality product our players love while enabling our people to be productive and creative without unnecessary disturbances.

Responsibilities:

• Lead an agile team (1 of our 4 domains) made up of backend and frontend engineers (team of 7-10 engineers).
• As a domain owner from a technical perspective, you will work closely with teams, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure we deliver world-class projects.
• Work with developers to grow their technical, interpersonal and leadership skills and to ensure they have the right challenges and necessary context to make use of them.
• Communicate and deliver the technical vision of our projects to the business at a high level and the team at an operational level.
• Act as a line manager to the engineers working in your team.
• Influence the architecture technology roadmap.
• Facilitate team ceremonies and participate in technical discussions, ultimately owning the technical decisions that come out of it.
• Track team performance, cadence delivery and health of the team using specific KPIs and velocity/burndown charts.
• Advocate and advance modern software engineering practices within the team (CI/CD, test automation etc)
• Collaborate with the Head of Engineering to attract, hire and retain diverse top talent.

Requirements:

• You possess demonstrated practical knowledge of either
  ○ the latest Java features, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, automated testing and MySQL (or other RDBMS such as PostgreSQL, OracleDB, etc).
  OR
  ○ React, Redux, Redux-Sagas, Apollo GraphQL, SASS, Webpack, Flow, Cypress, Jest, Enzyme..
• Excellent communication skills that foster trust and respect, enabling the growth and development of people to support Casumo.
• A love of developing and growing people.
• You should be comfortable with the current technologies and be aware of new and upcoming technologies.
• You need to be able to tell good code from bad, but here you should be able to also trust your team members.
• Knowledgeable and passionate about current web development technology, cloud services and best development practices.
• Able to demonstrate strong leadership skills whilst working with developers.
• You are excited about making culture choices that positively impact the team.
• You have familiarity and experience operating in tech organizations which work with a product that handles users at scale, making use of agile methodologies and tools.
• You have hands-on experience with working in agile methodology.

Nice-to have:

• 
  Experience with transaction-heavy, distributed systems, messaging, microservices or tools such as MySQL, RabbitMQ and Kafka.
• Experience in CICD and DevOps knowledge; Jenkins, Kubernetes, Google Cloud (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other cloud technologies.

The Perks:

Being a part of the Casumo group provides an unparalleled experience. You’ll find yourself surrounded by the brightest minds within the most inspiring and collaborative office spaces! In addition to that, you’ll enjoy:

Our Zagreb Office

• Wellness incentives, including a fitness allowance and mental well-being services

• 2 weeks Work From Anywhere (10 days), increased to 4 weeks (20 days) after longer duration of employment within the Company: explore the world while working remotely

• Food allowance

• Access to some of the greatest tools and platforms for developing your professional skills and building success within your role

• A range of training courses, known as Casumo College, for continuous learning and growth

• Social events for building strong relationships with colleagues from all across the organisation
  
  
  
  Our Malta Office

• Private health insurance

• Wellness incentives, including a fitness allowance and mental well-being services

• Flexible national holidays: public holidays mean more time off, choose how and when to enjoy them!

• 2 weeks Work From Anywhere (10 days), increased to 4 weeks (20 days) after longer duration of employment within the Company: explore the world while working remotely

• Gourmet lunches and healthy snacks prepared by our in-house chef

• Variety of discounts from local vendors

• Access to some of the greatest tools and platforms for developing your professional skills and building success within your role

• A range of training courses, known as Casumo College, for continuous learning and growth

• Social events for building strong relationships with colleagues from all across the organisation
  

Our Skopje Office

• Private health insurance
  
• Wellness incentives, including a fitness allowance and mental well-being services
  
• 2 weeks Work From Anywhere (10 days), increased to 4 weeks (20 days) after longer duration of employment within the Company: explore the world while working remotely
  
• Office lunches -three times per week
  
• Access to some of the greatest tools and platforms for developing your professional skills and building success within your role
  
• A range of training courses, known as Casumo College, for continuous learning and growth
  
• Social events for building strong relationships with colleagues from all across the organisation

Our ABC values:

ASPIRE

At Casumo, "aspire" means pushing beyond the ordinary and transforming obstacles into stepping stones. Challenges are our breakfast of champions, and comfort zones are out of bounds. Mediocrity? Left behind. Our mantra? Dream big, aim high, and always be ready for the next adventure in innovation.

BELIEVE

Belief at Casumo isn't just a feel-good sticker; it's the glue that binds us. Turning "me" achievements into "we" victories, we're a tight-knit crew of dreamers, doers, and relentless supporters. With a high-five arsenal and a trusty cheerleading squad, we're on a mission to prove that together, we're not just strong; we're Casumo strong.

CARE

Care is our secret ingredient, the cherry on top of our game. It's not only about ensuring our players have a blast (responsibly, of course); it's about weaving a fabric of support so tight, even the toughest challenges can't tear us apart. From tailoring player experiences to being there for each other, we're all about creating memorable moments.