Playable Ads Technical Lead

2 Weeks ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As Playable Ads Technical Lead, you'll spearhead the development of interactive playable ads for Playrix's hit games like Fishdom, Gardenscapes, and Township. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining software architecture for playable ads, optimizing ad performance across various platforms, selecting appropriate technologies, implementing best practices, ensuring code reusability, conducting code reviews, writing critical architecture components, researching competitor tech stacks, and monitoring the tech landscape for innovations. You'll also contribute to the company's advertising strategy and reach millions of players worldwide.

Must have:

5+ years JavaScript/TypeScript experience
Deep WebGL understanding & 3D engine experience
Physics engine experience
Strong knowledge of development principles (DRY, KISS, SOLID)
Performance optimization skills
Lead development of Playable Ads

Good to have:

Experience with ad platforms (AppLovin, Google Ads, IronSource)
Familiarity with analytics tools
Knowledge of mobile ad market trends
Experience with personal game projects

Perks:

Flexible work schedule
Work from anywhere (except specified regions)
Voluntary health insurance
Psychologist reimbursement
Paid vacation and sick leave
Gym membership and fitness app reimbursement
Paid conferences and courses
Discounts on language courses
Company events and merch

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cocos

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javascript

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phaser

webgl

three.js

webpack

gulp

scalability

team-management

Job Details

Playable Ads Technical Lead

About the company

Playrix is one of the most successful mobile game development companies  in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe  and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

In 2023, our ad creatives reached 80 billion views — and we're not planning to stop there. To take our success to the next level, we're looking for a Playable Ads Technical Lead to head the development of interactive playables for millions of players.

In this role, you will develop game mechanics and special effects, refine the tech stack, launch technical initiatives, and adopt new technologies to accelerate creative production.

Tasks

Lead the development of Playable Ads for our hits — Fishdom, Gardenscapes, Township
Design, maintain, and evolve the software architecture for Playable Ads, ensuring scalability, resilience, and support
Optimize ad performance across various devices and partner platforms
Analyze and select suitable technologies, frameworks, and tools for the development team
Implement best practices and establish coding standards
Ensure reusability of components and mechanics across developers
Conduct code reviews
Directly write code for critical architecture components
Research the tech stacks used by competitors
Continuously monitor the tech landscape to identify potential innovations for Playable Ads production

Requirements

5+ years of experience in JavaScript/TypeScript development
Deep understanding of WebGL and experience with 3D engines like Three.js, Unity Playworks, Phaser.js, Babylon.js, Playcanvas, or Cocos
Experience with physics engines: MatterJS, Cannon-ES, or Box2D
Strong knowledge of development principles: DRY, KISS, SOLID
Experience with bundlers: webpack, gulp, rollup, vite
Performance optimization skills for mobile and web games
Marketing expertise: understanding game logic and popular mechanics
Proactive attitude and a passion for growth: always looking to improve processes and adopt new development approaches

Preferred

Experience with ad platforms: AppLovin, Google Ads, IronSource
Familiarity with analytics tools for tracking creative performance
Strong awareness of ad trends and knowledge of the mobile ad market
Experience creating personal game projects or participating in game jams

We offer

Freedom in decision making
Work in a strong and creative team where your solutions will reach millions of players worldwide
The opportunity to influence the advertising strategy of a leading mobile gaming company

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being

We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.

Professional development and education

We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.

Events and merch

We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.