Playable Ads Technical Lead

2 Months 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 encompass designing, maintaining, and evolving the software architecture for these ads, ensuring scalability and performance across various devices and platforms. You will optimize ad performance, select appropriate technologies, implement best practices, conduct code reviews, and contribute directly to critical architecture components. The role requires expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, WebGL, 3D engines (Three.js, Unity Playworks, etc.), and physics engines. You'll also research competitor tech stacks and monitor the tech landscape for innovations.
Must have:
  • 5+ years JavaScript/TypeScript
  • WebGL and 3D engine exp.
  • Physics engine knowledge
  • Performance optimization
  • Lead development of Playable Ads
  • Software architecture design
Good to have:
  • Experience with ad platforms (AppLovin, Google Ads)
  • Analytics tool familiarity
  • Knowledge of mobile ad market trends
  • Game project creation experience
Perks:
  • Flexible schedule
  • Remote work (most positions)
  • Health insurance
  • Paid vacation & sick leave
  • Gym memberships reimbursement
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Company events and merch

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.

Work Format

Remotely or in one of the company's offices.

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