Principal Golang Engineer (Cross-Game Server)

5 Months ago • 6 Years +

Game Engine

Job Description

As a Principal Golang Engineer at Playrix, you will lead the growth of Go expertise within the Cross-Game Server team, responsible for developing universal backend services for all Playrix games. This includes critical solutions like push notifications, GDPR-compliant data processing, matchmaking, player profiles, clans, and anti-cheat systems. You will lead product and technical initiatives, develop service architectures, manage technical quality, and define the team's strategy and vision. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of backend development experience, including 3+ years with Go, and experience in high-load projects and architecture design. You'll be working with a technology stack including Golang, AWS, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, Kinesis, Kubernetes, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Grafana, Elasticsearch, and Kibana.

Good To Have:

AWS & Docker experience
Orchestrator skills (Nomad, K8s)
CI/CD understanding (TeamCity, Jenkins)

Must Have:

6+ years backend dev, 3+ years Go
High-load project experience
Architecture design expertise
Lead product & technical initiatives
Manage technical quality & strategy

Perks:

Flexible schedule, remote work
Health insurance, psychologist reimbursement
Paid vacation & sick leave
Gym memberships & fitness app reimbursement
Conferences & course funding
Language course discounts
Company events & merch

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Principal Golang Engineer (Cross-Game Server)

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

Playrix games serve over 150 million players, which requires reliable and scalable server solutions capable of handling massive loads. The Cross-Game Server team develops universal backend services for Playrix games. We create critical solutions—ranging from services essential for any product (such as push notifications and GDPR-compliant user data processing) to game features like matchmaking, player profiles, clans, and anti-cheat systems. Developing universal services for all games enables faster rollout of new features and helps maintain a high level of quality in Playrix games.

We’re looking for a strong Principal Engineer to lead the growth of Go expertise within the team, enhance technical product quality (including strategy and architecture), and drive key product and engineering initiatives at the department level.

Tasks

Leading product and technical initiatives at the department level: gathering requirements, interacting with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams, developing solutions, decomposing and estimating tasks, and driving initiatives to completion.
Developing service architectures in accordance with product requirements.
Managing the technical quality of the product: defining strategy and vision, prioritizing tasks, and planning.
Managing tools and technologies within the team.

Our stack

Golang, AWS, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, Kinesis, k8s, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kibana.

Requirements

6+ years in backend development, including 3+ years with Go (designing and developing services from scratch).
2+ years of experience in a similar role: Tech Lead/Team Lead/Engineering Manager.
Experience in developing high-load projects.
Experience in architecture design: creating services, describing database schemas.
Ensuring high-quality code development through unit and integration testing.

Soft Skills

Product mindset – Focused on product and business development.
Ownership – Takes responsibility for results within their scope.
Communication – Strives for consensus in decision-making, demonstrates flexibility and diplomacy, and avoids conflicts.
Results-driven – Prioritizes important tasks and finds optimal solutions.
Systematic approach – Structures tasks effectively and finds efficient ways to solve them.

Preferred

User-level skills in working with AWS and Docker.
Skills in working with orchestrators (Nomad, K8s).
Understanding of CI/CD practices (TeamCity, Jenkins).

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.