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.
To make this possible, we are able to handle hundreds of thousands of requests per second. Our infrastructure is resistant to traffic surges, as well as to all possible abnormal situations.
We have big plans for infrastructure development, so we are looking for a Staff Engineer to handle the complex challenges.
This role requires relocation from Russia and Belarus to one of our offices or remote work from other countries (except Russia and Belarus).
Tasks
Choosing and implementing tools and technologies
Designing architecture and automating the deployment of high-load infrastructure services in AWS
Ensuring monitoring, resource efficiency, security, and high availability of services, as well as incident management
Leading technical initiatives, for example, migrating from Nomad to Kubernetes.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant work experience on high-load projects
- Python or Golang development skills
- AWS skills: EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, RDS, Route53, Load Balancers, API gateways, Lambda
- Experience with Docker and Hashicorp Nomad or Kubernetes orchestration systems
- Experience working with Linux, strong command of console programming and bash scripting
- Experience with monitoring systems (Grafana, Statsite, Carbon, Victoria Metrics, ELK)
- Backend industrial development experience will be a plus
Our Perks
Flexibility at work. We offer a flexible schedule, and our employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). It doesn't matter to us where or how you do your work — we only evaluate the final 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
Please be aware that all correspondence with representatives of our company is conducted via “playrix.com” exclusively and no other entities.