Development Team Lead - Edinburgh/Midlothian

An opportunity has popped up with an award-winning and growing business who are developing mobile and web games for clients across numerous continents. This is a rare opportunity to work in the free to play games industry, using the science of gamification to make user engagement simple.

Based in the heart of Edinburgh but now fully remote, this business is going through exciting growth and working with big household names across the globe. This could be your opportunity to innovate and lead in their already successful product suite. The business specializes in helping its clients acquire, retain, and monetize customers via web and mobile apps in the form of free to play games.

This role is a new addition to the business, where you will lead the already established development team. You will lead approx 6-7 team members but this number is set to double(or more) in 2021 due to exciting business wins. You will work closely with the CTO on a day to day basis. 

If you are looking to join a business where you are heard and valued, read on. Less about this exciting business, and a little more about the role...

Employee Package and Benefits 

• Competitive salary 
• Flexible and remote working pre and post COVID
• 32 days holiday
• Matched pension up to 3% (after 3 months)
• Share Options (after one year)

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to as Development Team Lead;

• You will lead the team on a day to day basis
• Craft well-designed, production-ready mobile and web solutions for international gaming and media clients.
• Collaborate with colleagues to deliver results in a dynamic business.
• Lead in project scoping and agile delivery and planning.
• Be ready for anything – as a member of a scale-up you’ll get involved in a wide range of challenges you wouldn’t find at other companies.

Requirements:

• Multiple years of experience in a lead/management role.
• 5+ years’ experience in one or more of the main technologies they use: .Net Core, React, React Native, Node, HTML/CSS.
• Familiar with Git for source control.
• Experience working in a SaaS environment.
• Background in integrating third party (RESTful) APIs, and building your own APIs.
• Able to work well in an agile environment, where requirements are still in flux.
• Great interpersonal skills.
• Problem-solving aptitude, ability to think on your feet and action solutions.
• Enjoy working closely with others as part of a close-knit team.

Other useful experience and skills:

• Experience in other major programming languages or front-end technologies.
• Knowledge of some of the other technologies we use, which include Azure, AWS, Docker, Serverless, Postgres, and SQL.
• Deploying to, and running applications on, the cloud (they use Azure and AWS)
• Firebase and Google Analytics.
• Previous exposure to a scale-up environment.
• Knowledge of building backend services and designing and maintaining databases.

If this sounds like your next step, apply below or get in touch with Zoe on 07825459101.