Game Dev Tech Lead

Hey there!

It’s an amazing time to join Digicode as we continue empowering as many innovators as possible to change the world. We deliver outstanding technology consulting, R&D, design, and software development services in the USA, UK, and EU markets. This is where you come in.

We are looking for a GameDev Tech Lead who is passionate about building efficient engineering systems and driving the technical evolution of our gaming platform.

The iGaming market moves fast, and traditional development cycles are no longer enough. We’re looking for a Tech Lead who enjoys improving architecture, tooling, automation, and engineering processes to help us deliver high-quality games faster.

This is not a traditional GameDev Lead role restricted solely to front-end PixiJS development. We need a proactive engineering leader with a broad technical horizon who looks beyond a single technology stack, seeks to understand the entire ecosystem, and is eager to grow into a key technical partner for our tech leadership.

Career Path & Growth Trajectory

We view this role as a fast-track leadership trajectory. We expect the candidate’s responsibilities to evolve naturally over time:

Stage 1 (Months 1–3) - Onboarding & Delivery Optimization:

• Deep dive into the current game development setup, codebase, and team workflows.
• Lead and mentor existing game studio dev team team (2 Game Developers + 1 Server Developer) — more studious to come.
• Identify delivery bottlenecks and introduce practical improvements and take ownership on end game technical production pipeline

Stage 2 (Months 3–6) - Platform Ownership & Strategic Partnership:

• Gradually take full technical ownership of our internal Remote Game Server (RGS), Game Development Kit (GDK).
• Become the right-hand partner to our Tech Leadership, actively contributing to high-level system design, system architecture, and tech strategy.

Stage 3 (6+ Months) - Engineering Expansion & Scaling:

• Extend technical influence across functions (optimizing workflows with Art, Math, QA, and Infrastructure teams).

• Help hire, onboard, and scale a high-performing engineering team as product output grows.

   

Key Responsibilities

Production Speed & Efficiency Champion:

• Continuously analyze and overhaul the game production lifecycle to achieve maximum speed without sacrificing quality.
• Eliminate operational bottlenecks and foster a culture of continuous improvement
• Partner with Art, Math, and Infrastructure teams to streamline asset handoff and drastically shorten delivery cycles.

Technical Leadership & Platform Ownership:

• Take full technical ownership of our internal RGS, GDK, and overall game development architecture.
• Look beyond client-side code: dive into backend systems, game math, dev-tools, CI/CD, and QA workflows to unlock cross-functional optimizations.
• Maintain a bias-for-action mindset: execute fast, learn quickly from mistakes, iterate, and fix issues immediately (action over endless discussions).

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Lead, mentor, and evaluate the core tech team, taking an individualized approach to performance, focus, and skill development.

• Set clear priorities, remove technical blockers, and build a high-performing team ready to scale.

   

Requirements:

Domain Expertise:

• Mandatory hands-on experience in Casino / iGaming game development (Slots, Crash/Table games, or iGaming framework engineering).

Technical Proficiency:

• Strong mastery of TypeScript, JavaScript, and PixiJS (or similar 2D web engines).
• Solid understanding of OOP, Data Structures, and System Architecture.
• Broad technical curiosity: ability and desire to work with Backend code, Game Math, DevTools, Version Control (Git), and Infrastructure/DevOps pipelines.

Mindset & Soft Skills (Crucial Fit):

• Engineering Efficiency: Proven experience improving development processes, tooling, or workflows
• Self-driven and proactive: Passionate about games, constantly curious, and proactive in driving change..
• Continuous improvement mindset: Always looking for better ways to build products and improve engineering processes
• Decisive & resilient: Trusts experience and intuition, acts fast, takes accountability, and adapts quickly when iterations fail.

• Strong problem-solving mindset with fluent English (written & spoken).

   

Hiring Process:

1. Recruiter Stage: Initial alignment on motivation, domain background, and growth expectations.
2. Tech & System Design Stage: Live coding + Tech & Architecture interview with Tech Leadership.

3. Cultural Fit & Expectation Match: Final chat with key stakeholders and HRD.

    

What To Expect From Digicode?

🌎 Work from Anywhere: From an office, home, or travel continuously if that’s your thing. Everything we do is online. You’re all set as long as you’re in the same time zone as your project colleagues.

💼 Professional Development: We offer great career development opportunities in a growing company, international work environment, paid language classes, conference and education budget, & internal 42 Community training.

󰩔 Work-life Balance: We provide employees with 18+ paid vacation days and paid sick leave, a flexible schedule, medical insurance for employees and their children, and a monthly budget for things like a gym or pool membership.

🙌 Culture of Openness: We’re committed to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome, seen, and heard, with minimal bureaucracy, and flat organization structure.
And, also, corporate gifts, corporate celebrations, free food & snacks, and play & relax rooms for those who visit the office.

Our culture is unique, and we live by our beliefs and core values. For more information on what it’s like to work at Digicode, please take a look at our career page.

Did we attract your attention? Send your CV and let’s talk:)

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