Octo Games Studio

Full-Stack Developer for the Steam Analytics Platform

We’re building Steam Analytics—a platform that collects and visualises data on Steam games. The system aggregates information from Steam and other public sources via APIs and web-scraping to show player activity, game performance over time, and comparative project analytics.

An MVP now runs on AWS with PostgreSQL, but we plan to simplify the infrastructure and migrate to Firebase for faster development and easier scaling.

🛠 Current tech stack:

Front-end: Next.js

Back-end: Nest.js

Database & MVP infrastructure: PostgreSQL + AWS

Planned infrastructure: Firebase (Firestore, Auth, Hosting)

Data processing: custom parsers, cron jobs

📌 Key responsibilities:

• Optimise the back-end and data schema
• Migrate the infrastructure to Firebase

• Work with large, frequently updated data sets

  Example: continuously collect and store historical data for thousands of game titles at intervals from 15 minutes to 24 hours

• Extend both front-end and back-end functionality
• Prepare the platform for authentication and subscription-based monetisation
• Ensure reliable production deployment (security, scalability, monitoring)

Future task: integrate social-media APIs (e.g. Reddit, X/Twitter) to broaden analytics

✅ Requirements:

• Experience handling large data volumes
• Deep knowledge of database optimisation and back-end performance tuning
• Hands-on experience with Firebase
• Proven track record of shipping projects to production
• Self-driven, proactive, and able to make independent technical decisions

💼 What We Offer:

• Remote work
• Competitive salary
• Chance to be part of a project that’s both engaging and useful
• 2 weeks of paid vacation per year

• 3 paid sick days per month

   

Can’t wait to hear from you — let’s build something great together!

Your mission
As our first dedicated HR Business Partner you will own the full HR cycle for a 120-person distributed team and lead a three-member HR squad. Your mandate: build mature people operations that support rapid growth to 200+ employees.
Key responsibilities
 

• Design and roll out end-to-end HR processes (talent acquisition, onboarding, performance, L&D, engagement) from the ground up.
• Drive recruiting for critical roles together with hiring managers; keep time-to-hire and quality-of-hire metrics on target.
• Implement and maintain company-wide OKR / KPI framework; coach leaders on goal-setting and tracking.
• Act as strategic partner to the executive team on org design, workforce planning and culture topics.
• Lead, mentor and develop a three-person HR team; establish clear responsibilities and growth paths.
• Ensure HR policies comply with EU labour standards and the specifics of remote, multi-country employment.
• Champion our inclusive, open-minded culture while communicating clearly that we create 18+ content.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• 5+ years in HR, including 2+ years as HR BP / HR Lead in a company of 200+ employees.
• Demonstrated success building HR policies and workflows from zero in a high-growth environment.
• Strong hands-on recruitment background (full-cycle, tech or creative profiles preferred).
• Proven experience introducing or operating OKR / KPI performance systems.
• People-management track record: you have led and coached an HR team.
• Excellent written & spoken Ukranian 
• Solid command of remote-work tools (Peopleforce, Jira/Confluence, Google Workspace).

What is important for us in a person?

• Strategic mindset – sees the “big picture”, links HR initiatives to business goals and studio roadmap.
• Influencing & stakeholder management – builds trust with C-level and team leads, knows how to say “no” and still keep engagement high.
• People leadership – coaches, mentors and develops a small HR team; delegates, gives feedback, celebrates wins.
• Data-driven decision-making – comfortable working with KPIs/OKRs dashboards and translating numbers into actions.
• Change management – guides teams through organisational shifts, remote-first practices and culture updates.
• Excellent communication – clear, concise, culturally sensitive; adapts tone for executives, creatives and engineers alike.
• Conflict resolution & mediation – spots tension early, facilitates win-win conversations, keeps discussions adult-content-appropriate.
• High emotional intelligence – reads the room in distributed calls, balances empathy with objectivity.
• Resilience & adaptability – thrives in start-up-speed, adult-game specifics, shifting priorities.
• Confidentiality & ethics – handles sensitive personal data, performance issues, HR investigations with discretion.

Why do we enjoy working here?

• Fully remote contract with flexible core hours.
• Competitive salary up to 2 500 USD gross paid via secure international payroll.
• 14 calendar days of paid vacation per year 
• Paid sick leave from day 1.
• The opportunity to build a modern HR function almost from scratch and leave a visible mark on the studio’s culture.

The selection process

• HR screening
• Interview with Owner`s of Octo Games
• Paid trial period

Про Octo Games. Нідерландська продуктова студія, що створює PC-ігри для Steam з фокусом на Adult (18+) visual novels та суміжні жанри. Об’єднуємо 10+ інді-команд, працюємо повністю віддалено; юридична присутність — Кіпр і Нідерланди. Один із наших паблішерів входив до Top-10 на Steam.

Важливо: проєкти містять 18+ контент — комфорт до теми обов’язковий.

Місія ролі. Володіти технічним баченням і поставкою Unity-проєктів: архітектура, стандарти коду, продуктивність, процеси та розвиток команди.

Що ви робитимете

• Проєктування та еволюція архітектури (модульні системи, data-driven, async/await/UniTask, пайплайни контенту).
• Стандарти: code style, DoD/DoR, політики гілок і рев’ю, CI/CD та quality-gates.
• Розробка core-геймплею; інтеграція UI/UX, анімацій, VFX, аудіо.
• Продуктивність: профайлінг CPU/GPU/Memory, бюджет асетів, Addressables, стримінг/завантаження сцен.
• Інтеграції: Steamworks, сейви, локалізація, інпут; за потреби — REST/WebSockets.
• Планування, оцінки, зняття блокерів; щільна співпраця з Design, 2D/3D, QA, Producer/PM.
• Лідерство: найм, онбординг, менторинг, code review, knowledge-sharing.