Description
As a Technical Lead - Backend Engineer III on the FC Mobile team, you'll help shape the foundation that powers the world's most popular mobile football experience. You'll design and build large-scale, high-performance backend systems that enable real-time gameplay and live features for millions of players.
This role reports to the Technical Director and involves providing technical leadership, overseeing project execution, mentoring team members to ensure best practices are followed. Your responsibilities will include:
- Designing, developing, and maintaining complex backend systems ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability
- Providing technical guidance, expertise, and code reviews to team members, ensuring software quality and adherence to best practices
- Identifying technical risks and implementing mitigation strategies to monitor and safeguard server technical KPIs to ensure minimal downtime and stable live operations
- Ensuring code quality, maintainability, and documentation by setting and enforcing coding standards
- Working with modern backend stacks including Java, Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
You will also be responsible for project management, people management, and leading and inspiring a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
To succeed in this role, you'll need:
- 8+ years' experience with large-scale backend systems, with a strong track record of successful software development projects
- Leadership and project management experience, with the ability to guide and motivate a team
- Solid foundation of computer science fundamentals (e.g., data structures, algorithms, network, and operating systems)
- Extensive experience in online service operations, including performance testing, online data monitoring, and issue resolving
- Excellent debugging, communication, and collaboration skills
- Familiarity with software development best practices, including Agile methodologies
In return, you'll enjoy a range of benefits, including healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more.