Java Tech Lead

Join us at Playtika (NASDAQ: PLTK), where we're driven by the belief life needs play. We’re on a mission to deliver infinite ways to play using cutting-edge technologies like AI and machine learning to craft immersive experiences that connect, inspire and entertain millions of players worldwide. 

From our start as a small mobile games company founded in Israel to our current position as a publicly traded company and industry leader, we continue to be a dominant force in interactive entertainment. With a diverse portfolio of award-winning, category-leading Casual and Social Casino-themed games, including nine of the top 100 highest-grossing mobile games in the US, we're setting the standard for excellence. 

Our success story is co-authored by a dynamic team of storytellers, strategists, creators and data scientists who thrive on innovation. We are home of the best, advancing an inclusive culture that embraces our core values and reflects our agile DNA. 

With a strong financial foundation, disciplined operations, unwavering player-focused approach and relentless can-do spirit, we're well-positioned for sustained growth. If you're ready to join the driving force behind the evolution of interactive entertainment, we invite you to come play with us.  

📍 Hybrid work model: 2 days in the office (Warsaw) - 3 days at home

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical quality: Plan refactoring activities; assist in managing technical debt; assist in creating technical tasks; help the domain team members to resolve ongoing issues (guidelines); 
• Lead projects, overseeing all aspects from technical design and coding to successful launch; 
• Provide product quality: Code review; QA assistance/consulting (if needed); be the focal point for production issues and cross-teams bugs; incident management handling; help the team with CE’s; provide and push non-functional requirements; 
• Technology-wise: Understand Playtika standards and project codebase in detail; be responsible for new libraries/frameworks/approaches usage; write code on regular basis;
• Automation of development cycle: Improve the CI/CD for the specific domain (if needed);
• Knowledge sharing: Responsible person for technical documentation (wiki); knowledge sharing on regular basis (scheduled event – bi-weekly domain meetings);
• Architectural wise: Help the team to collect technical requirements; be involved in feature prototyping process; help architect to review the domain (server, client) capacity, help to architects to build HLD/SDD;
• Present our products and results of our work. 

Requirements:

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in development; 
• Expert knowledge in Java 11+ 
• High-loaded application development and support on production; 
• NoSql production usage experience (at least one of Aerospike, Couchbase, Redis or alternatives);
• Relational database production usage experience (at least one of MySql, MariaDB, and Postgers);
• Kafka;  
• Spring Boot, Spring Cloud;  
• Microservice architecture (Netflix stack);
• Experience in K8S and Docker;
• Strong Object Oriented design skills;
• Excellent presentation skills. 

What does it mean to work at Playtika?  

You’ll join a team of leaders in the field, and enjoy amazing benefits, some are listed below:  

• A competitive salary and performance-based bonuses;  
• Hybrid working mode: Two days from our office, located in the heart of Warsaw (Browary Warszawskie), and three days from anywhere, per week  
• All you can eat! Breakfasts, lunches, desserts, snacks and much more in our Playtika-only cafeteria  
• Access to PlaytiCafe where all of your coffee (and other refreshments) dreams come true;  
• Six “Power Up” long weekends for all, and additional day off for your birthday month;  
• Private medical healthcare and three additional sick leave days;  
• A wellness program in the office: yoga classes, massage chairs and zerobody room;  
• Gaming room with a variety of activities;  
• Flexible working hours and monthly happy hours;  
• Work permit assistance for employees;  
• Corporate celebrations, team buildings, and fun activities.