Lead Node.js Engineer

PlayrixDublin, Irelandlast year

Ireland

At Playrix, we take infrastructure seriously—handling 150+ million monthly active players requires a scalable, high-performance backend. Our server team ensures seamless game experiences, managing architecture design, implementation, and live operations in high-load environments with traffic spikes of 100K+ RPS.

We are looking for a Lead Node.js Engineer to lead a team of 2-3 Senior Developers and 1 QA, responsible for efficient delivery, people management, technical product quality (strategy, architecture), and driving key product and technical initiatives.

Tasks

Managing a development team: hiring, onboarding, evaluation, and growth, 1:1;
Handling the team's routine processes (estimation, decomposition, planning, daily meetings, etc.);
Participating in improving team processes;
Developing server-side functionality for one of our flagship games;
Leading product and technical initiatives.

Our stack

NodeJS (ExpressJS), AWS, DynamoDB, Graphite, Git, Kibana.

Requirements

Experience in a similar role (team lead/engineering manager) for 2+ years;
7+ years of backend development experience, 3-4 of which were with Node.js (ES6+);
Strong knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+);
Experience in designing and developing APIs;
Relevant experience in writing Unit and Integration tests.

Preferred

Experience working with DynamoDB and other NoSQL databases: Cassandra, Redis, MongoDB, etc;
Experience in Python development;
Experience working with Elasticsearch;
Skills in working with monitoring systems (Graphite, Zabbix).

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FAQ

Is the Lead Node.js Engineer position at Playrix remote?: Yes. This role was posted on Remote Backend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
When was this Lead Node.js Engineer job posted?: This listing was posted on May 16, 2025 and is still open for applications.
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