Lead Engineer - Shop

Summary

Join Carry1st, Africa’s leading games publisher, as a Lead Engineer for the Shop Team and lead the delivery of the Carry1st Shop across multiple distribution channels. Collaborate with senior stakeholders to define technical requirements, lead the development team through the entire engineering process, write efficient and scalable code, and conduct code reviews. Promote best practices, mentor your team, and perform line management duties. This role offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a diverse, global team, build impactful products, and grow with a VC-backed startup. You'll gain valuable experience in gaming monetization and work with various gaming partners. The opportunity includes working remotely from anywhere in the world.

Requirements

• You have proven success as a team lead
• You can collaborate with non engineering (sometimes non English speaking) stakeholders really well and know what it takes to lead teams through software delivery
• Strong system design skills
• You are able to consistently design scalable features and document these efficiently for the team
• Strong knowledge of Full Stack Software Development
• Our stack uses next.js , Java, Spring, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ and AWS
• You know how to write scalable software and review code efficiently
• Experience with E-commerce related frameworks and tools related to Analytics, CMS, Experimentation, Localisation
• Strong project management skills using Scrum
• You know the purpose of each Scrum ceremony well, how to measure the effectiveness of your team and how to manage the scrum backlog effectively with your product manager

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with senior stakeholders to understand requirements and convert these into technical requirements for the development team
• Lead the development team in the design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring and maintenance phases of our engineering process
• Write testable, scalable and efficient code as well as conducting regular code reviews
• Promote development best practices and continue to improve these by partnering with our Senior Staff Engineers and CTO
• Perform line management duties and grow the engineering careers of your direct reports

Benefits

• Work from anywhere in the world with international teammates
• Own shares in the Company - enabling you to benefit from the value you create
• Co-working excursions: Travel to meet your colleagues in cities around the world
• Awesome equipment: Get everything you need to work effectively
• Remote working allowance: Put an additional $600 / year to optimise your WFH experience
• Learning and development: Attend courses, conferences and training events
• Social events: Participate in regular company events to relax and connect with teammates
• Birthday leave: Enjoy a paid day off on your special day