Remote Lead Engineer - Shop

Description:

• Carry1st is Africa’s leading games publisher and monetisation platform, helping top global companies grow their player base and revenue across Africa and the Middle East.
• The Lead Engineer of the Shop Team will be responsible for leading the delivery of the Carry1st Shop, with opportunities to evolve and grow the platform across multiple distribution channels.
• This role offers knowledge of the gaming industry from a monetisation perspective and the chance to work with various gaming partners throughout the Carry1st journey.
• The position involves collaborating closely with senior stakeholders to understand requirements and convert them into technical specifications for the development team.
• The Lead Engineer will lead the development team through the design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance phases of the engineering process.
• Responsibilities include writing testable, scalable, and efficient code, conducting regular code reviews, promoting development best practices, and performing line management duties to grow the engineering careers of direct reports.

Requirements:

• Proven success as a team lead with the ability to collaborate effectively with non-engineering stakeholders, including those who may not speak English fluently.
• Strong system design skills, with the ability to consistently design scalable features and document them efficiently for the team.
• Extensive knowledge of Full Stack Software Development, particularly with technologies such as next.js, Java, Spring, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, and AWS.
• Experience with e-commerce related frameworks and tools, particularly in Analytics, CMS, Experimentation, and Localisation.
• Strong project management skills using Scrum, with a clear understanding of Scrum ceremonies, team effectiveness measurement, and scrum backlog management in collaboration with the product manager.

Benefits:

• The opportunity to build industry-changing products every day while growing with a VC-backed startup at the intersection of gaming and fintech.
• The flexibility to work from anywhere in the world with international teammates.
• Ownership of shares in the company, allowing employees to benefit from the value they create.
• Additional perks include co-working excursions to meet colleagues in various cities, provision of awesome equipment for effective work, a remote working allowance of $600 per year, and opportunities for learning and development through courses, conferences, and training events.
• Participation in regular social events to relax and connect with teammates, as well as a paid day off on employees' birthdays.