R&D Manager
As R&D Manager, you will have the unique opportunity to lead and direct teams in Kyiv to deliver a unique, high-quality deliverable within a defined schedule, quality and scope. You will be responsible for empowering teams, growing talent through effective mentoring, handling day to day production challenges.
Required skills
- At least 8 years of professional software development experience
- At least 4 years in a people and/or team management
- Be an expert in the architectural domain
- Experience with NoSQL Databases
- Experience with Backend development of real-time web services
- Experience in a high scale system
- Experience with leading an R&D team of at least 20-30+ people
- Experience working with offshore teams
- A strong background in Gaming products on mobile is an advantage
- Good spoken and written English is a MUST
Responsibilities
- Making sure teams are delivering the product with engineering excellence
- Recruit and lead scrum teams from an engineering perspective
- Responsible for the production environment
- Build a bridge between the business and development teams
- Lead technical initiatives in the R&D unit
- Design and challenge architectural decision
- Work hands-on with R&D leads to improve their managerial skills and assist with day-to-day dilemmas and issues
- Responsible for work standards and tools across all disciplines in the R&D and testing units, setting coding review standards and testing standards
- Lead the development of both: real-time mobile game Backend with Node.js and cross-platform games with Unity
- Frequent visits to the Tel-Aviv office
We Offer
- Competitive salary with yearly performance reviews;
- Comfortable, centrally-located office with sport and recreation areas, bus shuttle to subway stations;
- Vacation: 20 business days, unlimited sick leaves;
- Flexible work schedule;
- Kitchen with healthy snacks;
- Medical insurance, gym and swimming pool;
- Corporate events (Happy hours on Fridays, team buildings, and parties);
- Corporate gifts for birthdays and work anniversaries;
- Education expenses coverage, English classes, Corporate trainings;
- Relocation assistance for nonlocal candidates;
- Bicycle/Car parking.