Tech Lead for Server Development (Rust)

Location: Dubai, Limassol, Almaty, Yerevan, or Tbilisi. Relocation support is available for this role.

Company

hirify.global is an independent gaming studio developing OneState, a social role-playing game.

What you will do

• Design and evolve a server platform consisting of dozens of microservices.
• Make architectural decisions for services, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Design API contracts with gRPC, Protobuf, and REST, and develop Kafka-based event-driven architecture.
• Develop and review Rust server-side code while improving reliability, performance, and code quality.
• Improve databases, Kubernetes, GKE, GitOps, CI/CD, observability, authentication, and authorization.
• Mentor engineers, support planning and task decomposition, participate in hiring, and collaborate with product, analytics, and web teams.

Requirements

• Commercial experience with Rust, including async programming, error handling, and the type system.
• Experience designing microservice architectures and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of gRPC, Protobuf, Kafka, SQL, relational databases, MySQL or MariaDB, and ClickHouse.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, GCP/GKE, Helm, ArgoCD, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps.
• Experience with authentication, authorization, observability, SLOs, technical leadership, code reviews, hiring, and engineer development.
• Experience actively using AI agents and AI tools in daily engineering work.

Nice to have

• Experience with Go, TypeScript, React, or NestJS.
• Experience with B2C monetization, payments, subscriptions, App Store, and Google Play.
• Experience building analytical data marts, data pipelines, and edge services.
• Knowledge of SAST, Semgrep, supply chain security, and CI/CD security.
• Experience with large-scale, high-load gaming or B2C systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Independent product-focused gaming studio with minimal unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Professional growth support, regular performance reviews, and performance-based salary reviews.
• Paid sick days and flexible days off.
• Support during difficult life situations and relocation support.

Hiring process

• Application and CV review.
• HR interview followed by a technical interview.
• Final interview, offer, and onboarding.