Technical Lead (GameDev)

TL;DR

Technical Lead (GameDev): Guiding architectural decisions and contributing to complex service design and implementation for Core Services and Game Servers. Focus on microservices architecture, cloud-native design, DevSecOps, and leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools to enhance developer workflows.

Location: Office-based in Montreal, Canada

Company

hirify.global is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences.

What you will do

• Act as a senior technical authority, guiding architectural choices and technology direction for Core Services and Game Servers.
• Support and contribute to technical mandates, ensuring alignment with Online Services’ architecture and API-first principles.
• Provide expert guidance on microservices architecture, API design, cloud infrastructure, security, observability, and performance.
• Contribute to the design and development of secure, scalable, high-performance microservices and APIs.
• Optimize cloud-based systems (AWS preferred) for performance, security, resiliency, and financial efficiency.
• Explore and leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to enhance developer workflows and contribute to AIOps adoption.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience, ideally in cloud-based distributed systems (AWS preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in microservices architecture, event-driven patterns, and API-first development.
• Minimum 1 year of demonstrated technical leadership experience (non-managerial).
• Deep expertise in microservices, API-first architecture, cloud-native patterns (Kubernetes, containers, IaC), DevSecOps, and observability.
• Proficiency with at least one of C#, TypeScript, or GO.
• Knowledge of AI/ML fundamentals and hands-on familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools.
• English: B2+ required.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of C++, Java, and Python.

Culture & Benefits

• Influence foundational online capabilities used by millions of players and internal teams worldwide.
• Shape the technical direction of Core Services and Game Servers.
• Work on large-scale, cloud-native distributed systems and modern engineering platforms.
• Collaborate with experts in architecture, cloud, DevSecOps, performance, observability, and AI.
• Contribute to hirify.global’s long-term online strategy and engineering evolution.