Technical Leader

7 days ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa The Legends Agency Full time

Technical Leader - Gaming Platform Integrations
Lead the integrations backbone powering next-gen gaming experiences.
Gaming Platform Engineering | Johannesburg (Hybrid) | Negotiable salary

About Our Client
Our client is a leading gaming technology company developing advanced, scalable platforms that power immersive gaming experiences. With a focus on innovation, performance, and reliability, they deliver cloud-based solutions used across global markets. The environment values autonomy, collaboration, and cutting-edge engineering practices, offering opportunities to lead impactful projects that shape the future of gaming technology.

The Role: Technical Leader - Gaming Platform Integrations
This role owns the technical direction and architecture of complex platform integrations within a cloud-native gaming environment. You'll remain hands-on while mentoring engineers, influencing system design, and ensuring high-quality, scalable software delivery across multiple teams and products.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of platform integrations across diverse gaming systems

  • Define and enforce architectural best practices for APIs, microservices, and system interoperability

  • Develop and maintain high-performance REST APIs using and Express

  • Deploy, manage, and scale services on Azure using Kubernetes and related DevOps tooling

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into robust technical solutions

  • Oversee delivery processes, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives

  • Resolve complex technical challenges and coach engineers through debugging and optimization

  • Ensure systems are observable, secure, and resilient under heavy load

About You

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in a technical leadership capacity

  • Proven expertise in , Express, RESTful API design, and system integration

  • Strong experience with Azure cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and SQL/NoSQL databases

  • Solid understanding of microservices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and distributed architectures

  • Excellent communication and leadership skills collaborative, pragmatic, and delivery-focused

  • Nice to have: .NET/C#, event-driven systems, messaging tools (e.g., Service Bus), or experience in gaming/betting environments

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