The Role
The Tech Lead will manage frontend development teams, set goals, plan processes, facilitate team rituals, and ensure professional growth of team members, while overseeing the frontend architecture and technology decisions.
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ABOUT US
Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA, companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games, Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together, and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500+ game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game.
For more information, visit xsolla.com.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
We’re seeking an ambitious Team Lead with strong communication skills, strong work ethic, and the ability and desire to work in an exciting and demanding environment. You will help us to adopt our products to the China market.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Development Management:Setting goals and planning the development process for the team
- Estimating the time of the implementation of individual tasks
- Organizing and facilitating team rituals
- Creating product QA process
- Participating in testing and delivery processes
- Team Management:Creating a support team from a scratch (onboarding, retaining, etc.)
- Supporting the professional growth of employees through the accumulation of knowledge and experience
- Working with the strengths and weaknesses of team members
- Building a culture of collective responsibility for commitments
- Creating a culture of trust, creativity and mentorship in the team
- Creating and updating a competency map as well as working with personal development tracks for each employee
- Defining future technologies and development architecture with the team
- Participating in the discussion of architectural solutions in the department
REQUIREMENTS
- 5+ years of frontend development experience
- Experience working in an Agile/Kanban environment
- Strong working knowledge of React and its ecosystem (state management, hooks, etc.)
- Solid understanding of backend components such as caches, networks, load balancers, and CDNs
- Ability to develop reliable, scalable, and maintainable frontend applications
- Fluent English (B2+ level) with strong communication skills
- Flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue
- Experience building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or other large-scale agile frameworks
- Automation testing experience using Playwright or Cypress
- Exposure to key-value and document databases (e.g., Redis, MongoDB)
- Team leadership or management experience is a plus, could accept candidates without management experience
The duties and responsibilities of this position may evolve over time to support the organization’s goals and individual growth. This job description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work being performed and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required. By submitting your application, you consent to Xsolla conducting background checks, where permitted by law, after the final interview stage. All checks will comply with local regulations, and your information will be handled confidentially. Xsolla takes your privacy seriously and will not sell or externally distribute any personal data received during the hiring process. In accordance with applicable data protection laws, Xsolla is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy.
For any inquiries related to data privacy, please contact: [email protected]
Explore more opportunities at: https://xsolla.com/careers
Top Skills
Agile
Ci/Cd
Cypress
Kanban
MongoDB
Playwright
React
Redis
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The Company
What We Do
Xsolla's video game business engine helps game developers and publishers operate more efficiently and sell more games. Serving only the video game industry, Xsolla caters to businesses from indie to enterprise, with solutions that solve the complexities of distribution, marketing, and monetization so developers, publishers, and platform partners. Our goal is to increase your audience, sales and revenue.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices worldwide, Xsolla operates as a merchant and seller of record for major gaming entities like Valve, Twitch, Ubisoft, Epic Games, and PUBG Corporation.
