Backend Lead

About Star Stable Entertainment
Star Stable Entertainment was founded in 2011, sparked by a desire for a game that could make a difference. Although half of gamers are girls and women, they were under-represented in the gaming industry, both as characters and creators. We dreamed of an epic online world where tween and teen girls could share an amazing experience. And we wanted to challenge how things were done in a male-dominated industry.

The result was Star Stable Online, which has gone on to become the world’s number one horse game with over 21 million registered users across 180 countries. We’re thrilled to welcome fun-loving players to the island of Jorvik, with its breathtaking scenery, beautiful horses, and magical quests. And we’re proud to see each player's special bond with their four-legged friends and the passionate community of Star Stable players.

We continue to champion diverse characters and narratives, encouraging our audience to be their true selves. It’s wonderful to see our dream resonate with so many players around the world, and we can’t wait to share more stories and experiences with them!

The Position

As a Backend Lead you will work hands-on with the development of our backend services to continuously bring new features and services to our players. At the same time, you will guide a small team of technical personnel within your technical domain. You will act as a tech coach and mentor, guiding the team through technical issues and challenges. You will be the driver to ensure we keep our backend systems up to date and improve our technical platform as we move along.

As a Backend Lead you:

Are responsible for design, development, architecture and the quality within your area

Analyse users' needs and provide relevant technical solutions to satisfy them

Identify and communicate risks and ensure decision-making in areas related to the craft

Ensure that code quality and good working practices are communicated, developed and maintained

Act as a tech coach and mentor and encourage knowledge sharing, guiding the team through technical issues and challenges.

Lead and coach individuals towards targets through 1-on-1 meetings.

Make sure you have a happy healthy team

Conduct hands-on talent planning short and long term, recruitment, onboarding, offboarding and salary reviews within your team. Ensure workplace requirements are covered with support from the People function.

We are looking for someone with:

At least 5 years hands-on experience developing scalable, standalone services following a microservice architecture.

At least 2-3 years hands-on experience with both synchronous and asynchronous communication protocols.

Good understanding of troubleshooting a distributed scalable system

At least 3 years hands-on experience with Python and/or GO

At least 3 years hands-on experience with containers/Docker

Hands-on experience with Git and Github actions

Sounds like you or somewhat similar? Apply!

At Star Stable Entertainment, you will be a part of a diverse culture with a prioritised work-life balance, and a workforce eager to test and try new things! We are on an adventure to scale our unique impact in the world so if you are excited about making a difference and being part of an exciting journey then we would love to hear from you!