Engineering Team Leader Tamatem Games

About the Role:
Tamatem Plus is looking for a hands-on Engineering Team Lead to manage and guide a small team of 4-5 engineers. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys writing code, contributing directly to the success of the team, and developing their leadership skills through day-to-day coaching and project management. You ll spend 60 70% of your time as an individual contributor, with the remainder focused on team lead responsibilities.

This is not a senior management position. We re looking for a technically strong developer ready to combine coding skills with people leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of 4-5 engineers, providing mentorship, feedback, and support in daily operations.
• Stay actively involved in engineering work design, coding, code review, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with product managers on sprint planning, task breakdown, and delivery priorities.
• Support system design and guide the team in following engineering best practices (SOLID principles, design patterns, clean code).
• Help integrate third-party services and payment systems.
• Encourage growth and learning within the team.
• Contribute to ongoing process improvements, including code quality, DevOps, and documentation.

Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience (ideally with Python).
• At least 2 years working with or mentoring other engineers (as a lead, mentor, or senior developer).
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong hands-on coding abilities; experience with Django or similar frameworks is a plus.
• Familiarity with scalable system/API design, relational and NoSQL databases, and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Able to thrive in a collaborative and fast-moving environment.
• Good communicator, comfortable working cross-functionally.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices.
• Previous fintech, payments, or gaming industry exposure.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks and software security best practices.