Director of Technology – Chief Architect

High 5 Games

. Shape the technical vision and grow into owning the architecture of a cloud platform built on hundreds of Java microservices .

Posted 10/8/2026contractRemote • PolandLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Java microservices architecture, cloud platform design, and database strategy, with a strong focus on scalability, resilience, and compliance in regulated environments. Proven ability to lead engineering teams, communicate technology strategies, and manage complex systems handling high transaction volumes.

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Java Microservices ArchitectureCloud Platform DesignDatabase Strategy (Relational & NoSQL)Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka)Leadership in Engineering Teams

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Hard Skills

Java (Java 17+)Spring BootSpring CloudAPI Design (REST, gRPC)Distributed Systems FundamentalsConcurrency and JVM Performance TuningDatabase Query TuningInfrastructure as Code (Terraform)Reactive Java (WebFlux, Vert.x)Cloud Cost Optimization (FinOps)

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationTeam LeadershipMentoring

Tools & Technologies

AWSGCPDockerKubernetesPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryDatadog

Industry Keywords

GamingIGamingFintechPaymentsPCI DSSSOC 2 Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCassandraCloudDistributed SystemsDockerDynamoDBGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaGRPCJavaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesMongoDBMySQLNoSQLOraclePostgresPrometheusRedisSpringSpring BootSpringBootTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape the technical vision and grow into owning the architecture of a cloud platform built on hundreds of Java microservices
Learn the production platform deeply during the first 90 days while embedded with the teams that built it
Take ownership of the architecture domain by domain, starting with the data and transaction layer, then service architecture and the cloud platform
Own the platform's architecture end to end by the end of the first year and set its direction for the years ahead
Design systems, review code and schemas, set engineering standards, and lead the engineering and technology teams
Explain technology strategy and trade-offs to executives, business partners, and regulators
Own microservices architecture, including service boundaries, APIs, data ownership, and inter-service communication
Design high-volume, low-latency, real-time transaction processing with strong consistency and idempotency guarantees
Define patterns for distributed transactions, retries, and failure recovery
Lead architecture reviews and maintain architecture decision records across hundreds of services
Identify and reduce architectural debt; evolve legacy services without disrupting live traffic
Set Java engineering standards, including frameworks, libraries, build tooling, coding practices, and JVM tuning
Own database strategy across relational, NoSQL, caching, and streaming platforms
Diagnose and resolve JVM, network, and data-layer performance bottlenecks
Guide cloud architecture covering containers, Kubernetes, managed data services, networking, and infrastructure as code
Set SLOs, observability standards, and incident response practices
Drive scalability, resilience, disaster recovery, and cloud cost efficiency
Ensure security, data protection, and auditability meet gaming regulatory and payment requirements
Build, lead, and mentor engineering and technology teams and raise hiring standards
Translate business goals into technology roadmaps and project plans
Manage technical vendors and third-party platforms
Evaluate new technology and tools
Communicate technology strategy and risk to the CEO, executives, and partners

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years as an architect of large distributed systems
Expert-level Java (Java 17+), with deep knowledge of Spring Boot / Spring Cloud, concurrency, and JVM performance tuning and garbage collection
Proven track record designing and operating a microservices estate of 100+ services in production
Hands-on experience with systems handling millions of real-time transactions per day, with measurable latency and uptime targets
Deep database expertise: relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle) including query tuning, indexing, sharding, and replication, plus NoSQL and caching (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis)
Event-driven architecture with Kafka or a comparable streaming platform
Production experience on AWS or GCP, with Docker, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar)
Strong grasp of distributed-systems fundamentals: consistency models, idempotency, partitioning, backpressure, and failure modes
Experience with API design (REST, gRPC), API gateways, and service mesh concepts
Observability and reliability practice: Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog or similar; SLOs and incident management
Experience leading and growing engineering teams, and evaluating and interviewing technical candidates
Clear communicator with executives, peers, and individual contributors
Background in gaming, iGaming, sweepstakes/social casino, sports betting, fintech, or payments (preferred)
Experience with wallet, ledger, or payment systems where every transaction must reconcile (preferred)
Familiarity with gaming regulatory, PCI DSS, or SOC 2 compliance requirements (preferred)
Led a migration or re-platforming of a monolith or legacy services to microservices with no downtime (preferred)
Experience with reactive or non-blocking Java (WebFlux, Vert.x, Netty) for high-throughput services (preferred)
Cloud cost optimization (FinOps) at scale (preferred)
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision coverage
401(k) and any match
Paid time off and holidays
Other programs