Job VC
Tech Lead
Technologies
Description
Delasport — Implementing Technological Solutions Here and Now
Delasport is an iGaming software company providing Sports Betting & Online Casino software and turnkey B2B solutions. Since 2010, we have made a significant impact on the industry, earning awards and expanding our global presence. With offices in Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Malta, our team of more than 500 experts continues to drive innovation and strive for excellence. We are looking for top talent to join our R&D center in Kyiv.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical Quality Ownership
- Set and enforce technical standards for code quality, testing practices, deployment procedures, and observability across all teams. Ensure deliverables consistently meet company and industry standards
Security & Compliance
- Champion security best practices in application design and delivery. Drive secure coding standards, dependency management, and vulnerability remediation across the development lifecycle
Technology Decisions
- Drive and consult on technology choices in collaboration with the Architect and engineering teams. Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and patterns with a clear focus on efficiency, maintainability, and long-term sustainability
Architecture & Design Guidance
- Review and guide system designs, API contracts, data models, and integration patterns. Ensure business requirements are implemented following sound architectural principles and established standards
Hands-On Engineering
- Stay deeply hands-on with production code. Lead by example in modern Java (21/25), Spring Boot 3/4, PHP, Laravel, NodeJS, Kafka Streams, and cloud-native microservices. Conduct in-depth code reviews and contribute to critical path development
Observability & Operational Excellence
- Define and drive observability standards (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting) to ensure production systems are transparent, diagnosable, and reliable
Technology Adoption
- Drive the adoption of new technologies and practices across teams. Build proof-of-concepts, define migration paths, and ensure smooth rollouts with minimal disruption
Cross-Team Collaboration
- Act as the technical mediator between Java teams, Team Leads, the Architect, and business stakeholders. Translate business requirements into sound technical guidance and ensure alignment across all parties
Knowledge Sharing
- Foster a culture of technical excellence through design reviews, tech talks, documentation, and hands-on mentoring of senior engineers
Employees may be required to participate in an on-call rotation, ensuring availability outside regular working hours to respond to urgent issues as needed as per the On call policy.
REQUIREMENTS
Experience
: 7+ years of hands-on backend development with strong expertise, including 2+ years in a technical leadership capacity (Tech Lead, Principal Engineer, or equivalent).
Technical Expertise:
Deep knowledge of Java (21+), PHP or NodeJS concurrency, JVM internals, and performance characteristics
Strong experience with building production-grade microservices
Strong expertise with Kafka and Kafka Streams — event-driven architectures, stream processing, schema evolution, and exactly-once semantics
Solid understanding of REST API design principles and synchronous integration patterns
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD, Kustomize), and container orchestration
Experience defining and implementing observability strategies (metrics, distributed tracing, structured logging, alerting)
Strong understanding of application security practices, secure coding, and dependency management
Solid database knowledge: relational and document databases, data modeling, and performance tuning
Soft Skills:
Excellent communicator who can translate between technical and business language. Comfortable presenting ideas, challenging decisions constructively, and building consensus across teams.
Collaboration
: Proven ability to work effectively with Architects, Team Leads, Product, and DevOps in a cross-functional environment.
Mindset:
Ownership-driven, pragmatic, and passionate about engineering excellence. You care as much about maintainability and operational quality as you do about shipping features.
NICE TO HAVE
Experience in iGaming, Sportsbook, or real-time transaction-heavy systems
CDC architectures (Debezium)
Redis or distributed caching strategies
Performance tuning and benchmarking (JMH, async-profiler, JFR)
Architecture patterns such as DDD, CQRS, or Event Sourcing
Contributions to open-source projects
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
Modern office in Podil with an uninterruptible power supply and the Internet
Personal time off (21 business days of paid vacation, paid days on special occasions, sick leaves, emergency days off)
Public holidays
Health and life insurance with our broker, available starting from the month following the employee’s start date with the company
Modern technical equipment
English courses with native speakers
Ukraine-based educational programs
Sports activities reimbursement
Corporate entertainments
Happy hours on Fridays
Gig contract support
Delasport is an iGaming software company providing Sports Betting & Online Casino software and turnkey B2B solutions. Since 2010, we have made a significant impact on the industry, earning awards and expanding our global presence. With offices in Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Malta, our team of more than 500 experts continues to drive innovation and strive for excellence. We are looking for top talent to join our R&D center in Kyiv.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical Quality Ownership
- Set and enforce technical standards for code quality, testing practices, deployment procedures, and observability across all teams. Ensure deliverables consistently meet company and industry standards
Security & Compliance
- Champion security best practices in application design and delivery. Drive secure coding standards, dependency management, and vulnerability remediation across the development lifecycle
Technology Decisions
- Drive and consult on technology choices in collaboration with the Architect and engineering teams. Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and patterns with a clear focus on efficiency, maintainability, and long-term sustainability
Architecture & Design Guidance
- Review and guide system designs, API contracts, data models, and integration patterns. Ensure business requirements are implemented following sound architectural principles and established standards
Hands-On Engineering
- Stay deeply hands-on with production code. Lead by example in modern Java (21/25), Spring Boot 3/4, PHP, Laravel, NodeJS, Kafka Streams, and cloud-native microservices. Conduct in-depth code reviews and contribute to critical path development
Observability & Operational Excellence
- Define and drive observability standards (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting) to ensure production systems are transparent, diagnosable, and reliable
Technology Adoption
- Drive the adoption of new technologies and practices across teams. Build proof-of-concepts, define migration paths, and ensure smooth rollouts with minimal disruption
Cross-Team Collaboration
- Act as the technical mediator between Java teams, Team Leads, the Architect, and business stakeholders. Translate business requirements into sound technical guidance and ensure alignment across all parties
Knowledge Sharing
- Foster a culture of technical excellence through design reviews, tech talks, documentation, and hands-on mentoring of senior engineers
Employees may be required to participate in an on-call rotation, ensuring availability outside regular working hours to respond to urgent issues as needed as per the On call policy.
REQUIREMENTS
Experience
: 7+ years of hands-on backend development with strong expertise, including 2+ years in a technical leadership capacity (Tech Lead, Principal Engineer, or equivalent).
Technical Expertise:
Deep knowledge of Java (21+), PHP or NodeJS concurrency, JVM internals, and performance characteristics
Strong experience with building production-grade microservices
Strong expertise with Kafka and Kafka Streams — event-driven architectures, stream processing, schema evolution, and exactly-once semantics
Solid understanding of REST API design principles and synchronous integration patterns
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD, Kustomize), and container orchestration
Experience defining and implementing observability strategies (metrics, distributed tracing, structured logging, alerting)
Strong understanding of application security practices, secure coding, and dependency management
Solid database knowledge: relational and document databases, data modeling, and performance tuning
Soft Skills:
Excellent communicator who can translate between technical and business language. Comfortable presenting ideas, challenging decisions constructively, and building consensus across teams.
Collaboration
: Proven ability to work effectively with Architects, Team Leads, Product, and DevOps in a cross-functional environment.
Mindset:
Ownership-driven, pragmatic, and passionate about engineering excellence. You care as much about maintainability and operational quality as you do about shipping features.
NICE TO HAVE
Experience in iGaming, Sportsbook, or real-time transaction-heavy systems
CDC architectures (Debezium)
Redis or distributed caching strategies
Performance tuning and benchmarking (JMH, async-profiler, JFR)
Architecture patterns such as DDD, CQRS, or Event Sourcing
Contributions to open-source projects
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
Modern office in Podil with an uninterruptible power supply and the Internet
Personal time off (21 business days of paid vacation, paid days on special occasions, sick leaves, emergency days off)
Public holidays
Health and life insurance with our broker, available starting from the month following the employee’s start date with the company
Modern technical equipment
English courses with native speakers
Ukraine-based educational programs
Sports activities reimbursement
Corporate entertainments
Happy hours on Fridays
Gig contract support