About Patrianna
Patrianna is a fast-scaling product development company headquartered in Gibraltar, with a dynamic, global team powering our growth. We operate at the intersection of technology and entertainment, building innovative solutions that shape the future of social gaming and deliver outstanding experiences to millions of players worldwide.
We’re driven by speed, ambition, and bold ideas. At our core, we’re product creators and problem-solvers who thrive in a high-performance environment. We’re looking for exceptional talent—smart, adaptable, and motivated individuals eager to make an impact, scale business functions at pace, and continuously improve.
Whether you’re a domain expert or an agile thinker who thrives in change, at Patrianna you’ll have the freedom to innovate, take ownership, and help us lead the next wave of gaming innovation.
Join us—and be part of something extraordinary.
The Role Lead engineering teams that build and scale our real-time gaming platform while taking ownership of delivery outcomes and team performance.
AI-Driven Engineering Culture: We are actively building an AI-driven engineering organization with a clear and deliberate stance: artificial intelligence is a core part of how we build and deliver software — not an experiment, not a trend, and not an optional add-on. AI is embedded into our engineering workflows, from system design and prototyping to refactoring, testing, and code review. We expect engineers to be fully comfortable working in AI-driven environments and to treat AI as a primary productivity multiplier. Strong engineering judgment, architectural ownership, and accountability remain essential—AI amplifies our engineers, it doesn’t replace responsibility for technical decisions.
What you will be doing • Own delivery outcomes — ensure your cross-functional teams deliver reliable systems and meet commitments by coordinating priorities and execution • Manage and develop people — including performance reviews, career development, and handling performance concerns when needed • Maintain strong engineering standards — ensure teams follow established architecture patterns and quality standards while navigating complex technical trade-offs • Enable effective team execution — work with Team Leads and Product Managers to ensure initiatives are clearly defined and teams can execute smoothly • Improve engineering effectiveness — continuously refine how teams plan, coordinate, and deliver work as the organization scales • Support system reliability — help teams investigate incidents, understand root causes, and strengthen platform reliability
What we are looking for • Strong engineering background with extensive software development experience and deep backend expertise (Java ecosystem) • System design experience building and operating high-load systems using modern backend technologies, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native infrastructure • Proven track record leading engineering teams and delivering complex production systems while balancing technical leadership and people management • Experience operating production systems and participating in incident response and post-incident improvements • Strong product sense — ability to assess product initiatives and identify engineering implications, risks, and missing elements • Strong delivery ownership with ability to produce realistic estimates, align stakeholders, and communicate scope options and trade-offs clearly
Nice to have:
Experience in iGaming or other high-load, real-time platforms
Experience transitioning from a senior IC role (e.g., Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Solution Architect) into leadership
Familiarity with Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, or GCP
Experience working in product companies or scale-ups
Our Tech Stack
Java 25
Spring Boot 4
Google Cloud Platform:
Kubernetes
Kafka
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Ebean ORM
Flyway
Redis/Memcached
Retool
Jenkins/ArgoCD
ELK/Sentry/Grafana
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