{"id":2300877,"url":"https://alion.io/job/hacksaw-gaming-cto-lead-developer-platform-team","title":"CTO / Lead Developer - Platform Team","company":{"id":57015,"name":"Hacksaw Gaming","domain":"hacksawgaming.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/hacksaw-gaming","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"BambooHR","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":3,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"}},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Stockholm, Sweden"],"countries":["SE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":63000,"max_usd":181000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2046},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":".NET","optional":false},{"name":"API Gateway","optional":false},{"name":"C#","optional":false},{"name":"Redis","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-06-21T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-06-21","last_verified_at":"2026-10-18T05:50:15Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":119,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":119},"description":"Hacksaw Studios is looking for a highly experienced CTO / Lead Developerto join and lead our platform team.\nThe platform team is responsible for building, maintaining, and continuously improving the core remote gaming server platform used across the group. This is a high-volume, transactional system operating in the online gaming industry, where scalability, security, reliability, and code quality are critical.\nThis is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role. You will take ownership of the ongoing development and maintenance of the remote gaming server platform, as well as other platform-related services including API gateway solutions, back-office systems, integrations, and future unannounced projects.\nThe role\nAs CTO / Lead Developer for the platform team, you will be expected to combine strong technical leadership with hands-on development. You will work closely with the engineering team, senior management, and other departments to ensure that our platform continues to scale, perform, and meet the high standards required in a regulated industry.\nYou will be responsible for driving technical decisions, improving architecture, reviewing and writing code, mentoring developers, and ensuring that the platform remains stable, secure, and maintainable as the business grows.\nA key part of the role will also be communication. You will need to clearly explain technical decisions, platform changes, risks, priorities, and ongoing work to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. This includes regular reporting to senior management, as well as close collaboration with departments such as Frontend, DevOps, Sysadmin, and Support to ensure they understand the platform, upcoming changes, operational impact, and how best to support the systems in production.\nResponsibilities\nLead the technical direction and development of the remote gaming server platform\nTake ownership of platform architecture, scalability, performance, and security\nWrite, review, and deliver high-quality C# code\nMaintain and improve core transactional systems handling high volumes of traffic\nWork with SQL databases and ensure strong data integrity, performance, and reliability\nSupport and improve related platform services, including API gateways and back-office systems\nReport progress, priorities, risks, and technical decisions to senior management\nCommunicate clearly with DevOps, sysadmin, support, and other departments about platform functionality, changes, incidents, and operational requirements\nHelp educate relevant teams on how the platform works and how changes may affect their areas\nPromote strong engineering practices, including unit testing, code reviews, and maintainable architecture\nHelp the team operate effectively in a highly regulated industry\nMentor and support developers while remaining deeply involved in day-to-day implementation\nContribute to future platform initiatives and new technical projects\nRequirements\nExtensive professional experience with C# and .NET\nStrong experience building scalable, production-grade backend systems\nVery strong SQL skills, including performance optimization and data modelling\nUnderstanding of caching principles in Redis or similar\nExperience working with transaction-based systems, ideally in online gaming, fintech, payments, trading, or similar industries\nExperience designing and operating horizontally scaled systems\nStrong understanding of system architecture, API design, reliability, and security\nExperience working with high-volume systems where uptime and correctness are critical\nA strong focus on code quality, testing, and maintainability\nComfortable being hands-on and spending a significant amount of time coding\nStrong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences\nExperience working across departments such as DevOps, infrastructure, support, product, or operations\nAbility to make pragmatic technical decisions in a fast-moving environment\nNice to have\nExperience from the online gaming or gambling industry\nExperience working in regulated environments\nExperience with remote gaming server platforms, payment systems, or other mission-critical transactional platforms\nExperience designing analytics systems for handling very large data sets for reporting purposes\nExperience leading engineering teams or acting as a technical owner for a major platform\nExperience with back-office systems, API gateways and integrations into third-party systems\nExperience reporting to or working directly with senior management\nWhat we are looking for\nWe are looking for someone who enjoys taking real technical ownership who is a strong, hands-on developer. You should be excited by complex backend systems, care deeply about quality, and be comfortable balancing long-term architecture with hands-on delivery.\nYou should be able to lead from the front, contribute directly to the codebase, and help the team make good technical decisions while keeping the platform secure, scalable, and reliable.\nJust as importantly, you should be a strong communicator. The platform team works closely with DevOps, sysadmin, support, and senior management, and this role will be expected to create clarity across those teams. You should be comfortable explaining what the platform team is doing, why certain technical decisions are being made, what risks or priorities exist, and how other departments are affected.\nAbout Hacksaw\nHacksaw is a fast-growing company in the online gaming industry, building products and platforms used by operators and players across multiple markets. We work in a highly regulated environment and place strong emphasis on quality, reliability, and responsible technical delivery.\nIf you are an experienced C# developer and technical leader who wants to take ownership of a critical high-volume gaming platform, we would like to hear from you.\nPractical Details\nThis is an on-site position in Stockholm.\nReady to Join the Game Makers?\nApply now! 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