Game Development Team Lead · BF Games

Hey! I'm Edwin.

Games have fascinated me since childhood, and I've been making them for 7 years — now as the lead of a development team. I like bringing people, process and product together as a whole.

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  • PMP®
  • Professional Scrum Master
  • Remote · Tricity (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia), Poland
Edwin Piłat

What I do

  1. 01

    Production process

    Streamlining the workflow from planning to release — no bottlenecks, no firefighting.

  2. 02

    Scrum and Agile in practice

    Reality is never textbook — so I adapt the process to the team and the project, not the other way around.

  3. 03

    Roadmap and portfolio

    Planning multiple projects and programmes, with a coherent release schedule for collaborating teams.

  4. 04

    Building and growing teams

    Recruitment, onboarding, regular 1:1s and individual development plans — so the team grows with the projects.

Work

Scaling production

Together with my team, we planned and delivered changes to our in-house game engine. One shared platform and a well-organised release process grew the number of releases from 11 to over 50 a year.

Planning and release management

I plan sprints and the release schedule for several collaborating teams — from scope and risks to production deployments. Games reach players regularly, including in markets with different legal and technical requirements.

Priorities, risk and stakeholders

I translate business expectations into a realistic plan for the team. When time or people are short, I negotiate scope and priorities, and when a deadline is at risk, I prepare a fallback plan so key releases still happen.

Growing the team

A team that stays for years. With low turnover, it grew from 6 to 11 developers. Regular 1:1s, individual development goals and clear expectations help people grow — and keep the team steady through tougher periods.

Experience

Oct 2021 — present

Game Development Team Lead

BF Games · remote

I lead a team of frontend developers building the in-house engine behind games played by millions of players a year. I'm responsible for organising the work, sprint planning and release management for collaborating teams, as well as turning business expectations into a realistic plan and developing people through regular 1:1s.

  • 100+releases since 2021
  • 6–11developers on the team
  • 8+markets worldwide
Responsibilities
  • Organising the team's work, prioritising tasks and keeping work flowing smoothly
  • Sprint planning and running Scrum ceremonies
  • Planning and delivering production deployments (CI/CD) every sprint
  • Coordinating the release schedule with design, art and QA teams
  • Managing project risks and escalations
  • Onboarding external partners into the production and release process
  • Recruitment, onboarding and development plans
  • Organising an internal Game Jam for teams across the company
  • Documentation and backlog in Jira and Confluence, aligned with stakeholder requirements
Team managementRelease managementSprint planningStakeholder managementRisk managementRoadmappingScrumAgileCI/CDJiraConfluence

Apr 2019 — Sep 2021

Game Designer

Optimo Development · for BF Games

Coordinating game production, assembling games in the engine and organising collaboration within the design team.

Details

From Junior Game Designer to Game Designer.

  • Ensuring the visual consistency of games
  • Setting animations, graphics and sounds into the web game engine
  • Working on a dedicated game engine built with PixiJS
  • Code review — reviewing Pull Requests across the team
  • Cooperating with and supporting game developers
PixiJSSpineJiraBitbucketGit
Earlier: business and student organizations 2014 — 2018
  • PhilipsProcurement Intern2017 — 2018
  • FujitsuIntern in Human Resources2016 — 2017
  • BSHIntern in Supply Chain Management2016
  • AIESECOC President, OC Member2014 — 2015
  • Dni KarieryOC Vice President of External Relations2014 — 2015
Edwin Piłat

About me

Video games have been my passion since childhood — and my job since 2019. I started as a game designer; today I lead a team of frontend developers, and together we release dozens of games every year. Beyond day-to-day production, I enjoy initiatives that bring people together — including organising an internal Game Jam at the company.

Before joining the games industry, I earned a Master's in Business Management at the University of Łódź and took part in Erasmus+ student exchanges. During my studies, I completed three internships at international corporations and was active in student organisations. It makes it easier for me today to talk to both developers and the business.

After work, I go back to games — preferably RPGs with a good story. I run (in 2026 I finished my first half marathon), and I spend my holidays where there are waves to surf.

  • LocationTricity (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia), Poland · remote work
  • LanguagesPolish, English, Spanish

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