Manager, Engineering

Responsibilities

• Empower and Mentor:
  Lead a team of engineers through consistent 1:1s, career mapping, and performance coaching to build a high‑trust, high‑output culture.
• Development Process Optimization:
  Own and refine the technical development process. Help the engineering staff optimize their daily output by establishing clear standards and workflows that reduce "toil" and cognitive load.
• Modern Engineering Practices:
  Champion high‑quality habits—including TDD, AI‑augmented development, and documentation‑as‑code—to ensure the team builds right the first time.
• Technical Quality & Mentorship:
  Cultivate a culture of rigorous, constructive feedback through code reviews and design discussions, ensuring these are vehicles for mentorship rather than just rubber‑stamping.
• Drive Engineering Initiatives:
  Lead internal‑first projects like tech debt reduction, architectural refactors, and API standardization that keep the codebase healthy and scalable.
• Low‑Level Technical Oversight:
  Stay "close to the metal" by participating in architecture reviews and coaching engineers to ensure the team maintains high standards of performance and code quality.

• Leadership
  
  Experience:
  
  3+ years managing engineering teams, with a track record of fostering psychological safety and technical growth.
• Technical Credibility: A deep background in software development that allows you to provide meaningful, "low‑level" feedback on architecture and implementation.
• The "Paved Road" Mindset:
  Proven ability to implement technical standards and development workflows that increase team velocity without adding bureaucratic "red tape."
• Customer‑Facing Polish:
  Experience collaborating with external stakeholders or TAMs to translate complex technical blockers into prioritized engineering solutions.
• Strategic Prioritization:
  The ability to balance the "feature" demands of the business with the "engineering‑first" needs of a healthy, modern codebase.

• Gaming Domain Interest: A passion for player‑centric technology, ideally complemented by experience building online services or backend platforms for game development.
• Architecture & Scale:
  Hands‑on experience with low‑latency systems and massive‑scale backend online services infrastructure.

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