Manager, Engineering Austin, Texas

Overview

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company publishing titles developed by major studios. Our studios include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K Sports Lab. Our portfolio spans sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team comprises engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers who steward 2K’s portfolio. We aim to grow through a global strategic plan, building and acquiring studios whose content inspires us all.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment. We invite all applicants to explore global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you’re interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, please apply.

• 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 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 to 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.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.