Engineering Manager, AI Game Engine

About Us

Weekend is the leading developer of voice AI games for smart TVs. Our games attract millions of users every month, with family favorites like Jeopardy!, Song Quiz, CoComelon:
Sing and Play with JJ, and Wheel of Fortune. We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We’re building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of “AI-powered games.”

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our AI Game Engine team. You will lead a high performing team of software and ML engineers building the systems and services needed to deliver best-in-class voice-first AI‑native gaming experiences to our players on connected TVs and other gaming surfaces. This is a new team responsible for building and evolving our core voice and model integrations along with other services needed to deliver our game development and runtime platform.

• Lead and grow a high performing team of engineers, ensuring we build the right things at the right time to support our evolving gaming ecosystem.
• Partner closely with Product and Game teams to define the roadmap, set priorities, and deliver delightful and impactful features.
• Build and scale systems and services to enable fun, engaging, and unique player experiences leveraging STT/TTS, LLMs, and other core technologies.
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to identify upstream and downstream dependencies, align delivery schedules, and streamline release processes.
• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and product thinking within the team.
• Ensure the technical excellence of the team by providing feedback, promoting best practices, and helping remove roadblocks.

• 2+ years managing engineering teams, with a proven record of cultivating productivity and team satisfaction.
• Demonstrated ability to build and grow high performing engineering teams.
• 5+ years of hands‑on software engineering experience, ideally in fast‑paced consumer product environments.
• Experience successfully building and evolving AI integrations leveraging STT/TTS/LLM and similar models.
• Demonstrated cross‑functional collaboration, with strong communication skills and a bias toward action.
• Experience building and running scalable services and/or software platforms including monitoring, alerting, and incident response.

• Experience and personal interest with gaming, interactive media, and AI‑powered consumer applications.
• Prior work on cross‑platform products across mobile, smart TVs, or voice assistants.

• Type Script & Node.js
• React, React Native, Bright Script
• DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis
• Kubernetes, Amplitude, Snowflake, Tableau

Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Weekend, for yourself and all dependents. We match 401k! We offer a flexible, hybrid work‑from‑home and in‑office work model, unlimited paid time off (enforced 2‑week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.

Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non‑birthing parents.

We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.

The final offer amount may depend on experience, education, skills, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Weekend is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Weekend will ensure that persons are provided reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process. If any reasonable accommodation is needed, please reach out to your hiring contact.