Key skills
Distributed SystemsCommunication
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead and grow a team of backend and frontend engineers
- Own technical direction for Social Communicate
- Define architecture and long-term bets for player communication
- Empower, challenge, and coach team members
- Shape and drive the roadmap with stakeholders
- Partner with game teams and other departments to design relevant solutions
- Maintain clear and frequent communication regarding goals and tradeoffs
- Foster an inclusive, high-trust team culture
Requirements
- Experience as an engineering manager in the games industry
- Deep understanding of reliability, latency, safety, and user experience
- Experience building or operating consumer-facing products
- Experience with backend and distributed systems (real-time systems, messaging, event-driven architectures)
- Strong sense of ownership
- Ability to identify problems and drive clarity
- Comfortable in ambiguous and fast-changing environments
- People-centric approach to team building and growth
Tech Stack
- Distributed Systems
Benefits
- Health Plans
- Mental Health support
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
- Stock Option Program
- Disability Programs
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Family-forming benefits
- Life and Serious Injury Benefits
- Paid leave of absence programs
- 35 days annually for paid time off (for full-time hourly employees)
- Flexible time off (for full-time salaried employees)