Engineering Manager - Games

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. They are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead all engineering efforts within Yahoo Games, overseeing a team of full-stack platform engineers and game developers while ensuring strong technical alignment and high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage all Yahoo Games engineers, including full-stack platform engineers and game developers
• Organize engineering teams and workflows to support parallel development of games and platform initiatives
• Act as a player-coach—providing technical guidance, reviewing critical work, and contributing hands-on code when required
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for third-party game providers and internal partner teams
• Partner with Product Management, Game Design, Production, and QA to scope, plan, and deliver games and platform features
• Own engineering execution, delivery quality, and technical outcomes for Yahoo Games
• Establish and evolve best-in-class engineering practices, standards, and processes
• Ensure strong collaboration between platform and game engineering workstreams
• Provide continuous, clear feedback to engineers; set expectations and support growth
• Hire, onboard, and develop engineering talent as the team scales
• Identify and proactively resolve technical, delivery, and resourcing risks
• Communicate technical concepts and tradeoffs clearly to cross-functional stakeholders
• Champion performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability across the Yahoo Games platform

Requirements:

• 8+ years of professional engineering experience, with multiple years managing engineering teams
• Experience leading mixed teams of engineers with varied skill sets and seniority
• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining web applications using TypeScript
• Experience with modern front-end and back-end frameworks (e.g., React, Node.js)
• Experience architecting systems that support third-party integrations and external partners
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development and close collaboration with Product and Design
• Experience with modern CI/CD pipelines, testing practices, and release management
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Postgres) and message queues (e.g., SQS)
• Proven ability to balance people leadership, technical depth, and execution
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
• Curiosity, bias for action, and a customer-first mindset
• Experience working on games or interactive consumer products
• Familiarity with browser-based game development and performance considerations
• Experience supporting both first-party development and third-party integrations
• Experience scaling engineering organizations within growing product teams