Senior Game Services Engineering Lead

teamLFG is focused on creating games that connect players into invested communities, and they are seeking a Senior Game Services Engineering Lead to design and build core services for their games. This role involves leading a team of engineers and collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to implement features and ensure production quality.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain production-quality backend game services
• Directly manage and lead several engineers, providing support, technical mentorship, constructive feedback, and career development coaching
• Collaborate daily with a cross-disciplinary team to design and build the services-driven features for the game (including sessions, matchmaking, and progression)
• Effectively write clear, concise, and accurate technical documentation and email communication, with the ability to summarize complex topics and achieve alignment across multiple teams
• Calmly deal with production incidents, participating in an on-call rotation after launch

Requirements:

• Production experience designing and building backend game services
• Ability to communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals
• Experience leading (direct management, mentoring, or guiding) engineers
• Ability to diagnose complex system failures using logging and metrics
• Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in Rust
• Embrace a 'we' culture in addition to being an outstanding collaborator and communicator
• Experience with 'games as a service' online game development
• Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in C++
• Working knowledge of Docker, Git, and Linux (including shell scripting and system configuration)