Engineering Manager

Ghost Story Games is seeking an Engineering Manager for Judas, a narrative-driven video game. The role leads the finalization and polish of gameplay and narrative systems, owns major subsystems, and guides engineering teams toward shipping-ready quality while coordinating with other studio disciplines.

Responsibilities:

• We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the finalization and polish of our dynamic gameplay and narrative systems
• In this critical leadership role, you will oversee engineering teams, own major subsystems, take charge of the strategic planning, execution, and optimization required to bring these systems to a "shipping-ready" state
• Beyond technical oversight, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining technical roadmaps, managing and mentoring engineering personnel, and serving as a key liaison to foster seamless collaboration with other studio disciplines
• You will own hardening our systems to shipping quality
• You will be a leader. This is not primarily an IC role. Instead, the key skillset is the ability to manage engineers to hit a quality and stability bar to help bring Judas to completion
• You will ensure quality and stability of multiple important game systems– including all aspects of development, maintenance, advocacy and documentation. This includes mentoring internal and external engineers on how to best harden and polish Judas’ various systems
• You will review and approve milestones for our external console port team and internal/external performance/optimization efforts
• Work with design, art, etc. to make sure the systems and tools are supporting development needs

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate brings a proven track record of driving AAA games through to launch, pairing strong technical acumen with the meticulous care and leadership necessary to ship a robust and sustainable game
• Extensive Unreal Engine 4 experience
• Experience with closing down heavily dynamic and/or procedural systems
• Experience with streaming, serialization, and procedural content systems
• Experience managing internal and external teams
• Strong knowledge of C++
• Ability to quickly understand existing code and enhance/extend an existing architecture
• Experience shipping AAA action and/or FPS games
• C#/python/Blueprint experience