Engineering Manager
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Engineering Manager leading gameplay and backend engineers at Gardens. Managing team dynamics and overseeing game stability for a dynamic multiplayer online game.
Responsibilities:
- Own the people management of the engineering team through regular one-on-ones, design reviews, and feedback sessions.
- Partner daily with creative leadership, production, art, and design to ensure engineering execution is aligned with milestone goals and upcoming roadmap milestones.
- Own workload balancing and sustainable production practices for the engineering team.
- Ensure Directors’ feedback is heard and actioned upon, and that iteration and progress trends toward established success criteria.
- Represent and advocate for the engineering team in cross-disciplinary discussions, clearly communicating resource constraints, tradeoffs, and intent.
- Hold the team accountable to defined standards of excellence, including problem-solving quality, velocity, and delivery against agreed timelines.
- Directly manage gameplay and backend engineers, including performance management, feedback, and career development.
- Partner with the Tech Director, CCO, and creative leads to support game stability and execution against the overall vision.
- Establish and maintain clear team goals, execution processes, and operational best practices for engineering.
- Be accountable for the delivery of engineering commitments in collaboration with production.
- Support the technical pipeline by ensuring dependencies, risks, and resourcing needs are surfaced and addressed.
- Participate in hiring by assessing team fit, growth needs, and onboarding readiness.
- Foster a healthy, inclusive, and collaborative team culture aligned with Gardens’ values.
- Lead the team through ambiguity, ensuring progress on high-impact, complex initiatives.
Requirements:
- Proven experience managing and mentoring a team of game development engineers.
- Deep understanding of Unreal Engine, stability needs in a live action game, pipelines, and development processes.
- Expertise in at least one engineering discipline (game play, back end)
- Shipped games successfully (ideally on PC or console)
Benefits:
- Competitive Salaries and Pay Transparency
- Stock Options
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage (100% for Individuals and 90% for Dependents)
- Life Insurance, Short Term & Long Term Disability, and numerous other benefits
- 401k contributions (USA) / RRSP plan + DPSP contributions (Canada)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Biannual Company Retreats
- Continued Education Allowance
- A fully-distributed studio across North American Timezones (US & Canada)
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