Senior Director, Engineering

Who We Are

Second Dinner is an award-winning independent game development studio. We have received 22 awards so far, including Mobile Game of the Year from The Game Awards and DICE, Best Strategy Game from IGN, and the prestigious Apple Design Award for Innovation. Our success is a result of the talented individuals who make up our team. Join us to be part of something special!

About the role

As a Senior Director of Engineering, you will report to the GM of MARVEL SNAP and be responsible for tackling the technical challenges facing the game team. You will oversee a large team of talented MARVEL SNAP engineers to develop and improve tools and systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the best outcomes from our 20-person engineering group and 6-person QA team
• Act as technical visionholder for MARVEL SNAP, as we transition to long-term solutions
• Own the delivery pipeline from planning to production, remove friction and deliver quality features to players in a timely manner
• Champion pragmatic engineering decisions: know when to build fast and when to build right
• In conjunction with Production, ensure quality output from xDev partners, evaluation, onboarding, integration, and accountability
• Define quality and deployment standards that scale across internal and xDev teams, then empower others to uphold them
• Iterate on hiring, pinch hit when the team needs you, and stay close to the code

Requirements

• Proven experience shipping and operating a live-service game
• Track record of technical management of external development partners or vendors
• Add value at every level: IC engineers, external partners, production, and leadership
• Strong familiarity with Unity, AWS, Git, and .NET
• Comfortable both setting strategic direction and rolling up your sleeves

Qualifications

• Experience leading an engineering team through the ups and downs of long-term live services games
• Background in live-service game telemetry, A/B testing, or rapid iteration frameworks

Skills

• Technical vision and leadership
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving
• Team management and collaboration
• Project management and delivery

Benefits

• Total compensation includes a new hire offer base salary range of $270,000-300,000 USD + equity + comprehensive benefits + potential for discretionary performance bonuses
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, 401(k) contribution with no waiting period, 16 weeks paid parental leave with no waiting period, home office improvement bonus, paid vacation & sick time, up to 10 BetterHelp sessions covered each benefits plan year, remote-first with core overlap hours between 10AM and 4PM PT, company summer and winter holiday shutdowns, and company events

Pay

The total compensation for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $270,000-300,000 USD + equity + comprehensive benefits + potential for discretionary performance bonuses.

Schedule

We are remote-first with core overlap hours between 10AM and 4PM PT.