Senior Game Services Engineering Lead

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

Required Skills

• 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, C++, or C#
• Embrace a “we” culture in addition to being an outstanding collaborator and communicator

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with “games as a service” online game development
• Working knowledge of Docker, Git, and Linux (including shell scripting and system configuration)

Pay

The base pay range for this role may vary based on geographic location. Please refer to the provided information for the estimated base pay range for Seattle.