Job Description

Responsibilities

We are looking for a strong Software Engineering Manager with strong leadership and software development experiences who can effectively manage our team of game developers. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will interact heavily with our internal teams to ensure projects are completed in a timely manner.

The incumbent will:

• Manage and prioritize the workload of your engineers
• Actively promote the on-time completion of projects
• Work closely with product management to determine feasibility of product features and provide alternatives when necessary
• Keep interest and excitement levels high, inside and outside of the department
• Set measurable objectives for the team and individual reports and guide to achieve them
• Constantly look for better processes for projecting and improving project profitability
• Encourage innovation of process and creative development methodologies by all
• Actively lead or participate in resolving key issues that impact the performance of the team
• Contribute to sales activities, customer development, proposal development, and closing sales
• Present creative solutions to internal teams when possible
• Design and implement critical components of the product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related discipline or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in client-side design and software development experience
• 3+ years of experience in HTML5, ActionScript, and/or Java programming
• Knowledge of the implications of developing for high-availability clustered environments
• Working knowledge of Linux
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Working knowledge or broad experience with SVN, Mercurial, Jira, bitbucket and Confluence
• Excellent communication skills - able to communicate effectively with technical / non-technical personnel
• Able to pass a Security Background Investigation

Preferred:

• 3+ years of supervisory/management experience
• Experience with open source technologies
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams (i.e. US and China)
• SQL knowledge. Bonus points for MySql, CouchBase, Mongo and/or experience
• Online game development experience

Keys to Success

• Building collaborative relationships
• Decision making
• Drive results
• Foster innovation
• Personal energy
• Self-leadership

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