Pixelberry Studios is looking for a talented Engineering Manager to lead development on its mobile game Choices: Stories You Play in Mountain View, CA.
December 6, 2017
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Location: Mountain View, California
We are looking for a talented Engineering Manager to lead development at Pixelberry for our hit mobile game “Choices: Stories You Play.” You'll work with the best interactive fiction game team in the industry, with the many on the team working together for over 10 years.
You would be responsible for the development team delivering performant, well built, stable features to players across the world. You would lead projects by architecting features, managing their development and testing, and getting them shipped. Projects will span the whole stack - from front end client work in C++ to back end services built in Java on AWS. In addition to the technology, you would manage developers and handle hiring to grow your team, while maintaining best practices of unit testing, CI, code reviews, etc.; A portion of your time will be reserved for development - we believe this is a good way to know what's happening on the ground.
You would be working with a highly seasoned team, one that believes in delivering category leading product that touches millions. We’ve leveraged the success of our game to teach millions of teens about serious topics, like cyberbullying. We believe that innovative game design, commercial success, and making a difference all go hand in hand.
We are based in Mountain View, CA. This position is an on-site, full-time position.
Responsibilities:
Lead a small, tight development team in software development
Contribute throughout the whole lifecycle of shipping fun, innovative features played by millions
Oversee technical design for native client and cloud services
Architect scaleable services in AWS
Code native applications for iOS and Android
Research new technologies and create roadmaps for future capabilities
Work closely with founding team in planning for the future
REQUIREMENTS
7 years+ of software engineering experience
2 years+ of experience in the games industry
2 years+ of management experience
A passion to work on games
Firm grasp of modern best practices for software development, including agile methodologies, unit testing, etc.;
Expert level understanding of Java and C++
BENEFITS
The Basics:
Competitive salary
Strong health insurance
Love what you do
This Job is Different:
Feel good about what you do. Our game has literally saved lives
Learn about the business side of mobile games. Our team is 3 for 3 in launching games into the Top 25 Grossing on iOS
Good work/life balance. All three founders have families with young children and take a long term view on company growth
Enjoy good company. We’re a small, tight team that enjoys each other’s company. Two couples actually met via the studio and got married
Interested? Apply now.
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