Lead Software Engineer

WHAT YOU’LL TAKE ON:

As an Engineering Lead on this team, you will be responsible for establishing the team and leading the delivery of all software associated with a new titles. Working alongside other team leads, you are a clear communicator, and a standout colleague. You have high standards and solid criteria for interviewing and hiring your engineering team, an evidence-based evaluation process for helping them make the best decisions, and a long term strategic view towards both shipping a high quality game and growing the careers of your team members. Your technical skills will allow you to guide your team toward making deep contributions to critical technologies that make our products outstanding. They expect our leaders to hold the team to high standards by participating in and demonstrating good practices for code reviews, system design, documentation, and testing. While you may, from time to time, write software for your project, this is not your primary responsibility; leading your team to success is. Together, you will build amazing teams and products, and deliver software that drives to shipping a game that players will love!

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering management experience.

• High level of proficiency with C#, C++, or an equivalent OO Language.

• Has led an engineering team for, or developed software on, at least one shipping game on the Desktop, Xbox, or Playstation platforms.

• Possesses strong communication skills, is inspirational, empathetic, and has the ability to work closely and deftly with a team of peers.

• Experience with the Unity Game Engine or Unreal.

• Strong skills around CI, VCS, and a metrics-driven approach to performance optimization.

• Experience with developing for multiple simultaneous game consoles, such as the Xbox and Playstation platforms.

• A passion for space exploration, rocketry, satellites, and related entertainment media.

What They Offer You:

• Great Company Culture. Ranked as one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of the organization and are integral drivers of their continued success.
• Growth: As a global entertainment company, they pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
• Work Hard, Play Hard.  Employees bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles – through corporate boot camp classes, company parties, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges.
• Benefits. Medical (HSA & FSA), dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, commuter benefits, in-house wellness program, broad learning & development opportunities, a charitable giving platform with company match and more!
• Perks. Fitness allowance, employee discount programs, free games & events, stocked pantries and the ability to earn up to $500+ per year for taking care of yourself and more!