Senior Engineering Manager

Posted Jul 24

Senior Engineering Manager - Open World RPG

Demiurge Studios is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Engineering Manager to help lead our team to success. You will be organizing engineering efforts to develop an exciting new open world RPG for PC and console. You'll work with other discipline leads to scope and plan work. You'll meet with engineers regularly, provide them the feedback they need to improve, and make sure that they have the opportunities they need to grow their skills. You will be a key part of our hiring team, helping us to hire amazing software engineers to make Demiurge a more effective and diverse company. The ideal candidate has filled similar roles before, and has discovered that helping others to succeed is as rewarding as individual achievements.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with design and art leads to estimate and scope game features
  • Manage engineers on your team, including task assignments and follow up
  • Support and nurture engineers through regular one-on-one meetings and career management
  • Facilitate communication between engineering and production teams through agile development processes
  • Create and maintain technical design documents and programming task schedules
  • Advocate for improving code robustness and maintainability
  • Screen, interview, and hire engineering candidates
  • Help to onboard new hires and integrate them into Demiurge culture
  • Establish and implement best practices that enable us to ship best-in-class games
  • Represents Demiurge to external partners in an ongoing way as a key contact

Required Qualifications:

  • 10+ years professional software development experience
  • 3+ years experience in an engineering management role
  • Professional software development experience in C++Experience developing software with the Unreal Game Engine
  • Experience developing with Unreal Motion Graphics (UMG) and Blueprint
  • Experience developing games for the PC platform
  • Strong programming and software architecture skills
  • Experience developing software using agile methodologies
  • Experience leading teams of engineers
  • Experience hiring and mentoring engineers
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
  • BS or higher in Computer Science or similar discipline (Physics, Math, EE, etc.), or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Console development experience
  • Experience working with external engineering contractors
  • Experience developing games with proprietary game engines
  • Experience setting up automated build systems and unit test frameworks
  • Experience optimizing software to meet performance goals
  • Experience developing tools for content creation

About Us:

Headquartered in Boston, MA at Demiurge you will find a studio with an amazing, collaborative culture and a deep respect for art in all our games. With over 20 years of game development expertise and teams all over North America our commitment to sane and sustainable development is well known in the game community. We also provide co-development services to larger, best-in-industry game companies. In this capacity, Demiurge has worked with some of the industry’s biggest hitters on exciting projects including Marvel Puzzle Quest, Teamfight Tactics, and Hearthstone Battlegrounds to name a few. This is an exciting time to join Demiurge as we are developing our own independent titles as well. With tons of challenges and opportunities ahead we are always looking for great talent! If you are looking for an exciting, creative, and collaborative studio come join us on Demiurge's next journey!

DEI Statement:

At Demiurge, we celebrate our differences and know that diverse perspectives empower us to build a stronger company and better games.

We work hard to create an equitable, safe and accessible work environment where all Demiurgers are empowered to be themselves and do their best work regardless of race, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or physical or mental ability.

We thrive on self-reflection, healthy debate, and mindful listening. We respect each other's opinions and seek new ideas.

We denounce hate, discrimination and racism in all forms.

What Demiurge Offers:

• 401K Partial Match

• Flexible work environment

• Generous PTO program including vacation days, sick days, and holidays. Earn-as-you-go plan that rolls over year to year, offering flexibility as well as the last week of December the studio closes to recharge

• A variety of medical benefits with PPO options that start on your first day of employment

• Vision and Dental benefits

• Health Savings Account (HSA) - Available if you select a High Deductible Healthcare plan

• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (HC & DC FSA)

• Commuter Reimbursement Program (Commuter FSA)

• Tuition reimbursement promoting lifelong learning

• Referral bonuses

• Bonus plan

• So. Many. Games. - Access to our huge game library!

As well as a State of the Art Boston Studio with in Office Perks:

• Free snacks and drinks!

• Demi-Lunch Tuesday - Lunch is on us!

• Game Night Food

• Ping Pong!

• Step Mania! Get your dance on!

Demiurge Studios is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, or Veteran status. Demiurge Studios also makes workplace accommodations for individuals with disabilities or special needs.

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