Weekend
Technology
EngineeringManager,AIGameEngine
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“Engineering Manager, AI Game Engine at Weekend. Skills: AI Game Engine, Voice AI, LLM integration. Lead and grow engineering team. Evangelize AI tools”
What You'll Achieve.
Ship new features rapidly; Support current players; Support future players
Industry & Context.
On-site attendance 3x/week
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
2+ years managing engineering teams, 5+ years software engineering experience, Experience building scalable services
Nice to Have
Experience with gaming, Personal interest with AI, Prior work on cross-platform products
What You'll Do.
Lead and grow engineering team
Partner with Product teams
Build and scale systems
Enable player experiences
Collaborate with platform teams
Align delivery schedules
Streamline release processes
Foster culture of ownership
Foster continuous learning
Foster product thinking
Ensure technical excellence
Promote best practices
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross functional partners; Game teams; Platform teams; Product teams; Data teams
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
ABOUT US Weekend https://www.weekend.com/ is the leading developer of voice AI games for smart TVs. Our games attract millions of users every month, with family favorites like Jeopardy!, Song Quiz, CoComelon: Sing and Play with JJ, and Wheel of Fortune. We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We’re building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of “AI-powered games.” Weekend was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2024. The founders went through Y Combinator in 2018 and landed a spot on the 2022 YC Top Companies List. We’re a quickly-growing team headquartered in Union Square, San Francisco. ROLE SUMMARY We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our AI Game Engine team. You will lead a high performing team of software and ML engineers building the systems and services needed to deliver best-in-class voice-first AI-native gaming experiences to our players on connected TVs and other gaming surfaces. This is a new team responsible for building and evolving our core voice and model integrations along with other services needed to deliver our game development and runtime platform. This includes speech-to-text and text-to-speech pipelines, LLM game integration, model evaluation and fine tuning, image generation pipelines, and content/prompt management. You will work closely with our Game and Platform teams as well as cross functional partners in Product and Data to drive our AI and game engine strategy. You will identify impactful opportunities, rapidly ship new features, and your products to support current and future players. We’re actively expanding our game titles and platforms and this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in creating innovative, fun applications in voice-activated gaming across connected devices. This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement, and we are specifically se
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