Second Dinner
Engineering
SeniorDirector,Engineering
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“Senior Director, Engineering at Second Dinner. Skills: Live-service game, Technical management, Engineering leadership. Ensure best outcomes engineering group. Ensure best outcomes QA team”
What You'll Achieve.
Enable tomorrow's innovation
Industry & Context.
Tackle technical challenges
Legally authorized work US, Reside in United States
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proven experience shipping live-service game, Track record technical management external partners, Experience leading engineering team long-term live services games, Familiarity with Unity, Familiarity with AWS, Familiarity with Git, Familiarity with .NET
Nice to Have
Experience designing scaling hub-and-spoke model, Experience operating global backend scale, Background live-service game telemetry, Background A testing, Background rapid iteration frameworks
What You'll Do.
Ensure best outcomes engineering group
Ensure best outcomes QA team
Act technical visionholder
Own delivery pipeline
Deliver quality features
Champion pragmatic engineering decisions
Ensure quality output xDev partners
Evaluate xDev partners
Onboard xDev partners
Integrate xDev partners
Hold accountability xDev partners
Define quality standards
Define deployment standards
Empower others uphold standards
Build actionable career plans
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
External development partners; Vendors; Production; Leadership
Process & Methodology
Delivery pipeline
Full Job Description
Who We Are Second Dinner is an award-winning independent game development studio. Just how many awards, you ask? A whopping 22 in total so far… Including Mobile Game of the Year from both The Game Awards https://www.marvel.com/articles/games/marvel-snap-mobile-game-of-the-year-2022 and DICE https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/80935/marvel-snap-wins-mobile-game-of-the-year-at-the-dice-awards/, Best Strategy Game from IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/best-strategy-game-2022, and the prestigious Apple Design Award for Innovation https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/marvel-snap-and-resident-evil-village-among-apple-design-award-winners. Yes, that's a lot of awards! But these accolades don't magically materialize; they're a testament to the amazing folks who make up our studio. You could be the next addition to our award-winning team! Continue reading to find out more. For our debut game, MARVEL SNAP, we've partnered with Marvel (Trust us, we had to pinch ourselves too!). We've got other SUPER FUN (but still secret) projects in the works and this role is a chance to be a part of something new, and special at the company. As a remote-first company, we value diversity and encourage applications from everyone who can bring something unique to the table. Our Engineering team: At Second Dinner, we believe that great people in a great work environment will lead us to great games and player experiences. In engineering, we empower our team to build and innovate with best in class tools in ways they haven't been used before. Our goal is to simplify the game development process and redefine what is possible in game development. Your Role As a Senior Director of Engineering, you will report to the GM of MARVEL SNAP and your primary responsibility will be to tackle the technical challenges facing the game team. You’ll oversee a large team of talented MARVEL SNAP engineers to develop and improve tools and systems. Your work will empower the entire team to provide our players with deli
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