Hypixel Studios is hiring a
Platform Engineering Manager

Summary

Join us on our mission to bring players together in an inviting, immersive world where they can make their mark. As a Platform Engineering Manager, you will support your team through a combination of coaching, direction-setting, career management and some hands-on engineering.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional programming experience in systems languages (Golang, C++, Java, Rust)
• 6+ years working on scaled backend services and infrastructure
• 2+ years as a manager or in a similar leadership role
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, observability, software development lifecycle and cloud infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 3-6 engineers through a combination of coaching, mentoring,  direction-setting, and hands-on engineering
• Performance management including writing and delivering reviews
• Work closely with Product Owners and Project Managers to prioritize, break down, and select  work for your team 
• Work closely with gameplay and systems engineers and transform their feature requests into well specified deliverables
• Architect, plan and review implementations of web services and tooling written in Golang and Python
• Create detailed and highly-accessible documentation for both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual Performance Bonus (APB)
• Quality of Life increases
• Christmas closure
• A chance to work on a new game project with an extremely motivated team
• Opportunities to learn and grow personally and professionally
• A stable and secure work environment
• The ability to work remotely