Remote Senior Engineering Manager

Summary

The New York Times is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager, Games to lead a team in developing multiplayer mobile-based games. The role requires experience managing native mobile engineering teams, building high traffic social games or mobile apps with social features, and 5+ years of experience building complex iOS or Android apps. The position offers an annual base pay range between $176,000 - $193,000 USD.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience managing native mobile engineering teams
• 3+ years experience building high traffic social games or mobile apps with social features (ex: friend graph, leaderboards, matchmaking, or chat)
• 5+ years of experience building complex iOS or Android apps
• Exposure working​ing​ with distributed systems to handle large-scale challenges
• Demonstrated enthusiasm in collaborating with product and design
• Experience using open-ended questions as tools to coach your engineers and advocacy for continuous improvement and learning

Responsibilities

• Bring technical expertise with building high traffic multiplayer games especially in mobile space
• Manage around 5-8 engineers ranging in career level and skillset across iOS, Android, and Backend
• Foster an environment that boosts productivity and collaboration
• Guide outcomes and set technical strategy involving multiple teams
• Develop people and teams through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
• Work with product owners, designers, producers to deliver compelling puzzles and games
• Help establish and advocate for engineering best practices

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building distributed backend systems, especially for multiplayer games

Benefits

Annual base pay range between $176,000 - $193,000 USD