Senior Director, Engineering
About The Position
Second Dinner is an award-winning independent game development studio. For our debut game, MARVEL SNAP, we've partnered with Marvel. 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. 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.
Requirements
- Proven experience shipping and operating a live-service game
- Track record of technical management of external development partners or vendors
- Add value at every level: IC engineers, external partners, production, and leadership
- Experience leading an engineering team through the ups and downs of long-term live services games
- Strong familiarity with Unity, AWS, Git, and .NET
- Comfortable both setting strategic direction and rolling up your sleeves
Nice To Haves
- Experience designing and scaling a hub-and-spoke or xDev-heavy engineering model
- Experience operating a global backend at scale
- Background in live-service game telemetry, A/B testing, or rapid iteration frameworks
Responsibilities
- Ensure the best outcomes from our 20-person engineering group and 6-person QA team
- Act as technical visionholder for MARVEL SNAP, as we transition to long-term solutions
- Own the delivery pipeline from planning to production, remove friction and deliver quality features to players in a timely fashion
- Champion pragmatic engineering decisions: know when to build fast and when to build right
- In conjunction with Production, ensure quality output from xDev partners, evaluation, onboarding, integration, and accountability
- Define quality and deployment standards that scale across internal and xDev teams, then empower others to uphold them
- Be the kind of leader people want to work for, hold meaningful 1:1s, track growth, and build actionable career plans
- Iterate on hiring, pinch hit when the team needs you, and stay close to the code
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans with Second Dinner paying 100% of premiums for employees and 75% for dependents for many plans
- 401(k) contribution with no waiting period
- 16 weeks paid parental leave with no waiting period
- Home office improvement bonus
- Paid Vacation & Sick time
- Up to 10 BetterHelp sessions covered each benefits plan year
- Remote-first with core overlap hours between 10AM and 4PM PT
- Company Summer Holiday shutdown (week of July 4)
- Company Winter Holiday shutdown (Dec 25-Jan 1)
- Company Events - In-person all-hands gathering, and virtual events throughout the year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
