Senior Software Engineer, Web & AI Game Platform

Wolf Games • Los Angeles, CA

6d

About The Position

About Wolf Games Wolf Games is building the platform for generative entertainment universes — living, ever-expanding worlds where creators, players, and AI collaborate in real time. Our first universe, Public Eye, turns everyone into a detective. Across a suite of crime-solving games, players collect evidence, crack cases, and rise through the ranks of a connected detective program. We're creating a future where game development and player experience are tightly connected through intelligent systems that learn, adapt, and surprise. About the role We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to be a technical leader and force multiplier across our engineering team. This is a role for someone who can take promising prototypes into production, architect the shared systems that power our growing game portfolio, and elevate the engineers around them through mentorship and technical leadership. You will own both the technical vision and execution for our production game systems. You'll make architectural decisions that shape how we build games for years to come, while staying hands-on with the code that ships to players. You'll define the patterns, processes, and standards that let our team move fast and build well — from how we structure our codebase to how we break down and prioritize work. This is a role with real influence. You'll shape our technology choices, guide our engineering culture, and help build the team itself. You'll balance the immediate demands of shipping games with the longer-term investment in systems and people that compound over time. You will report to the Director of Engineering and work closely with engineering, design, and creative leadership to:

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with a meaningful portion spent building and shipping web-based games or interactive experiences.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript(Node.js) and hands-on experience with modern web game frameworks (Pixi.js, Phaser, Three.js ).
• Strong backend fundamentals, including API design, database modeling, and scalable distributed systems.
• Experience building and operating reliable services with attention to performance, security, and maintainability.
• A track record of technical leadership — you've influenced architecture, mentored engineers, and driven process improvements on a team.
• Experience designing systems that scale across multiple products, with mature judgment about abstraction, technical debt, and when to invest in infrastructure.
• Fluency with AI-assisted development workflows and genuine excitement about how these tools are transforming software development.
• Strong project management instincts — you can break down large initiatives into well-structured tickets, anticipate risks, and keep work on track.
• Experience integrating with platform APIs, analytics services, ad networks, or other third-party systems in production environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and build alignment across teams.
• An ownership mindset paired with collaborative instincts — you take responsibility for outcomes while bringing others along.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, making pragmatic tradeoffs, and adapting as priorities shift in a fast-moving startup environment.

Nice To Haves

• Background in real-time multiplayer, live ops, or games-as-a-service models.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Experience building internal tools, content pipelines, or developer experience improvements.
• Prior work at an early-stage startup or small game studio where you wore many hats.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical evolution of our game platform, making architectural decisions that balance immediate delivery with long-term scalability and maintainability.
• Take validated prototypes from concept stage to production, defining the technical approach and guiding implementation across the team.
• Design and build shared game infrastructure — progression systems, content pipelines, analytics integration, platform APIs — that accelerates development across all titles.
• Own and refine our engineering processes, including ticket structure, sprint planning, and technical documentation standards that keep the team aligned and efficient.
• Mentor and develop other engineers through code review, pairing, architectural guidance, and career development conversations.
• Evaluate and champion new technologies, frameworks, and AI-assisted development practices that improve our velocity and output quality.
• Collaborate with product and creative leadership to translate high-level goals into well-scoped technical plans, breaking ambiguous problems into clear, actionable work.
• Drive technical decision-making through clear communication, documentation, and consensus-building across the organization.
• Contribute to hiring and team growth, helping identify, evaluate, and onboard engineering talent as we scale.

Benefits

• We are a small, creative, and collaborative team that values curiosity, craftsmanship, and experimentation.
• We believe small wins lead to big wins — and that senior engineers who combine technical excellence with leadership and mentorship are the foundation of great teams.
• If you're ready to shape both the technology and the culture of a new kind of game studio, we'd love to hear from you.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed