Second Dinner
Senior Director, Engineering
Second Dinner (US Remote) · Director
No sponsorship$270k-$300kDetected 48 days ago
GitAWSA/B TestingUnityLeadership
About the role
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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
- Be the kind of leader people want to work for, hold meaningful 1:1s, track growth, and build actionable career plans
- Track record of technical management of external development partners or vendors
- Add value at every level: IC engineers, external partners, production, and leadership
Requirements
- Proven experience shipping and operating a live-service game
- Experience leading an engineering team through the ups and downs of long-term live services games
- You must be legally authorized to work and reside in the United States.
Nice to have
- 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
- Nice to Have, But Not Necessary:
Skills
- Our goal is to simplify the game development process and redefine what is possible in game development.
Compensation
- The total compensation for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $ 270,000-300,000 USD + equity + comprehensive benefits + potential for discretionary performance bonuses.
Benefits
- Home office improvement bonus
Company info
- 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:
- 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- You must be legally authorized to work and reside in the United States.
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