Backend Engineering Manager

We're looking for a talented and passionate Engineering Manager to join Wildlife's Platform team.

As an Engineering Manager for the Platform team at Wildlife, you will play a crucial role in leading a team of talented engineers, ensuring the design and development of high-quality, scalable, and high-availability backend applications.

• People Management: Proven experience on guiding people's career, dealing with conflicts, and nurturing a healthy environment.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a squad of engineers in the creation and maintenance of game services. Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Project Management: Oversee the entire project lifecycle, from concept to delivery. Set clear goals, define priorities, and ensure projects are completed on time and within scope.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and game teams to align technology solutions with business objectives and user experience.
• Technical Expertise: Use your deep knowledge of backend application design, coding, and architecture to guide the team in delivering reliable, scalable, and high-availability solutions.
• Continuous Improvement: Encourage a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team. Stay updated on industry trends and technologies to drive innovation.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience in people management, with a strong track record of leading and developing engineering teams.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in building high-availability, scalable, and reliable systems.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a commitment to delivering quality software.

• Familiarity with mobile game development, specifically Unity and C#.
• Deep expertise in designing, coding, and maintaining backend applications, particularly using Go (Golang).
• Understanding of the gaming industry.
• Passion for mobile gaming

• You are passionate about software development and know how to ensure high quality;
• You are motivated by building back-end services and are aware of its different architectures;
• You are creative when solving problems and are continuously seeking improvements for processes and solutions;
• You can communicate clearly with your team and the company, particularly in written form;
• You have the autonomy to recognize the current and new priorities, evaluating the impact of their outcomes in the final result.

Wildlife is one of the leading mobile game developers and publishers in the world. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around the globe. Today, we have offices in Brazil, Argentina, Ireland, and the United States. Here, we create games that will excite, intrigue, and engage our players for years to come

Wildlife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We're committed to providing accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.