Were on the hunt for a hands-on, impact-driven Engineering Manager to lead the technical future of Outplayed - our companys flagship Windows app for capturing, editing, and sharing epic gaming moments.
As our Outplayed Engineering Captain, youll steer all technical efforts across the Windows client, backend services, and TypeScript/React frontend. Youll serve as the GMs closest technical partner, guiding a multidisciplinary squad while staying deep in the code, architecture, and delivery.
So if you love building high-scale consumer products, thrive on blending leadership with technical ownership, and are ready to help shape the worlds top gameplay-capture experience - your next quest starts right here.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
Shape the engineering vision and roadmap as part of Outplayeds leadership team.
Lead, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary team spanning client, backend, frontend, and QA.
Design, build, and maintain Outplayeds end-to-end infrastructure and client application using solid OOP and software design principles.
Drive reliable, high-quality delivery across features, releases, and technical initiatives.
Own performance, stability, and reliability, setting clear testing and release processes.
Investigate, resolve, and prevent production issues while continuously improving system health.
Establish and uphold engineering best practices - code reviews, testing, monitoring, and documentation.
Champion a culture of ownership, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.
Requirements: BSc in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years of experience as a team lead or engineering manager.
6+ years of hands-on software development experience.
Strong understanding of software design, OOP, and modular architectures.
Experience building Windows client applications and modules.
Proficiency with TypeScript/JavaScript.
Proficiency with C++ or C# or Java.
Experience working with AWS.
Passion for clean architecture, performance, and long-term maintainability.
Bonus Points:
A gamer at heart (PC or console).
Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React/Angular/Vue) or Electron-like desktop frameworks.
Can rally a team, tame a codebase, and defeat an insectoid mini-boss - all before lunch.
This position is open to all candidates.