Director of Engineering (Bangalore, India)

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Are you prepared to catapult your career to new heights? Welcome to Skillz, the pioneering publicly-traded mobile esports platform that orchestrates billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for a global community of millions. Skillz is leading a revolution in the gaming realm by offering the ultimate competitive platform for mobile games. Through fostering social competition within games, Skillz empowers developers to craft multi-million dollar franchises while uniting players in a realm of equitable, enjoyable, and significant rivalry.

At Skillz, we ardently believe in the inherent uniqueness and potential within each individual. Our ethos is rooted in the exhilaration of achievement and the gratification of surmounting challenges. This fervor drives us to advocate for game developers and players alike, empowering them to unleash their full potential through the compelling force of competition.

Experience Life at Skillz

• Cultural Impact: Unite with a cohesive team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs, all united by an unwavering drive for victory. Skillz is a hub where we generate value and forge an impact in the world.
• Comprehensive Benefits: We deeply value our team members and provide an all-encompassing benefits package to safeguard your well-being. Enjoy 401K matching, equity incentives, extensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, pre-tax benefit options, and more.
• Balancing Work and Life: We prioritize the harmony between work and life. Partake in competitive paid time off (PTO) and company holidays, allowing you to rejuvenate and pursue your passions.
• Perks: Enrich your work experience with an array of perks. Enjoy weekly team lunches, snacks, Friday Happy Hours, commuter benefits, insurances, and numerous other offerings.

Why Choose Skillz?

• Trailblazers of Skill-Based Competition: Skillz isn't just another gaming company; we are the trailblazers of skill-based competition. Collaborate with us in reshaping how people engage with games and in constructing a realm of competition that caters to all.
• Impact Beyond Gaming: Skillz channels the potential of its platform to support nonprofit organizations such as the American Red Cross, Susan G. Komen, American Cancer Society, the NAACP, and more. By participating in Skillz tournaments, you can effect change and contribute to causes close to your heart.
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• Magnet for Talent: Join a congregation of adept professionals impassioned by their craft. Our team includes experts from Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Roblox, Samsung, EA, Riot, Tinder, Intel, Twitch, and more.

Embark on the Future of Gaming!

The gaming domain eclipses even the combined influence of movies, music, and books, with over 3 billion active gamers participating monthly and a worldwide community of more than 25 million active developers. Mobile gaming, in particular, stands as the fastest-expanding segment, projected to reach a value of $300 billion by 2025. With Skillz, you stand at the forefront of this exhilarating industry, poised to shape its destiny.

Engineering Director at Skillz:

In this role, you will steer the engineering course for our expansive Bangalore operation. As a pivotal figure, you'll contribute to establishing and steering the daily operations of our offshore engineering sphere. Your charge is to set the benchmark for excellence in product delivery and sustainable engineering. Your scope extends to recruiting and nurturing technical leaders and engineers for our Bangalore site, overseeing their performance and professional evolution. In collaboration with Product Leadership, you'll set KPIs, elevating execution quality and productivity. Your leadership will be instrumental in cultivating engineering proficiency across teams, fueling elevated skills and practices. Furthermore, you'll share ownership in driving business outcomes alongside our Consumer and Developer product teams.

Your Responsibilities:

• Engineering Leadership: Assume a strategic mantle within the engineering organization. Display unwavering accountability by meticulously executing tasks, keeping stakeholders informed, and consistently going beyond expectations to drive results enterprise-wide. Your technical acumen will underpin your ability to conduct design reviews, maintain and review code in one or more languages, guiding the organization toward successful technical outcomes.
• Recruitment, Training, and Engineering Management: Embark on recruiting, training, development, and leadership of an elite engineer cohort. Shape the long-term trajectory of your team, elucidating clear priorities and weekly deliverable expectations to realize that vision. You'll deftly navigate a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects and steering them toward key milestones. Onboarding and retaining over 30 engineers for product development teams falls within your purview. You'll also engage in performance management, steering individuals' career growth and addressing underperformance.
• Communication: Undertake the leadership of high-visibility strategic endeavors, collaborating seamlessly across disciplines to frame challenges, grasp opportunities, and engineer solutions. You'll harness data-driven storytelling prowess to adeptly convey your recommendations to senior executives and stakeholders. Your communication skills, both written and oral, will be exemplary.

Your Proficiencies:

• Over 8+ years of experience in software engineering
• More than 4+ years of hands-on management of a high-performing team of Engineers, Engineering Managers, and Tech Leads.
• Adept at cultivating relationships and exerting influence across diverse disciplines, particularly with stakeholders based on the West Coast of the US. Proficiency in conveying highly technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with site-building leadership or establishing a new company/branch office from the ground up (0->1).
• Hands-on technical prowess in system design, coupled with the capability to conduct code maintenance and review, spanning languages such as Java, Go, JavaScript, C++.
• Experience in propelling the success of B2B or B2C products, effectively driving revenue growth.
• Exposure to Capital Management / P&L (budget) responsibilities.
• Possession of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Gaming Industry experience is required (active gaming engagement is a plus).
• Location: On-site work based in Bangalore, India; commitment to a 5-day in-office work week is essential.

Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming!

Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. Join our team and be part of the journey. We look forward to having you on board!