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Are you passionate about crafting joy and shaping the technology behind a game played by millions? We’re looking for a Senior Technical Manager to join our Angry Birds Dream Blast team!
This is a unique opportunity to shape and guide the technical direction of one of our beloved live games at a pivotal moment in its journey. You will play a key role in defining how we build, scale and evolve Angry Birds Dream Blast for the future. With an ambitious roadmap ahead, this role offers real influence over both strategy and day-to-day execution.
In this role you’ll primarily focus on technical leadership and people management, while remaining close enough to the code to support critical decisions and unblock your team when needed. You will blend your technical leadership, people management, and hands-on development skills to make a significant impact on the game and your team.
This role can be based in Espoo or Barcelona, and we are able to support a work permit if needed together with relocation support.
You will have impact and fun at work by:
Guiding the technical roadmap for Angry Birds Dream Blast, ensuring our code is scalable and high-quality.
Collaborating with your team to design and build high-impact game features, steering them through complex technical terrain with clarity and support.
Supervising a team of developers and supporting their growth through empathetic leadership, mentorship, and honest feedback.
Championing the overall technical quality of the game, ensuring it remains healthy and performant in the live environment for our players.
Fostering a culture of excellence and ensuring engineering best practices are understood and followed by the team.
Partnering with product and design leads to share ideas, contribute to feature design, and advocate for the best possible player experience.
Owning and shaping the technical roadmap for Angry Birds Dream Blast, defining how the team approaches architecture, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
Driving technical strategy for an ambitious upcoming roadmap, including major new player-facing systems such as collectible mechanics and an expanded narrative experience.
Experience and skills we are looking for:
Extensive experience (10+ years) developing live, free-to-play mobile games.
Strong experience in a people leadership role, with a clear track record of building high-performing teams and driving technical direction in a live environment.
A deep understanding of game architecture and API design with a proven track record of helping teams write clean, scalable, and high-quality code in C#/Unity.
A cooperative spirit and proven success in defining and implementing technical strategies and engineering best practices within a game team.
A live service mindset and expertise, where you own technical KPIs and use data to maintain a healthy and performant live game.
Deep enthusiasm about the player experience where you work closely with product and design teams to help shape the future of the game.
Please send your CV in English. We look forward to speaking with you!
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At Rovio, we are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or conditions in our working environment and job application procedures. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility. If you have any questions before applying, please write to us at [email protected].
