Engineering Manager, AI Game Engine

Role Summary

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our AI Game Engine team. You will lead a high performing team of software and ML engineers building the systems and services needed to deliver best-in-class voice-first AI-native gaming experiences to our players on connected TVs and other gaming surfaces. This is a new team responsible for building and evolving our core voice and model integrations along with other services needed to deliver our game development and runtime platform. This includes speech-to-text and text-to-speech pipelines, LLM game integration, model evaluation and fine tuning, image generation pipelines, and content/prompt management. You will work closely with our Game and Platform teams as well as cross functional partners in Product and Data to drive our AI and game engine strategy. You will identify impactful opportunities, rapidly ship new features, and your products to support current and future players. We’re actively expanding our game titles and platforms and this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in creating innovative, fun applications in voice-activated gaming across connected devices. This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our Bay Area office 2-3 times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate for on-site work.

What You'll Do at Weekend

• Lead and grow a high performing team of engineers, ensuring we build the right things at the right time to support our evolving gaming ecosystem. - We are an AI-first development shop - evangelize and leverage AI productivity and development tools within your team and help drive adoption across the company. - Partner closely with Product and Game teams to define the roadmap, set priorities, deliver delightful and impactful features. - Build and scale systems and services to enable fun, engaging and unique player experiences leveraging STT/TTS, LLMs and other core technologies. - Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to identify upstream and downstream dependencies, align delivery schedules, and streamline release processes. - Foster a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and product thinking within the team. - Ensure the technical excellence of the team by providing feedback, promoting best practices, and helping remove roadblocks. ## Bonus Points