Engineering Manager (Unannounced Midcore title)

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Engineering Manager (Unannounced Midcore title), Barcelona

Client:

Socialpoint

Location:

Barcelona, Spain

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

2

Posted:

25.04.2025

Expiry Date:

09.06.2025

Job Description:

Ready for your next adventure?

Zynga is looking for an Engineering Manager in the Barcelona area, and more specifically, someone whose experience can allow them to both manage engineers as a lead, as well as execute on coding tasks. We have a well-rounded, and tight-knit, distributed team with a healthy mix of engineering skill levels, and are looking to strengthen our team in tackling the challenges of developing important features.

The ideal candidate should possess experience surpassing that of a Senior Software Engineer 2, with at least four years as an Engineering Manager. Additionally, it is preferable for the candidate to have a minimum of eight years of experience working with teams in the gaming industry.

Our mission is to “Connect the World through Games” by building a truly social experience that makes the world a better place. To be successful in this role you will have a passion for games, outstanding process skills, awesome people skills, a high level of integrity, great technical depth, and a strong desire to build successful engineering teams. You would have an opportunity to lead a pod of engineers on the team, while also contributing to user-facing features (including UI / UX) and game engine systems, plus help solve challenging problems for high profile titles.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage a pod of engineers on the team on a daily basis, both in their tasks as well as morale, career growth and future planning
• Assist with feature & systems implementation (and bugs) in Unity with C#
• Help to define and scope out tasks, systems, and timelines
• Help to review and contribute to engineering architectures
• Help to monitor and improve engineering process

Desired Skills and Experience

• 4+ Years experience as an Engineering Manager
• 8+ Years game industry experience as a Software Engineer
• Experience with live operations on backend server infrastructure
• Good working knowledge in Unity & C#
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software methodologies
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working in a collaborative environment
• Ability to build, manage, mentor and lead multiple teams of engineers.
• Able to work collaboratively with engineering stakeholders including design, user experience, product and analytics teams.

Bonus Skills and Experience

• Experience with git
• Mobile development experience with a focus on iOS and/or Android
• Server experience is a plus; for example, web service integration, application server performance, or data analytics.
• Strives for perfection in the development process including planning, time and quality estimation, problem solving, and communicating development status.
• Updates knowledge constantly. Always learning and seeking to learn

What We Offer

We have a hybrid working from home/office system. This means living within commuting distance of our office in Barcelona so you are able to come into the office for important meetings/events.

• Relocation support to Barcelona (if you’re not already here).
• An impressive 25 days annual leave, not including public holidays.
• A very generous ticket-restaurant to restore some life-points.
• Private medical insurance for you and your family, to keep your health bar full.
• Choose from the latest IOS or Android device upon joining (phone or tablet).
• Spotify Premium to add that special soundtrack that every adventure deserves.
• Legendary social events & parties to let off some steam.
• People development is key for us: an amazing budget to skill up your abilities & knowledge to achieve real growth opportunities.

When coming to work in the office, don’t worry - we've got it covered!

• Visit our impressive gym facilities to level up your build stats.
• Check out our massive gaming room equipped with consoles and games.
• Book an appointment with our onsite physiotherapist for aches and pains.
• Drop by our onsite hairdressers for a trim (no need for a wallet; it's a Guild perk).