Engineering Manager

Code Wizards Group; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Private medical insurance

Death in Service cover

Hybrid working

Training & certification support

Job summary

Code Wizards Group is seeking an Engineering Manager in Theale to combine technical and people leadership. You will lead engineers, guide architectural decisions and ensure high-quality delivery across game tech projects.

You will mentor teams, engage with customers, and support pre-sales while working with Unreal Engine, Unity, C++, and cloud services. Hybrid working arrangements are available with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial software engineering experience.
• Previous experience leading or managing engineering teams.
• Strong experience developing games or game-related technology.
• Excellent knowledge of C++ and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience with Unreal Engine and Unity.
• Experience with Go or C#.
• Experience building scalable multiplayer systems, online services or backend platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A passion for mentoring others and building high-performing engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of software engineers across multiple projects.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews and career development conversations.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, helping them develop technically and professionally.
• Provide technical direction across game technology and backend projects.
• Guide architecture, design decisions and scalable solutions.
• Support teams with Unreal Engine, Unity, C++, Go and modern game tech.
• Collaborate with Product, Delivery and Technical Leadership for project success.
• Identify technical risks early and mitigate them.
• Troubleshoot complex technical challenges across development, deployment and LiveOps.

Skills

People leadership

Game technology

C++

Unreal Engine

Unity

Go

C#

AWS

Architectural decisions

Communication

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Go

C#

.NET

JavaScript

Job description

Code Wizards Group’s culture is just as important as our technical capability. We believe that building exceptional technology starts with building exceptional teams. We hire people who are collaborative, curious, accountable and genuinely enjoy solving difficult problems together.

Our clients trust us with their technology, their products and often information about unreleased games. Maintaining that trust is fundamental to everything we do.

Continuing the growth requires an Engineering Manager to join us in Theale, In the role you will combine technical leadership with people leadership. You'll lead and develop a team of engineers while remaining technically credible enough to guide architectural decisions, support customer engagements and ensure high-quality delivery across multiple projects.

This is a leadership role where success is measured not only by the technology delivered, but by the growth of the people and teams you lead.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

People Leadership

• Lead, coach and develop a team of software engineers across multiple projects.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews and career development conversations.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, helping them develop both technically and professionally.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical direction across game technology and backend engineering projects.
• Guide architecture, design decisions and implementation of scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Support teams working with C++, C#, .NET, JavaScript and modern game technologies.
• Work confidently with Unreal Engine (UE4/UE5), Unity and other game development frameworks.

Project Delivery

• Work with Product, Delivery and Technical Leadership to ensure successful project execution.
• Identify technical risks early and work with teams to mitigate them.
• Troubleshoot complex technical challenges across development, deployment and LiveOps environments.

Customer & Business Engagement

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers and partners.
• Support pre-sales activities by validating technical approaches, estimates and proposed solutions.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Significant commercial software engineering experience.
• Previous experience leading or managing engineering teams.
• Strong experience developing games or game-related technology.
• Excellent knowledge of C++ and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience with Unreal Engine and Unity.
• Experience with Go or C#.
• Experience building scalable multiplayer systems, online services or backend platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A passion for mentoring others and building high-performing engineering teams.

Desirable Experience

• AWS certifications or willingness to achieve them.
• Experience working on LiveOps or online multiplayer games.
• Experience supporting AAA game development or large-scale online services.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work with an experienced, passionate engineering team.
• Hybrid working (typically three days in the office and two from home).
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Company pension.
• Private medical insurance.
• Death in Service cover.
• Ongoing professional development, training and certification support.

Why Join Code Wizards?

We're passionate about building technology that powers great games, but we're equally passionate about building an environment where talented people can do the best work of their careers.

If you're an experienced engineering leader who enjoys developing people, solving difficult technical problems and working with world-class game studios, we'd love to hear from you.

Life’s better in Co-op.