Engineering Manager

2K; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Provident fund

Medical insurance

Wellbeing program

Learning platforms

Free games and events

Job summary

2K Games in Bengaluru is seeking a senior backend engineering leader to mentor a team and drive scalable game services on Java or Go.

You will champion modern engineering practices, collaborate with product teams, and guide architecture while maintaining high performance and reliability for global audiences.

Qualifications

• 3+ years leading engineering teams with focus on psychological safety and growth.
• Backend services in modern languages like Java or Golang with microservices experience.
• Ability to implement technical standards and streamline workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers through 1:1s, career mapping and coaching.
• Own and optimize the development process with clear standards.
• Promote high-quality practices including TDD and docs-as-code.
• Participate in architecture reviews and drive API standardization.
• Mentor engineers to improve code quality and performance.
• Collaborate with Product to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Backend Engineering

Java

Golang

API Design

Mentorship

Job description

Who We Are

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA 2K, renowned BioShock, Borderlands, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization and XCOM brands; popular WWE 2K and WWE SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR 2K

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role.

The Core Technology group

is responsible for identifying common problems across thecompany and building solutions to those problems. We fill our team with individuals whoenjoy a challenge, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and want to takeownership and responsibility for products. If you are passionate about working in thegame industry and implementing cool features for our game products, come join ourteam.

What You Will Do

• Empower and Mentor: Lead a team of engineers through consistent 1:1s, career mapping, and performance coaching to build a high-trust, high-output culture.
• Development Process Optimization: Own and refine the technical development process. You will help the engineering staff optimize their daily output by establishing clear standards and workflows that reduce "toil" and cognitive load.
• Modern Engineering Practices: Champion high-quality habits—including TDD,AI-augmented development, and documentation-as-code—to ensure the team builds right the first time.
• Technical Quality & Mentorship: Cultivate a culture of rigorous, constructive feedback through code reviews and design discussions, ensuring these are vehicles for mentorship rather than just rubber-stamping.
• Drive Engineering Initiatives: Lead internal-first projects like tech debt reduction, architectural refactors, and API standardization that keep the codebase healthy and scalable.
• Low-Level Technical Oversight: Stay "close to the metal" by participating in architecture reviews and coaching engineers to ensure the team maintains high standards of performance and code quality.

Who We Think Will Be A Great Fit

• Leadership Experience: 3+ years managing/leading engineering teams, with a track record of fostering psychological safety and technical growth.
• Backend Engineering Foundation: A background building backend services in modern languages (Java or Golang), with the depth to give meaningful feedback and mentorship on microservice architecture, API design, and implementation on a large-scale platform.
• The "Paved Road" Mindset: Proven ability to implement technical standards and development workflows that increase team velocity without adding bureaucratic "red tape."
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Experience working closely with Product and Program teams to turn complex technical challenges into prioritized, well-scoped solutions that bring real value to our customers.
• Strategic Prioritization: The ability to balance the "feature" demands of the business with the "engineering-first" needs of a healthy, modern codebase.

Bonus Items

• Gaming Domain Interest: A passion for player-centric technology, ideally complemented by experience building online services or backend platforms for game development.
• Architecture & Scale: Hands-on experience with low-latency systems and massive-scale backend online services infrastructure.
• Cloud Platform Fluency: Hands-on experience with public cloud environments (AWS, GCP) and a working knowledge of their core services and how to apply them effectively.

What we offer you:

• Great Company Culture. We pride ourselves as being one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
• Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
• Work Hard, Enjoy Life.Our employees’ bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles – through corporate boot camp classes, company parties, our Office gaming spaces, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges.
• Benefits. Benefits include, but are not limited to; Discretionary bonus, Provident fund contributions, 1+5 medical insurance + top up options and access to Practo online Doctor consultation App, Employee assistance program, 3X CTC Life Assurance, 3X CTC Personal accident insurance, childcare services, 20 days holiday + statutory holidays,
• Perks. Gym reimbursement up to INR1150 per month, wellbeing program with the chance to earn up to $93 per annum, charitable giving program, access to learning platforms, employee discount program’s plus free games and events!

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.

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