Development Manager

GeoGuessr; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily breakfast and lunch at the офис

6 weeks vacation + 3 extra days off

Pension and insurance

Education benefit 50,000 SEK

Wellness allowance 5,000 SEK

Vibrant office environment

Growth opportunities within supportive

Job summary

This 12-month fixed-term role offers opportunities to mentor, recruit, and shape the engineering roadmap within a globally distributed company. Based in Stockholm, you’ll be part of a vibrant office culture that values growth and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience leading developers (10+ people).
• Experience recruiting and staffing technical talent.
• Experience in people management including salary reviews and personal development plans.
• Familiarity with modern development practices, tools, and methodologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach developers to foster professional growth and align with company goals.
• Conduct regular feedback sessions and development plans; manage salaries and staff challenges.
• Oversee team dynamics, address challenges, celebrate successes, and drive improvements.
• Ensure teams have the right skills by recruiting top candidates and aligning resources.
• Drive technical OKRs by managing projects and coordinating with tech leads.

Skills

People leadership

Recruiting

Coaching

Communication

Technical literacy

Job description

GeoGuessrs mission is to explore and learn about the world! We take the players on a global adventure, combining geography and trivia in a fun, engaging way.Since 2013, we've transformed the world into a playground for the curious. In recent years, we've built a talented team of 85 people, crafting new ways for our players to explore the world. GeoGuessr has a passionate global community and is played worldwide.

The Role

As a Dev Manager your primary responsibility is to ensure that our developers are happy, motivated, engaged, and achieving our shared goals. You will oversee and empower our talented developers to ensure that they are well equipped to contribute to technical excellence and participate in the collaborative nature of game development. You'll work closely with a variety of stakeholders including developers, product managers, and designers to help your team members to deliver innovative gaming experiences.

This is a 12-month fixed-term position, with the possibility of extension.

What You’ll Do (in short):

• Mentor and coach developers to foster their professional growth, enhance engagement and align your team with company goals.

• Conduct regular feedback sessions, set individual development plans, manage salaries and handle staff related challenges to maintain a high performingteam

• Oversee team dynamics, address challenges, celebrate successes, to be able to drive strategic and operational improvements.

• Ensure teams have the right skills and talent by actively recruiting top candidates as well asaligning current resources.

• Drive technical OKRs by managing projects and collaborate with tech leads and other stakeholders to enhance platforms and roadmaps.

This is the perfect role for you if you’re passionate about helping people excel, driving innovation, and contributing to a constantly evolving company!

What We Hope You’ll Bring:

• Experience in leading and managing developers (10+ people) with a focus on motivation, engagement, and growth.

• Experience in recruiting and staffing technical talent, including creating job ads, sourcing candidates, and managing interview processes.

• Experience in people management such as conducting feedback sessions, salary reviews, and conducting personal development plans, ensuring team members feel supported and valued.

• Familiarity with modern development practices, tools, and methodologies.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Wait, there's more!

We're offering a package of perks to keep you charged up and ready to create wonders:

• Daily breakfast and lunch at the office.

• 6 weeks of vacation + 3 extra days off for a well-deserved break.

• Pension and insurance as per industry standards.

• 50,000 SEK education benefit.

• 5,000 SEK wellness allowance.

• Vibrant and engaging office environment promoting work-life balance.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development within a supportive team culture.

This role is based at our unique office in Stockholm, located at Katarinavägen 17, in the glass house by Slussen.

Keywords: softwaredevelopment manager, engineering manager, team Development manager, people manager, staff engineering manager