Remote Senior Game Services Engineering Lead

HellaGoodAudio; United States; Remote; USD 217,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts for Sony products

Bonus package

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior Online Game Services Engineering Lead to design and build core backend services for live games. You will lead a talented team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary partners to deliver scalable, production-ready features.

The role benefits from a flexible remote arrangement with pay ranges aligned to geographic location. A bonus package may be offered, and a comprehensive benefits program is included.

Qualifications

• Production experience designing and building backend game services.
• Ability to communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals.
• Experience leading engineers (direct management, mentoring, or guiding).
• Ability to diagnose complex system failures using logging and metrics.
• Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in Rust, C++, or C#.
• Embrace a “we” culture in addition to being an outstanding collaborator and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production-quality backend game services.
• Directly manage and lead several engineers, providing support, technical mentorship, constructive feedback, and career development coaching.
• Collaborate daily with a cross-disciplinary team to design and build the services-driven features for the game (including sessions, matchmaking, and progression).
• Effectively write clear, concise, and accurate technical documentation and email communication, with the ability to summarize complex topics and achieve alignment across multiple teams.
• Calmly deal with production incidents, participating in an on-call rotation after launch.

Skills

Backend game services

Customer communication

Team leadership

System diagnostics

Rust/C++/C#

Collaborative culture

Tools

Docker

Git

Linux

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior Online Game Services Engineering Lead to design and build core backend services for live games. You will lead a talented team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary partners to deliver scalable, production-ready features.

The role benefits from a flexible remote arrangement with pay ranges aligned to geographic location. A bonus package may be offered, and a comprehensive benefits program is included.