Engineering Manager

Join Skillz and Level Up Your Career!

If you want to build, solve challenging problems, and see the direct impact of your work, join Skillz and level up your career!

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million-dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we are expanding our India team to support our global growth strategy. We are looking for exceptional talent who thrive in fast-moving, high-impact roles and want to build from the ground up.

Life @ Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with competitive benefits, including health insurance for you and your dependents. Take advantage of tax-saving options like the Flexible Benefit Plan (FBP) to convert expenses such as fuel, drivers salary, internet, and phone bills into non-taxable components, and the National Pension System (NPS) for long-term savings and tax benefits.

• Time off: Our leave policy includes paid time off and national and festival holidays to help you recharge and pursue your passions.

• Recognized Success: Skillz has been named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, and Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups.

• Development Opportunities: We encourage professional growth, operating like a startup where every employee has a voice in shaping the business.

Why Skillz?

• Pioneers of Skill-Based Competition: Skillz is not just any company in the gaming industry; we are the pioneers of skill-based competition, partnered with industry titans like UFC, NFL, T-Mobile, Buzztime, Bowlero, while also hosting renowned events like the Game Developer Conference (GDC). Join us in transforming the way people play games and building the home of competition for all.

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.

• Talent Magnet: Join a team of talented professionals who are passionate about what they do. Our team includes experts from Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, and more.

The Future of Gaming Awaits!

The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books combined, with over 3 billion active gamers playing monthly and over 25 million active developers worldwide. Mobile gaming, in particular, is the fastest-growing segment, projected to reach $300 billion by 2025. At Skillz, you have the opportunity to be at the forefront of this exciting industry and shape its future. 

Key Competencies:

1. Experience building scalable services, managing uptime, reliability, and cost

2. Hands-on management experience leading high-performing teams of engineers and/or engineering managers

   1. Hire, retain, and develop the careers of the engineers on your team

   2. Coach and motivate your team to ensure high productivity and teamwork, and help each individual achieve their potential

3. Encourage and drive initiatives which promote innovation and technical excellence

   1. Interface with other internal teams to prioritise features and functionality based on the resources available and business priorities

   2. Clearly communicate any risk areas to upper management and come up with risk mitigation plans

4. Experience building relationships and influencing stakeholders across multiple disciplines.

   • Experience communicating highly technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

   • Work with Product Leadership and core engineering teams to develop and track detailed schedules, dependencies, and critical paths

   • Collaborate effectively with all project stakeholders, including Product Management, Finance, Data teams, etc

5. Experience with building features for gaming platforms.

Experience:

1. Backend Application Development experience (distributed systems / microservices / kubernetes)

2. Hands-on in System Design. Experience in code maintenance and review using Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or Ruby

3. Gaming industry experience

4. Hands-on leadership experience

5. Healthy tenure (2+ years per role) + Strong track record of promotions

6. Able to work in the office for at least 3 days a week in Bangalore, India.

7. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a technical field of study, or equivalent industry experience

Work Location: Skillz, 7th Floor, Table Space Towers, 4th Cross Rd, Kaveri Nagar, Krishnarajapuram, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560048

Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming! 

Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. Join our team and be part of the journey. We look forward to having you on board!

Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming!

Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. We look forward to having you on board!