Engineering Manager, Volley
$166.9-210k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Voice AI games
Open for applications
Voice AI games
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$166.9-210k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make everyday life a little more entertaining.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years as an engineering manager leading multiple high-performing teams
- 5+ years as a software developer; bonus points if you have game development experience
- Technical credibility in leading teams and/or building on complex, platform architectures
- Keen product sense and demonstrated ability to establish cross-functional partnerships and influence overall strategy
- Creative problem solver that can drive execution and lead through ambiguity
- Motivated to help your team members succeed, experience growing engineers and managers
Desirable
- Proven leadership in hiring diverse teams
- Strong passion for gaming and innovation in game development
- Worked with audio processing, speech recognition, video data, or entertainment applications
- Thrive in fast-paced agile environments with rapid innovation
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead teams creating some of our flagship voice-AI-driven games
- You will lead a team of full-stack engineers working across platforms including Roku, FireTV, and Alexa to deliver best-in-class voice-activated gaming experiences to our users
- You will work closely with partners in product, design, data, and business to prioritize and drive our shared strategy
- You will lead a mission-oriented team, delivering reliable games on robust and scalable architectures
- We’re actively expanding our game titles and platforms and this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in creating innovative, fun applications in voice-activated gaming across connected devices
- Be actively involved in strategic and product decisions, and ensure that the team is driving and executing toward Volley’s overall vision
- Maintain the tech roadmap for your team and drive its prioritization along with the product team
- Manage a team of engineers and ensure they are highly motivated, and developing in their careers by providing stretch opportunities, and timely and actionable feedback
- Leverage your technical expertise to guide and empower the team to deliver with high impact and raise the bar for technical excellence on the team
- Use first principles in resourcing decisions and be able to recruit a team of diverse engineers that are best in class in the industry
- Contribute to engineering-wide efforts as part of the engineering leadership team
Application process
- Stage 1 - Preliminary Phone Screen with Head of Recruiting
- Stage 2- Hiring Manager Chat with Director of Engineering
- Stage 3 - On-site with various partners and teammates
- Stage 4 - Founder Chat with our co-founders (CTO/CEO)
- Stage 5 - Offer
Our take
Volley is carving a niche in the gaming industry by developing voice-enabled games. By leveraging advanced AI capabilities, Volley provides a gaming experience where players interact with games purely through voice commands.
The success of Volley's games underscores its appeal across diverse demographics, with over 5M people playing its games monthly. Recognizing the transformative potential of AI in gaming, Volley continues to push boundaries by enhancing its AI technologies.
This feat hasn't gone unnoticed by investors, with the company recently securing substantial funding. This infusion of capital will fuel the creation of new voice-controlled games and expand its portfolio to captivate new customers.
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Company benefits
- Healthcare, dental, and vision plans are fully covered by Volley for both employees and dependents
- Reimbursements for One Medical memberships
- 16 paid holidays
- 4 week vacation, with a 2 week minimum
- Parental Leave: 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parent, 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parent
- 40 hours bereavement leave per year
- Unlimited sick days
- Up to 8 weeks unpaid leave per year
- 4 weeks remote work per year
- Up to $250 per month for commuting (Lyft, BART, muni, gas, parking, etc). You may also use this towards WFH supplies
- Lunch in office M, T, W, & F
- $150 a month to cover Thursday lunches/lunches for other days you are not in the office. For permenetly remote employees, the stipend is $250
- $500 per year to help you grow your career
- You will recieve a Macbook Pro (or computer of your choice) upon starting
- Matched 401k plan through Guideline
Company values
- Best-in-Class: At Volley, we make the best products in the categories we choose to enter
- Play Together: Our products are designed to bring friends and families closer together. We also care deeply about nurturing this same spirit of togetherness in our work
- Shoot Your Shot: At Volley, we take calculated risks in new markets with the potential for massive rewards. We’re betting that the revolution enabled by voice technologies is just getting started and we want to lead the way forward
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Child
(CEO)Previously co-founded Streak Trivia where they served as an iOS Developer. They also worked at The Infatuation as a Writer and iOS Developer.
James Wilsterman
(CTO)Previously co-founded Streak Trivia. Prior to that, they were a Senior Analyst at First Manhattan Consulting Group.
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