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Industry leading Northern California developer is looking for an exceptional, hands-on, Engineering Manager to lead one of its Platform development teams for its MMO Franchise. The Engineering Manager will provide day-to-day people and project leadership for a team of engineers working on the MMO client application. He/she will define realistic targets and milestones, establish a high level of team participation and interaction, ensure that quality is a high priority at every stage, and move projects into production in the targeted time frames. He/she will lead by example as an active participant on the team and interact with the rest of the Platform team to guide the evolution of its MMO Franchise.

Responsibilities:

- Directly manage performance of the Viewer development team to ensure that the organization’s time and quality objectives are met.

- Develop and lead the engineering team and help hire top quality software development talent.

- Work with the wider Platform team to development processes and systems that support project/product delivery including software development, release management, QA, and documentation infrastructures.

- Establish a strong collaborative culture with peers and other functions within the company and promote execution, quality and creativity.

- Other duties may be assigned.

- Possess a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the complexities and needs of leading an engineering team such as making technological and architectural trade-offs, competitive analysis, life-cycle management, etc.

- Leadership experience with a strong track record of success in the development, and delivery of complex, cross-platform (Windows, Mac & Linux) desktop applications.

- Demonstrable experience of full project life-cycle and project management skills, particularly using Agile/Scrum practices. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

- 4+ years of progressively broadening software management.

- Strong experience with C/C++ in cross-platform environments.

- Must thrive in multi-tasking, quick moving, distributed thinking environment.

- Previous start-up experience is a plus.

- Must possess high level of enthusiasm and be a strong team player.

- Understanding of entertainment industry, gaming and social networking communities a plus.