Senior Engineering Manager, Game Systems
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Job Location:
Long Beach, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 149500 - 238500
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Location:Remote - eligible US locations
About the role and about you:
As Senior Engineering Manager Game Systems youll lead a team of talented engineers responsible for ensuring Zwift customers have a smooth stable game experience across all supported platforms including iOS Windows Android Mac and Apple TV. You will work at the heart of our game platform overseeing the technical direction and delivery of our game systems application architecture and player-facing experiences.
This role is ideal for engineering leaders with strong C fluency who can guide technical decisions grow high-performing teams and navigate ambiguity while delivering results. Youll be responsible for building and developing your team setting technical direction and ensuring your engineers are solving the right problems in the right ways. While your primary focus will be leadership execution and delivery you should be comfortable contributing to our custom C game codebase as well.
If youre excited about leading teams through complex technical challenges bridging real-world and virtual experiences and shaping a product that inspires millions of users worldwide wed love to hear from you.
What youll do:
- Lead mentor and grow a team of engineers working on Zwifts core game systems fostering a healthy team culture and high engineering standards.
- Partner with our Recruiting team to source interview and hire engineers as the team scales from 3 to 5 members.
- Set technical direction for game systems across all Zwift platforms balancing short-term delivery with long-term architectural health.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners including game engineers backend engineers product managers and UX designers to define roadmaps align priorities and deliver high-quality features.
- Drive engineering and operational excellence through investment in testing instrumentation CI/CD and developer tooling.
- Manage competing priorities and ambiguity proactively surfacing decisions and tradeoffs to leadership and stakeholders.
- Contribute technically through code reviews design discussions architectural guidance and hands-on development when appropriate.
- Identify and mitigate risks resolve cross-team dependencies and ensure reliable delivery against a 6-12 month planning horizon.
- Champion continuous improvement across your team and neighboring teams identifying bottlenecks and driving solutions.
What were looking for:
- 8 years of relevant software engineering experience with strong fluency in C and systems-level development.
- 3 years of experience managing software engineers including hiring performance management and career development.
- Strong technical foundation in game systems 3D environments or real-time applications with the ability to guide architectural decisions and evaluate trade-offs.
- Experience delivering production-quality software across multiple platforms with a strong understanding of performance optimization memory management and cross-platform challenges.
- Proven ability to build and grow healthy high-performing engineering teams.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous problem spaces partnering with product and leadership to define success and drive alignment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences and resolve conflict constructively.
- Familiarity with modern development practices including CI/CD automated testing and version control workflows.
Bonus points:
- Experience working on game engines (Unity Unreal or custom-built) and their integration with native platforms.
- Background in multiplayer systems and latency-sensitive applications.
- Experience building systems that bridge physical and digital experiences: fitness tech spatial computing sensor integration or similar domains.
- Familiarity with mobile platform development including iOS and Android native layers.
- Interest in building products that support our engaged Zwift Community of cyclists runners and fitness enthusiasts.
For All US Based Full-Time Positions:
The base salary for this position ranges between $149500.00 to $238500.00. The base salary will be based on a number of factors including the role offered the individuals job-related knowledge skills qualifications and geographic addition to base salary Zwift is proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for all eligible employees which also includes performance bonuses equity and a full range of medical financial and other perks and benefits.
How to stand out among the rest:
Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills accomplishments and experience. However if you choose to include a cover letter introducing us to your awesome personality we will read that too.
We strongly believe that different backgrounds and ideas are a competitive advantage; we hire candidates of any race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity age marital or family status disability Veteran status and any other status. Zwift is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know by emailing .
Zwift Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Required Experience:
Manager
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- Windows
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- System Administration
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- Procedures
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About Company
Zwift is a virtual cycling app that is transforming indoor cycling. Discover training plans, ride with friends from around the world, and workout anytime.
