Engineering Manager, Product Foundations

May 8

VRChat Inc.

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VRChat offers an endless stream of social VR experiences by giving the power of creation to its community.

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💰 $80M Series D on 2021-06

Description

• Take ownership of the core VRChat platform, partnering closely with product, design, and engineering leaders across the company to ensure we are supporting their ongoing needs • Directly manage, support, and inspire a team of approximately 15 engineers across multiple disciplines including release management, security, DevOps, API, and client • Foster a positive and high functioning team with solid technical practices that delivers timely and quality software • Create the short and long-term strategy for this space, and align it with the higher-level vision and strategy across the company • Run a smooth and collaborative planning process to generate plans that reflect strategic goals, user insights, and past learnings • Make critical tradeoffs to ensure the long-term health and development of our platform • Represent progress at periodic reviews and seek leadership support in a timely manner to unblock execution • Partner with production to manage execution and work collaboratively to resolve issues to deliver against goals and objectives. • Stay current on industry trends and best practices in the technology behind gaming, UGC, and social platforms to inform strategic decisions • Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including internal teams, creators, partners, and the broader VRChat community • Support the VP Engineering in critical strategy, organization, and execution areas

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering management in a high-growth consumer or b2b tech company and solid technical background • Experience in technical product management with a healthy obsession to discover and fulfill the needs of internal partners and our users • Excellent verbal and written communication skills which are particularly important in our fully remote environment • Technical experience with release engineering, security, DevOps, API and 3D gaming development a plus • Past expertise in virtual economies, e-commerce, gaming, UGC and/or social platforms is a plus, though not required • University degree or equivalent work experience with technical background • Experience defining metrics and making product and strategic decisions based on measurable impact • Intellectually curious about new technologies and societal changes, and understands how to apply innovations and trends to product opportunities • Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment

Benefits

• Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company • Health Benefits • 401K for US & RRSP for Canadian Employees • Stock Options • Generous paid holiday schedule • Unlimited/Flexible vacation time • Paid parental leave benefits