Engineering Manager, DevOps

At Arkadium our purpose is to have fun while creating fun - and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing for 20 years. We’re the creators behind the world’s most-played games. From the Solitaire that came on your Windows machine, to hundreds of other games you’ve come to know and love - you can find our games on Arkadium.com, iOS, Android, and lots of other big sites worldwide.

As a proud Evergreen business our values of Fierce Drive, Positive Energy and Living Full Lives are the driving force behind how we run and the choices we make.

We’re privately held (aka stable and reasonable about growth), founder-led (aka passionate about our craft) and we consistently rank as a “Best Place to Work” (aka not your typical games company).

We’ve been recognized by "Happiness Works 2023" in Portugal, "Crain's Best Places to Work 2022" and "Great Place to Work 2022 and 2023" in New York!

Interested in becoming an Arkadian? We’d love to hear from you!

Overview

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a small, multidisciplinary team of engineers specializing in DevOps, AdTech, tooling, and automation. This includes direct oversight of software solutions, ensuring that our systems run smoothly, efficiently, and with optimal quality. You will take ownership of our DevOps discipline, ensuring the seamless operation of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud operations. The ideal candidate has a strong technical background in Azure and DevOps practices, coupled with excellent leadership and team management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, managing recruitment, performance reviews, and career development.
• Architect, develop, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless integration, testing, and deployment processes for all applications and services.
• Manage and configure Azure services, including VMs, App Services, AKS, and Azure Functions.
• Lead Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives to automate provisioning, configuration, and management using tools like Terraform.
• Collaborate with IT engineers to maintain scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure high availability and performance.
• Oversee incident eradication, including conducting root cause analysis, postmortems, and documentation.
• Develop, refine, and enforce best practices for engineering, including code quality, testing, and deployment processes.
• Conduct regular code reviews and ensure adherence to security standards.
• Manage project timelines, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions on schedule.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and trends to keep the team innovative and effective.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership or managerial role.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps role.
• Strong knowledge of computer networks and web applications.
• Expertise with: Git, CI/CD tools, and CLI tools; Containerized environments and Kubernetes troubleshooting; Azure (preferred) or other cloud platforms (AWS, GCP); Scripting/programming languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.); Containers and orchestrators (Docker, Azure Kubernetes Services); Azure DevOps; IaC tools (Terraform); Web services (NGINX)
• Experience automating workflows.
• Strong knowledge of networking, web applications, and monitoring tools (Application Insights, Grafana).
• Experience automating workflows and debugging web apps using tools like Chrome Dev Tools and cURL.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven decision-making approach.

Desired Qualifications

• Technical knowledge of AdTech, tools development, and QA automation as this role oversees engineers in those fields.
• Familiarity with data privacy regulations and industry standards.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Familiarity with games or web platforms

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with structured performance and career development check-ins
• Meaningful supplemental health insurance (medical, dental & vision plans)
• Meal allowance
• Additional budget for conferences you are interested in
• Personal development budget to fuel your passions and desire to learn (Arkadians are taking classes in not only Excel and leadership, but also interior design and even swimming!)
• Time off from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day so we can all enjoy the holidays
• A unique culture of transparency, true teamwork and fun
• Summer Fridays: 4 Fridays off throughout the Summer to have more fun in the sun

For candidates based in the Lisbon area of Portugal, this role will initially be remote. However, starting in Q1 2025, this role will transition to a hybrid model, requiring some in-person presence. For candidates located outside the Lisbon area in Portugal, a different cadence of in-person meetings may apply, depending on proximity.

For candidates based outside of Portugal, the engagement will be as a contractor rather than as an employee.