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Head of Software Engineering

2K
Novato
3 years ago
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Who We Are:

2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment globally for console systems, handheld gaming devices and personal computers, including smartphones and tablets. 2K is a leading publisher of today’s most popular gaming genres and most well-known for critically acclaimed game franchises like NBA 2K, WWE 2K, Bioshock, Borderlands, Evolve, XCOM, and the beloved Sid Meier’s Civilization.

What We Need:

2K is looking for an experienced Head of Software Engineering to lead our server and client infrastructure engineering team on our Central Technology group. You will manage a team of high performing engineers, and work closely with cross-functional partners to ensure that 2k’s Central Tech infrastructure supports the future direction of 2k products and business. The ideal candidate will have great technical depth in the field of distributed system, cloud computing, and client/server infrastructure, exceptional operational and people management skills, and a high level of integrity. The success of this role hinges on your technical aptitude, quantitative abilities and business acumen. You treat stakeholders as a partnership – you are there from ideation to execution and understand that we only succeed if we succeed together.

The Head of Software Engineering will exercise excellent technical oversight and judgement, along with the ability to prioritize and lead the team to execute through cross-organizational projects, across locations. There would be a strong focus on collaboration and partnership with our senior leadership team and studio heads.

What You Will Do:

Who We Think Will Be a Great Fit:

The successful candidate will be a seasoned and tenacious leader with experience in both software engineering and technology. They will possess the ability to communicate and coordinate across a distributed technology organization, partnering closely with game development functions and coordinating with a team of software engineers across the business.

This executive must be able to navigate a dynamic, fast-paced enterprise environment dealing with multiple internal and external customers and senior management while managing both traditional and virtual teams.

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