Server Tools Lead, Central Tech

• Foster a strong team culture built on trust, accountability, and shared purpose
• Lead with empathy and clarity, setting clear expectations and direction
• Define roles and responsibilities within the team and identify staffing needs
• Own the full employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, and trial periods
• Mentor and support team members by empowering individual strengths and identifying growth opportunities
• Partner with the Game Tech leadership to translate organizational goals into clear team-level direction and execution plans
• Ensure alignment across projects and stakeholders
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term technical health and scalability
• Facilitate team meetings and syncs, keeping the team aligned on goals, progress, and priorities
• Oversee resource allocation and project staffing to ensure the right people are focused on the right challenges
• Support project tracking, ensuring visibility on timelines, dependencies, and outcomes
• Collaborate with server engineers, peer leads, and stakeholders on release planning, roadmaps, and cross-team dependencies
• Help the team prioritize effectively, balancing innovation and new development with maintenance and live support needs
• Drive predictable delivery while maintaining room for continuous improvement
• Plan and facilitate team events and initiatives that strengthen relationships and morale
• Maintain open communication channels where feedback, experimentation, and improvement are part of daily work
• Create a sustainable environment that supports both high performance and well-being

• Proven track record of people leadership within the gaming industry in a technical domain, preferably in game server development or a similar backend engineering environment
• Experience working with large-scale backend tools and systems
• Excellent project management, organizational & stakeholder management skills
• A genuine passion for people development and helping others grow and succeed
• Excellent interpersonal & relationship skills: proven track record of building collaborative relationships and ability to influence
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational leadership

• Familiarity with build systems, deployment pipelines, observability, and live operations tooling
• Experience in leading a team supporting a platform or a service for multiple stakeholders
• Knowledge of various server and backend frameworks, cloud environments, and scalable distributed systems
• Interest in games and enabling high-performing game teams through shared technology

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