Surprise.com is a technology company on a mission to build the world’s first entertainment super app combining videos, social, games, and shopping in a delightfully gamified, thoroughly enjoyable single app experience. We do this today for the same reason we began with on day one: to turn the magical, uplifting experience of Surprise into a daily, weekly, and monthly life event because it makes people happy.
What we are doing has never been done before, and like any innovator, we face challenges on a daily basis that require top minds in their fields to break through. So, we have been steadily building an international team defined by courageous ideation, relentless drive for impact, and meritocratic leadership. We are asking you now to envision yourself as a valued member of our winning team, on this inspiring mission.
Game development pods are a key building block of the Surprise Ramp;D division. We are looking for a Group Ramp;D Manager with great product sense to lead an amazing team of game engineers as we scale for continued growth. As Ramp;D Group manager of games you will have the freedom to operate on the games engineering domain and to build the best in class games development teams. You will be able to shape the games engineering team by hiring, mentoring, setting KPIs, leading the change to develop the top games on time and on quality. You will be part of the extended management and you will take part in management discussions and decision making an impact in the games domain, its roadmap and future!
You have a deep systems background and value technical excellence, and use that to guide the team towards well-engineered and durable solutions. While you aren’t expected to spend a large percentage of time coding, you are expected to be able to evaluate and raise the technical bar, and help others attain it. You will play a part in engineering, design reviews, code reviews, and will contribute to the code base directly when needed. You lead by example rather than authority.
Any room that you enter should have more certainty and a firmer plan by the time that you leave it. You may walk into a situation where people have lost track of their goals and after your involvement, you get everyone aligned on a clear path forward. You remove unimportant details, distill complex situations to their essence, and get the right decision-maker to make a call even if it’s not you.
What will you be doing?