Vice President - Engineering - Gaming Technology Platform

Role:

- Be a part of the founding team, working directly with the founders. Build the most successful web+mobile gaming technology platform and games, played by millions.

Overview:

- As a master of architecting and coding on any technology platform (Java,.NET), you will build and scale products on the web and mobile.

- Lead all Technology Efforts & Expansion. Get Your Hands Dirty (CODE). Resolve scaling issues before they happen.

- Architect, code and even hack solutions to extreme software engineering problems, faced by real time technology application and passionately automate all Engineering work.

- Be the primary interface between all divisions of the company and Engineering. Lead and grow the Engineering team into an effective and respected division of Software Engineers.

You:

- As a scientist, engineer and hacker To you code is art, it's not meant to just run a program, it's meant to show your obsession with optimization, speed and simplicity. You don't compete for lines of code, you compete for writing programs that display your brilliance in being able to solve complex engineering problems with simplicity, speed and accuracy.

Detailed Responsibilities:

- The VP Engineer would be part of the senior leadership team responsible lead, develop and scale up engineering capability, to keep up with the high growth of their games and also to deliver world class new games. The person would head the technology team and would be responsible for executing company's vision.

- Own all initiatives to develop and scale technology, execute an aggressive roadmap, institute best engineering practices and deliver innovative products.

- Lead the team and create real time multiplayer games on Web/iOS/Android/Windows devices.

- Would be responsible for front end and back end development, server side engineering, UI and all other technological aspects of multi-player game development.

- Maintain efficient technical systems that enable the company to run highly efficient operations. The company has a user base of 1+ million for games like Teen Patti and Howzat.

- Lead and expand the existing engineering team; identify new talent; manage, mentor & retain all members of the team.

- Work closely with product team and the leadership team for new product development.Will be involved in conceptualizing and building the product from scratch.

- Help set the technical direction for the team, drive the evolution of the system architecture, and make appropriate technology choices.

- Set and manage expectations, communicate and execute goals within timelines.

Experience, Technical skills & Knowledge:

- 10+ yrs of experience in Gaming, real time banking, eCommerce or consumer facing software product companies.

- Should have worked in a high growth technology environment.

- Strong development experience in C++, Java and PHP.

- Strong analytical skills with previous experience working with complex data sets.

- Background in high volume web applications, data mining and multi-tiered transactional systems.

- Should have experience of scaling up operations and should have handled team size of 25+.

- Should be technically competent in web and mobile technologies.

- Should have worked on .net, Java and LAMP technologies.

- Experience with animated/static UI using MVP pattern, Game Logic, 3rd party SDK integration.

- Knowledge of cross platform game development tool like Unity is preferable.

- Experience with mobile platforms and well as web platform.

Managerial competencies:

- Strategic orientation - Able to align to company vision and long term goals and execute strategy.

- Lead by example - Ability to manage a bunch of talented engineers and guide them to deliver.

- Learning ability - Should have inclination to learn and gain knowledge.

- Demonstrated ability in problem-solving and technical innovation.