VP of Engineering

at  Jamango

COMPANY MISSION

At Jamango! our mission is to unlock imagination and empower people to play, connect and create without barriers.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Jamango! is a browser-native gaming platform that enables anyone to create, and play user-generated game content, instantly. Anyone can start building in seconds using simple and familiar building blocks. Creators can change their environment, build at scale and even sculpt blocks to create unique shapes and structures. Every single block in the world is fully programmable, and using powerful tools such as the Wrench, creators can add logic to build fully fledged games and experiences without any coding. Jamango! is built on a proprietary game engine that runs natively in your web-browser; creators and players can invite friends instantly, simply by sharing a link.
We are a VC backed team of previously exited founders that are truly passionate about empowering creators and players to play, connect and create without barriers. We’re recruiting a world-class team to come on this journey, to build the most accessible sandbox game ever.
We are seeking a VP of Engineering to guide and oversee the development of our browser-native gaming platform. This individual will be instrumental in ensuring our software development processes are best-in-class, our application is scalable, performant and stable, and that our engineering team operates at the highest standard. If you are passionate about technology, eager to mentor, and ready to lead in a fast-paced, innovative environment, we look forward to hearing from you.

REQUIREMENTS

• At least 5 years of experience in full-stack development in the gaming industry, with personal portfolio to showcase work.
• This role requires a broad knowledge of video game development, including, but not limited to physics, rendering, and networking systems. Given our platform is being developed in the browser, ideally browser game development experience.
• Ability to also work on web server development - particularly Node.js, Express, Redis, JS ORMs, Postgres.
• Strong proficiency in browser based technology (Javascript, WebGL, WebGPU).
• Ability to benchmark and use profiling tools to measure performance.
• Comfortable working in CI/CD environments.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and systems skills.
• Excellent communication and listening skills, as well as empathy towards creators and players.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, remote environment amongst a world-class team with high operational standards.
• Deep understanding of the following technologies is a bonus:
• ThreeJS
• Rails
• React

• Set a high standard for our engineering organization to be ready for various levels of scale. Bring forward knowledge of engineering best practices and mentor our engineering organization as it grows.
• Oversee application infrastructure and devops, ensuring application deployment systems are operational, managing hosted infrastructure, and minimizing application downtimes.
• This role will be a mix of being hands on in the codebase directly, and helping set technical strategy and supporting other developers.
• Advise and manage implementations for new infrastructure where needed, lead automated testing, resolve scalability issues, and help put in place an incident response protocol.
• Help set technical strategy and technical roadmap. Stay up to date with the structure of each codebase in the application and provide advice, guidance, and implementation.
• Assist with hiring and recruitment, including technical interviews and job specs, and advising on technical organization structure and planning.
• Problem solve and assist with feature development and bug fixing. Help development team(s) meet ambitious deadlines when possible or required.
• Assist with strategic meetings and sessions, particularly when raising our Series A round.
• Ensuring that all UGC experiences are performant and run at consistent FPS, even on the most challenging of devices and browsers.