# Senior Engineering Manager, Game Experience

Hiring organization: [Zwift](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/zwift)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/e1268ddb-955c-4265-9427-6e52660aa5c9

Listed on Zwift's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Management
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 149500 – 238500 USD per year

## Summary

Lead a team of senior C++ game engineers building core gameplay systems and competitive features for Zwift's cross-platform fitness game, balancing hands-on technical architecture with people management, production operations, and cross-functional collaboration.

_Our summary, not Zwift's wording._

## Skills named

A/B Testing, C++, Kanban, Memory Management, Scrum

## Required

- 4+ years in software engineering management role
- 6+ years hands-on game development experience
- Deep C++ fluency and commercial or custom game engine experience
- Experience managing and coaching engineers in games industry
- Strong understanding of game performance, profiling, and multi-platform architecture
- Experience operating live-service games with production quality standards
- Ability to define technical strategy and navigate cross-team dependencies
- Experience leading game engineering teams with modern agile practices

## Nice to have

- Experience integrating game clients with backend services and mobile platforms
- Console game development and performance optimization experience
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools
- Experience building gameplay systems with external hardware controllers
- Live-game experimentation, A/B testing, and analytics tools experience
- Interest in fitness and cycling/running communities

Apply on Zwift's site: https://zwift.com/careers?gh_jid=8881996002