We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager (~12 years experience) to lead our Gaming Unit engineering team.

This is a hybrid leadership and technical role requiring solid backend platform expertise, distributed systems knowledge, delivery ownership, stakeholder engagementincluding international clientsand architectural collaboration.

The ideal candidate understands gaming architectures, high-concurrency systems, real-time scoring workflows, and performance-sensitive APIs.

What You Will Own

Engineering Leadership
Lead and manage backend engineers across the Gaming Unit
Drive hiring, mentoring, and performance management
Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and technical depth
Develop solid second-line leaders within the team

Delivery Execution
Own end-to-end delivery of fantasy, predictors, quiz, and other gaming platform initiatives
Ensure sprint predictability and release discipline
Engage with international clients and stakeholders on delivery commitments and technical trade-offs




Maintain operational stability during high-traffic tournaments and peak events

Technical Depth Architecture Support
Design and review scalable gaming platform architectures
Collaborate with the Technical Architect on system evolution
Drive implementation of real-time or near real-time scoring systems
Design and optimize scalable leaderboard systems
Ensure high-performance APIs for gameplay, leaderboards, and contests
Guide decisions around scalability, performance optimization, resilience, and cost efficiency

Platform System Evolution
Strengthen multi-tenant architecture and shared services
Improve performance benchmarking and load testing practices
Optimize database, caching, and event-driven components
Drive reusability across gaming variants

SDLC Operational Excellence
Drive structured SDLC practices and engineering standards
Improve observability and production monitoring
Reduce production incidents during live game c

📌 Senior Manager Goregaon
🏢 Sportz Interactive
📍 Goregaon