Director of Engineering, Product Foundations

Duties and Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the core VRChat platform, partnering closely with product, design and engineering leaders across the company to ensure we are supporting their ongoing needs.
• Directly manage, support and inspire a team of approximately 15 engineers across multiple disciplines including release management, security, DevOps, API and client.
• Foster a positive and high functioning team with solid technical practices that delivers timely and quality software.
• Create the short and long term strategy for this space, and align it with higher level vision and strategy across the company.
• Run a smooth and collaborative planning process to generate plans that reflect strategic goals, user insights and past learnings.
• Make critical tradeoffs to ensure the long-term health and development of our platform.
• Represent progress at periodic reviews and seek leadership support in a timely manner to unblock execution.
• Partner with production to manage execution and work collaboratively to resolve issues to deliver against goals and objectives. 
• Stay current on industry trends and best practices in the technology behind gaming, UGC and social platforms to inform strategic decisions.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including internal teams, creators, partners, and the broader VRChat community.
• Support the VP Engineering in critical strategy, organization and execution areas.

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering management in a high-growth consumer or b2b tech company and solid technical background.
• Experience in technical product management with a healthy obsession to discover and fulfill the needs of internal partners and our users.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills which are particularly important in our fully remote environment.
• Technical experience with release engineering, security, DevOps, API and 3D gaming development a plus.
• Past expertise in virtual economies, e-commerce, gaming, UGC and/or social platforms is a plus, though not required.
• University degree or equivalent work experience with technical background
• Experience defining metrics and making product and strategic decisions based on measurable impact.
• Intellectually curious about new technologies and societal changes, and understands how to apply innovations and trends to product opportunities.
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Benefits

• Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company
• Health Benefits
• 401K for US & RRSP for Canadian Employees
• Stock Options
• Generous paid holiday schedule
• Unlimited/Flexible vacation time
• Paid parental leave benefits