Meta - Albany, NY
posted 2 months ago
Oculus Studios is expanding its Central Technology team, focusing on enhancing the capabilities of its First Party Game Studios, which include Armature Studios, Beat Games, BigBox VR, Camouflaj, Downpour Interactive, Sanzaru Games, Twisted Pixel, Supernatural, and Ouru. The Central Technology team plays a crucial role in helping these studios leverage the extensive infrastructure provided by Meta, aiming to reduce overhead and streamline operations across the board. We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager who will support engineers in developing common client-facing solutions that are essential for the studios, such as Game Hosting & Matchmaking, Voice Chat, In-Game Notifications, Persistent Player & Game Data, Reporting, Moderation, Logging & Analytics, and Common Tooling. In this role, you will provide timely and constructive feedback to engineers, helping them grow in their careers while also addressing any personal concerns that may impact their work. You will mediate disputes and collaborate with management and leadership across Oculus Studios to ensure alignment on long-term objectives. Your responsibilities will include defining the roadmap for Meta's infrastructure and New Technology Support for game studios, working on multi-year projects, and identifying common needs across the studios to propose effective solutions. You will also be involved in building and launching features as part of a 1st Party product, learning from these launches to enhance future engagements. As a full-stack developer, you will gain familiarity with various coding languages such as CPP, C#, Python, Hack, JavaScript, and React, and work with multiple game engines including Unity and Unreal. You will also explore third-party game technologies like AWS GameLift and help determine the best hosting environments for different scenarios. Your role will involve onboarding new engineers to Meta's infrastructure and internal tools, ensuring that the unique challenges of game development are understood and addressed. Additionally, you will support game studios during break/fix scenarios and assist them in building, scaling, and optimizing new features for their titles.