Engineering Group Manager

Appcharge is the direct-to-consumer platform for mobile games.

We help game studios sell digital goods directly to their players - skipping the 30% store commissions from Apple and Google. That means more revenue for studios, and a closer connection to the players who love their games.

Appcharge powers web stores and in-app payments for over a third of the world’s top-grossing mobile titles. Backed by $89M from leading investors and publishers like Supercell and Playrix, we’ve grown 14x in the past year and now process over half a billion dollars annually.

We’re growing fast, building with intention, and helping the biggest names in gaming take back control of their business.

As a group manager you will work closely with management members and customers and play a key role in driving the company’s growth trajectory. We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to manage and grow a group of professional talents, build R&D methodologies and lead technological challenges to success.

The group is focused on building Appcharge’s webstores platform, monetization capabilities, built-for-scale infrastructure and self-serve capabilities. 

You will play a critical role in scaling Appcharge’s engineering foundations - ensuring our systems are robust, secure, compliant, and cost-efficient, while mentoring and growing managers and ICs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale multiple engineering teams - driving high performance, collaboration, and alignment with company strategy
• Translate business and product strategy into technical direction - defining cross-team roadmaps and execution plans in close partnership with Product, Design, and Operations
• Drive engineering and operational excellence - establish best practices for architecture, scalability, reliability, code quality, testing, CI/CD, and incident response
• Develop strong engineering leadership and culture - mentor engineering managers, foster innovation, accountability, and continuous learning, and recruit and retain top talent
• Own delivery and execution outcomes - ensure timely, high-quality project delivery while balancing short-term goals with long-term scalability and platform evolution
• Promote data-driven decision making and strategic alignment - define and track engineering metrics, and partner with executive leadership to align capacity with business priorities

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, including large-scale cloud-based architectures, microservices, and DevOps automation (AWS or GCP)
• 5+ years managing multiple engineering teams in a SaaS or cloud-native environment
• Proven ability to define and deliver multi-quarter technical roadmaps, translating business strategy into measurable engineering outcomes (e.g., improved delivery velocity, reduced incident rate)
• Hands-on technical leadership - active participation in architecture reviews, system design discussions, and code quality oversight
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS) and networking fundamentals (VPC, ALB, DNS), including experience improving system reliability and performance KPIs
• Demonstrated success implementing Agile / Lean frameworks, managing cross-functional squads or tribes, and achieving measurable productivity gains
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience aligning engineering, product, design, and business stakeholders around shared OKRs
•  Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, balancing innovation with delivery discipline