The leading creator of voice AI games

Volley

Senior Engineering Manager

Senior Software Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Hub team, comprising full-stack engineers working on connected TV platforms. The team focuses on building and evolving core surfaces and experiences for Volley’s game and content ecosystem, including onboarding, discovery, user identity, cross-platform navigation, and subscriptions. The role involves close collaboration with product, design, and data teams to prioritize and execute strategy, identify impactful opportunities, and drive user engagement through data-informed experimentation. This is a hybrid role requiring 2-3 days per week on-site in the Bay Area.

<div><div><h3>Role Summary</h3> We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Hub team. You will lead a team of full-stack engineers working across connected TV platforms to deliver best-in-class voice-activated experiences to our users. The Hub team is responsible for building and evolving the core surfaces and experiences that tie together Volley’s growing game and content ecosystem. This includes onboarding experiences, discovery surfaces, user identity, cross-platform navigation, subscriptions and more. You will work closely with partners in product, design, data, and marketing to prioritize and drive our shared strategy. You will identify impactful opportunities, rapidly ship new features, and evolve our user engagement strategy using a data-informed, experiment-driven approach. We’re actively expanding our game titles and platforms and this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in creating innovative, fun applications in voice-activated gaming across connected devices. This job opportunity offers a hybrid work arrangement, and we are specifically seeking candidates who are comfortable with on-site attendance in our Bay Area office 2-3 times per week and are either currently residing in or near the Bay Area or willing to relocate for on-site work. <h3>What You’ll Do at Volley</h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data Analytics to define the roadmap, set priorities, deliver delightful and impactful features.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Build and scale user-facing features that sit at the intersection of game discovery, player engagement, personalization, and cross-platform continuity.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Guide the team through an iterative development process using A/B tests and other experimentation frameworks.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to identify upstream and downstream dependencies, align delivery schedules, and streamline release processes.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Foster a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and product thinking within the team.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Ensure the technical excellence of the team by providing feedback, promoting best practices, and helping remove roadblocks.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented engineers working across the stack.</li> </ul> <h3>We're Excited About You Because You Have</h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced consumer product environments.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">3+ years managing engineering teams, with a proven record of cultivating productivity and team satisfaction.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Deep experience working in growth engineering, focusing on activation, onboarding, retention, engagement, or monetization.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on experience with experimentation frameworks, A/B testing infrastructure, and feature flagging systems.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong cross-functional collaborator, with excellent communication skills and a bias toward action.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Bring product and user empathy to engineering decisions, striving to deliver real value to players. Comfortable with data-informed decision making.</li> </ul> <h3>Bonus Points For</h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with gaming, interactive media, or AI-powered consumer applications.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Prior work on cross-platform products across mobile, smart TVs or voice assistants.</li> </ul> <h3>Our Stack</h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Typescript &amp; Node.js</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">React, React Native, Brightscript</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Kubernetes</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Amplitude, Snowflake, Tableau</li> </ul> <h3>The Hiring Process</h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Stage 1 - Preliminary Phone Screen with Head of Recruiting.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Stage 2 - Hiring Manager Chat with Senior Director of Engineering.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Stage 3 - Technical Phone screen with an Engineering Manager.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Stage 4 - On-site with various partners and teammates.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Stage 5 - Founder Chat with our co-founders (CTO/CEO).</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Stage 6 - Offer</li> </ul> <h3>What’s in it for You</h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Volley, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">We offer 4 weeks of paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;">A full breakdown of our benefits is <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQAjrCBD-Xbx1HxRzCQ4WmHhKwdAaDdX3B4cs-uO1dPpJ273_ePVDzFHZSZxTg-LeuLHJakBu9Jrptp/pub">here</a>!</li> </ul> For Pay Transparency: The base salary range for this position is 207,000 - 284,625 annually, based on a local (San Francisco) hire. The final offer amount may depend on experience, education, skills, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work. <h3>About Us</h3> <a href="https://www.volleythat.com/">Volley</a>&nbsp;is the leading developer of AI-powered games for Amazon Alexa, Roku TVs, and mobile devices. Our games attract millions of users every month. Popular Volley games include&nbsp;Song Quiz,&nbsp;Jeopardy!, and&nbsp;The Price Is Right. We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We’re building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of “AI-powered games.” Volley was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2016. We're headquartered in downtown San Francisco in the historic Phelan Building! We’re a quickly growing team that truly enjoys working together. If you think you would enjoy creating joyful games on top of a rapidly evolving AI technology stack, please get in touch! Volley believes in an inclusive workplace and is committed to building a team from a variety of backgrounds. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive the other benefits and privileges of employment. Underrepresented candidates and candidates from nontraditional backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply!</div></div>

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