VNGGames

Overview of job

The Technical Manager will lead a cross-functional development team to deliver and scale our game portal’s core features, community functionalities, and content integrations. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and a proven ability to manage agile teams in a fast-paced startup environment. The manager will drive the implementation of social, loyalty, and game integration features while ensuring alignment with short-term growth and long-term retention goals. 

Key Responsibilities: 

1. Team Leadership and Management: 
 

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of developers (backend, frontend, game developers) to deliver high-quality features on time.
• Foster a collaborative, Agile culture with clear sprint goals and regular retrospectives to improve team performance.
• Allocate resources effectively to balance quick wins (e.g., loyalty system release) with long-term feature development (e.g., community features).
• Conduct performance reviews, provide feedback, and support career development for team members. 

2. Technical Oversight: 

+ Oversee the architecture, development, and maintenance of the game portal using technologies such as: 

• Backend: Go, TypeScript, RESTful APIs, Kafka (queued messaging), Redis (caching), MySQL (database). 
• Frontend: React Native for app clients. 
• Game Development: Cocos Creator for self-developed games. 
• Integration: OAuth 2.0 for external platforms and mini-game integrations. 
• Deployment: Kubernetes for scalable infrastructure. 
• Analytics: ThinkingData for data collection, insights, and operational reporting. 
• AI: Generative AI for game development support and LLMs for portal chatbot. 

+ Ensure code quality, scalability, and performance through code reviews, testing, and best practices.+ Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, optimizing for low-latency and high-availability user experiences. 

3. Project Management: 

• Collaborate with the product team and stakeholders to define, prioritize, and maintain the project backlog.
• Manage Agile sprints, ensuring timely delivery of features like community posts, friend systems, loyalty missions, and game SDK integrations.
• Break down complex, interdependent features (e.g., community functionalities) into modular releases to deliver incremental value.
• Track and report progress using KPIs such as sprint velocity, feature delivery timelines, and system performance metrics. 

4. Stakeholder Alignment: 

• Work closely with product managers, marketing, and operations teams to align development with business goals, including user retention, engagement, and revenue. 
• Communicate technical progress, challenges, and timelines to non-technical stakeholders, emphasizing alignment with the business goals.
• Provide data-driven insights from ThinkingData to inform feature prioritization and validate business impact. 

5. Innovation and Optimization: 

• Drive the integration of social features (e.g., sharing, leaderboards) into licensed and self-developed games to enhance user engagement. 
• Leverage generative AI and LLMs to streamline game development and improve chatbot interactions, reducing operational costs. 
• Identify opportunities to optimize infrastructure costs (e.g., Kubernetes, Redis) while maintaining performance.

• Competitive Salary Range
• Exposure to impactful project to the gaming business
• Dynamic, fast-paced and fast growing environment