Linden Lab · 1 day ago
Manager, Engineering - Mobile
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $223K/yr
10+ years expLinden Lab develops platforms that empower people to create, connect, and thrive through transformative virtual experiences. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow a high-performing mobile engineering team while guiding the evolution of Second Life’s mobile experience through hands-on technical leadership and strong people management.
MobileMobile AppsPC GamesVirtual RealityVirtual World
Responsibilities
Deliver high-quality mobile experiences by owning app quality, performance, and developer velocity
Guide technical direction through sound judgment, early risk identification, and thoughtful tradeoffs between scope, quality, and delivery
Develop engineers through regular feedback, career support, and hiring to build a strong, balanced team
Partner closely with Product, Design, Backend, QA, and Infrastructure to drive cohesive execution
Contribute to mobile engineering standards and best practices across teams
Lead and grow the mobile engineering team, including both internal engineers and external contractors, with a focus on technical excellence, clarity, and accountability
Act as a hands-on technical leader: reviewing designs, leading architectural discussions, making specific recommendations, and staying close to the code
Evaluate the current mobile architecture (Unity client, React-based UI layer, proxy services connecting to existing Second Life backend services) and recommend improvements that balance performance, scalability, and development velocity
Partner deeply with UX and Product to translate product vision into executable technical plans, milestones, and tradeoffs
Partner with Product to own delivery of the mobile app: planning, execution, quality, release readiness, and post-launch learning
Play a key role in growing and shaping the mobile engineering team
Collaborate closely with Marketing to build out acquisition, engagement, and experimentation pathways
Key deliverables include but are not limited to, roadmaps, gantt charts, decision support materials, executive presentations, weekly status reports, vendor relationships, employee development materials. Additionally: App store crash rates, overall ratings, performance, memory usage, operational costs, DAU, MAU, Retention, Concurrency, Monetization
Qualification
Required
7–10+ years of professional software engineering experience with prior senior IC background, plus 3+ years leading or managing engineers with responsibility for delivery and people development; demonstrated success coaching, mentoring, performance managing, hiring (including sourcing from personal and professional networks), interviewing, onboarding, and developing engineers through regular feedback and goal setting
Strong hands-on technical background with the ability to design, write, review, and ship production-quality code; proven ability to lead technical discussions, evaluate tradeoffs, guide sound engineering decisions, and plan, prioritize, and deliver work in collaboration with Product and Design partners
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate priorities, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership
Proven experience launching and operating multiple production mobile applications, with required cross-platform development experience using Unity and C#
Strong experience with modern web frameworks (React, Vue), real-time or complex rendering pipelines, analytics and engagement tools (Amplitude, OneSignal), and deploying and operating applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Preferred
Familiarity with virtual worlds or large-scale interactive environments strongly preferred
Experience contributing to or shaping the strategic direction of AI initiatives aligned with business objectives, paired with demonstrated curiosity and hands-on experimentation with emerging AI capabilities to solve complex problems and enable new user experiences
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k) plans
Company
Linden Lab
Linden Lab creates platforms that allow people to create, share, and monetize their own virtual experiences. It is a sub-organization of Second Life.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$19MKey Investors
Globespan Capital Partners
2006-03-01Series B· $11M
2004-10-28Series A· $8M
Leadership Team
Ebbe Altberg
CEO
Philip Rosedale
Founder and CTO
Recent News
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