[Hiring] Director of Engineering, Creative Automation @Wolf Games

Role Description

Wolf Games is looking for a Director of Engineering, Creative Automation — a hands-on, people-centered technical leader who can guide a growing team through the next stage of scale. You'll lead a talented group of 10 engineers across gameplay, full-stack, and infrastructure, helping them build the systems that power daily live games and dynamic storytelling experiences.

You'll be responsible for the technical architecture, reliability, and performance of our Javascript-based web games and the hybrid Google Cloud + AWS infrastructure that supports them. This role requires both technical mastery and human leadership — the ability to mentor, align, and inspire engineers while driving operational excellence and continuous improvement.

• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering a culture of mentorship, clarity, and ownership.
• Architect and evolve the infrastructure, systems and codebase that powers Wolf's live, episodic games.
• Define and implement best practices for web-based game architecture, build pipelines, and deployment standards.
• Drive the development of internal automation tools and systems that accelerate content creation and game delivery.
• Oversee hybrid cloud operations (Google Cloud + AWS), ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.
• Champion observability, automated testing, and CI/CD systems to support daily content delivery.
• Partner with AI and content systems teams to connect creative workflows with automation pipelines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture, ideally in games, creative technology, or live media.
• Expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, and React/Next.js.
• Strong background in cloud-native architecture (GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability).
• Proven experience building and maintaining scalable delivery or automation systems.
• Track record of leading small, high-impact teams through technical growth and change.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted tools and workflow automation.
• Deep respect for engineering craft — thoughtful design, testing discipline, and reliable systems.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills; you build trust and clarity across disciplines.

Benefits

• Creative technology studio with the heart of a startup and the soul of a game company.
• Fast-paced environment with constant experimentation.
• Tools that empower storytellers and players alike.
• Small, ambitious team that values technical excellence, curiosity, and collaboration.
• Engineering as the foundation of storytelling.
• Design systems that make imagination scalable, safe, and beautifully built.
• Belief that small wins lead to big worlds — AI and play as two sides of the same creative coin.