Rockstar NYC is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join their Data Engineering team to lead the evolution and operation of the data platform supporting Grand Theft Auto Online and the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6, ensuring it scales to deliver an exceptional experience for millions of players worldwide.
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience at an enterprise level organization.
- Minimum of 3 years leading an engineering team of 4 or more people.
- Strong background in building software for data platforms and distributed systems.
- Knowledge of Python and data processing frameworks (Spark, Kafka, Airflow).
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms (Azure preferred).
- Experience working with Real-Time, Near-Real-Time streaming pipelines.
- Experience with Java, C, or C++ programming languages.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering growth, innovation, and engineering excellence.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define the technical vision and strategy for our data platforms, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
- Oversee the design and development of data pipelines, orchestration frameworks, and real-time data streaming services.
- Ensure engineering best practices: code quality, testing, CI/CD, system design, and performance optimization.
- Partner closely with other teams across Rockstar to deliver high-impact data solutions.
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables while scaling the team and evolving its capabilities.
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, focusing on understanding their needs and translating complex data engineering concepts into clear, actionable objectives.
Other
- A strong sense of ownership, with a proactive nature, and a drive to accomplish objectives and drive a team to success.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain good relations and communicate with people at all seniority levels.
- Establishing relationships with team members to foster growth.
- Work with production and product management teams to define schedules and product roadmaps.
- Proven ability to reconcile technical and business perspectives.
