Development Manager

GeoGuessrs mission is to explore and learn about the world! We take the players on a global adventure, combining geography and trivia in a fun, engaging way. Since 2013, we've transformed the world into a playground for the curious. In recent years, we've built a talented team of 85 people, crafting new ways for our players to explore the world. GeoGuessr has a passionate global community and is played worldwide.

The Role
As a Dev Manager your primary responsibility is to ensure that our developers are happy, motivated, engaged, and achieving our shared goals. You will oversee and empower our talented developers to ensure that they are well equipped to contribute to technical excellence and participate in the collaborative nature of game development. You'll work closely with a variety of stakeholders including developers, product managers, and designers to help your team members to deliver innovative gaming experiences.

This is a 12-month fixed-term position, with the possibility of extension.

What You'll Do (in short):

• Mentor and coach developers to foster their professional growth, enhance engagement and align your team with company goals.
• Conduct regular feedback sessions, set individual development plans, manage salaries and handle staff related challenges to maintain a high performing team
• Oversee team dynamics, address challenges, celebrate successes, to be able to drive strategic and operational improvements.
• Ensure teams have the right skills and talent by actively recruiting top candidates as well as aligning current resources.
• Drive technical OKRs by managing projects and collaborate with tech leads and other stakeholders to enhance platforms and roadmaps.

This is the perfect role for you if you’re passionate about helping people excel, driving innovation, and contributing to a constantly evolving company!

What We Hope You’ll Bring:

• Experience in leading and managing developers (10+ people) with a focus on motivation, engagement, and growth.
• Experience in recruiting and staffing technical talent, including creating job ads, sourcing candidates, and managing interview processes.
• Experience in people management such as conducting feedback sessions, salary reviews, and conducting personal development plans, ensuring team members feel supported and valued.
• Familiarity with modern development practices, tools, and methodologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Wait, there's more!

We're offering a package of perks to keep you charged up and ready to create wonders:

• Daily breakfast and lunch at the office.
• 6 weeks of vacation + 3 extra days off for a well-deserved break.
• Pension and insurance as per industry standards.
• 50,000 SEK education benefit.
• 5,000 SEK wellness allowance.
• Vibrant and engaging office environment promoting work-life balance.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development within a supportive team culture.

This role is based at our unique office in Stockholm, located at Katarinavägen 17, in the glass house by Slussen.

Keywords: software development manager, engineering manager, team Development manager, people manager, staff engineering manager