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Team Leadership:
- Manage, mentor, and grow a team of game engineers through 1:1s, feedback, and career support.
- Own planning, code review standards, and bug triage processes.
- Foster a high-trust engineering culture at a small-studio scale.
Hands-on Development:
- Review pull requests and unblock engineers on hard technical problems.
- Debug cross-system issues around multiplayer sync, performance, and stability.
- Prototype gameplay systems when the team needs extra support.
Cross-functional Collaboration:
- Partner with design, art, and production to scope features aligned with creative vision.
- Collaborate with the Technical Director on technical roadmaps.
- Communicate engineering status and risks to studio leadership.
Gardens Interactive
Gardens Interactive is a fully distributed game studio building multiplayer fantasy adventures centered on connection and emergent stories. Founded by creators behind titles like Journey and Baldur's Gate 3, they foster a collaborative, high-trust culture with a lean team focused on curiosity and mutual support.