What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Manager (AI Native) position at Immutable?
About Us 🚀
Immutable is the world’s fastest-growing game platform, built to power the next generation of games. We aim to drive the next evolution of gaming, combining performance, digital ownership and cutting-edge technology to help games grow and succeed. At the intersection of AI-driven analytics, high-performance growth tools, and seamless digital ownership, our technology helps studios attract, engage, and scale player communities across both Web2 and Web3.
Founded in 2018, Immutable is one of Australia’s fastest companies to reach unicorn status, raising more than AUD $400M with a valuation of AUD $3.5B. Today, more than 700 games are building on Immutable, and industry leaders like Ubisoft have chosen us as their partner for the future of gaming.
Over 6 million players use Immutable Passport, our unified identity enabling frictionless cross-game experiences, and our Immutable Audience platform has become the fastest-growing SaaS product line in our history. We're scaling rapidly, backed by a global team of creators, engineers, and gamers united by one mission: to build the most valuable growth layer in gaming and redefine how games launch, scale, and succeed. 🚀
About The Role 🤔:
As Engineering Manager for Immutable Play, you'll be a technical leader who thrives in a fast-paced, agentic environment where AI tools are the default, not the exception.
This is a high-impact, product-focused role leading streams responsible for play.immutable.com, the primary gateway for players to discover games. You'll lead cross-functional streams (Engineers, Product Manager, Data Scientist, Product Designer), with a mandate to drive player onboarding, engagement, and retention at scale.
Each stream is a focused feature line with 2–3 engineers, supported by PM, Design, and Data. You'll have full access to all AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and more, to drive technical direction and rapid prototyping. This role is hybrid in our Sydney HQ (3 days/week). We offer national and international relocation support and visa sponsorship.
\n- Lead and Ship: Own the end-to-end player journey. Guide your teams to experiment and ship high-impact features quickly.
- Drive Delivery Excellence: Set and enforce best practices for delivery velocity and execution quality.
- Build High-Performance Culture: Foster autonomy, accountability, and fast iteration across your squads.
- Shape Technical Strategy: Define the platform's technical direction including smart matchmaking and player acquisition systems — in close partnership with Product, Design, and Data.
- Grow Your Team: Coach engineers with consistent feedback, mentorship, and clear career development paths.
Leadership & Team Development
- 2 years leading high-performing engineering teams, with a genuine commitment to coaching and performance development
- Experience leading zero-to-one product development in a founding or early-stage environment
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to bring clarity to ambiguous, fast-moving situations
Technical Expertise
- Strong full-stack engineering background with hands-on experience in system design, scaling, and delivery
- Proficient in React, TypeScript, Go, and comfortable leading teams using this stack
- Experience building consumer-facing products: player engagement, intelligent marketing, automated workflows, or scalable AI-powered features
AI-Native Engineering (must-have)
This is not a box-tick. We're looking for an EM who has been actively embedding AI-first ways of working into their engineering practice, not just using AI tools personally, but changing how their team builds.
What that looks like in practice:
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Daily use of Claude, Cursor, and/or Copilot for coding, prototyping, architecture thinking, and technical review with clear, specific examples of impact
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Team-level AI adoption: has introduced AI tooling standards, prompting practices, or LLM-assisted workflows into sprint cycles over the past 6–12 months
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Hiring and evaluation: screens for AI aptitude in engineering candidates; has updated interview criteria or technical assessments to reflect AI-native expectations
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Proactive LLM usage: can articulate concretely where AI has meaningfully improved velocity, quality, or product outcomes on their team, not surface-level
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AI product thinking: understands how to design and ship AI-powered product features, not just use AI to write code
Product Mindset
- Builder mentality with a track record of shipping high-quality, customer-centric consumer products
- Ideally from a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment
- Genuine interest in gaming or experience within the gaming ecosystem
- Familiarity with Web3 concepts, technologies, and applications
We are proud of the benefits that we offer for all of our employees globally.
Here is a snapshot 😊
Attracting the best global talent
💸 We commit to paying globally competitive base salaries and contributions to a long-term fund
📊 Sharing our products' success through Employee Stock Options ESOP
🌟 Our flexible working model blends the best of both worlds: Sydney-based employees enjoy hybrid 3 days a week in our vibrant head office, while remote team members can work from home or utilise access to global office hubs via a WeWork All-Access pass
🥘 Lunch is ordered fresh every day in our friendly office in Sydney CBD
🎉 Quarterly End of Cycle Celebration Awards and Dinner
💻 USD $500 WFH allowance to set up your home office
☎️ USD $600 per annum to put toward your internet and phone usage.
🥳 USD $75 per quarter for remote employees to celebrate with local team members
⛑️ We also support our US Employees with Medical and 401K Insurance
🚘 Our Australian Employees can avail of Novated Leasing, save money by paying for your car using pre & post-tax dollars
Levelling up your growth
🌱 We offer up to USD $1,350 per annum for any classes, courses or events to support your growth and development
📚 Enjoy access to free online courses via Udemy
Helping you thrive
💆🏽♀️ Enjoy USD $800 per year to put toward your health and wellbeing
🤗 Get 24/7 access to unlimited counselling for you and your family when you need it through our EAP Service
🎁 Monthly subsidy and discounted rate with ClassPass, including a 1-year free membership to Breethe
Leave when you need it the most:
👨👧👦 New parents receive 12 weeks of paid leave in our gender-neutral offer. The birthing parent also gets an additional 6 weeks of leave for rest and recovery leading up to and after birth. We also offer Miscarriage Leave and extra leave for IVF treatments
🌟 Enjoy 2 additional paid annual leave days at the end of the year
🎂 Birthday you get a paid day off
Additional Information:
Immutable is committed to building and fostering an inclusive, diverse workplace. We believe in incorporating everyone's perspectives and experiences as this has been a significant driver of our success so far.
We are a 2026 Circle Back Initiative Employer. This means a human reviews every application and we commit to responding to every applicant.
*A note to recruitment agencies: Our internal team has this role covered, so there is no need to reach out - We don't accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Thank you!
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