Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager ABOUT US Triumph https://triumpharcade.com makes mobile gaming more thrilling by letting players wager -- and win -- real money, play in mass multiplayer games, and compete in social tournaments. We've built the top app in our App Store category https://apps.apple.com/us/app/triumph-play-for-cash/id1608987929 and sustained exponential month-over-month growth on our revenue and active players. We're hyper-scaling our team and continuing to innovate, launching new products like Rips, our collectibles app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rips-by-triumph/id6751921248, which has found huge success and is continuing to expand. And we're just getting started. Triumph is backed by some of the top consumer VCs including Goodwater Capital, General Catalyst, and DraftKings Drive Fund. THE ROLE As an Engineering Manager at Triumph, you'll lead and grow the team building the systems behind Triumph Arcade and Rips. You'll be accountable for both the people and the product — developing engineers, partnering with product and design on roadmap, and hiring the talent that lets us keep pace with our own growth. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Stay hands-on with the codebase while leading the team - contributing to architecture, pushing code, and managing through the work rather than around it - Grow and develop engineers through direct feedback, high standards, and creating clear paths for career progression - Own hiring for your team: sourcing strategy, interview process design, and closing candidates who raise the bar - Partner with product and design to translate business goals into clear engineering scope, sequencing work to maximize impact and minimize rework - Drive technical architecture and system design decisions, balancing long-term scalability with the pragmatism of a fast-moving product environment - Lead project execution end-to-end: breaking down ambiguous problems, managing dependencies, and keeping delivery on track without micromanaging - Leverage AI tools actively - both in your own work and in setting the standard for how your team uses them to move faster and write better software QUALIFICATIONS - 3+ years of engineering management experience, with direct people management and hiring accountability - Strong technical foundation — you've built backend, mobile, or full-stack systems and can engage substantively with architectural decisions - Track record of developing engineers: promotions, lateral growth, performance management when needed - Experience in fast-moving consumer product environments where roadmap changes are a feature, not a bug - Bonus: experience in gaming, real-money products, or marketplace/trading platforms where trust and reliability are central to the product WHY TRIUMPH? - High growth. Build a high-scale consumer platform that touches gaming, finance, and social with the autonomy to set our web direction. - High agency. Small, high-impact engineering team that is growing rapidly with significant opportunity for leadership and growth. - High energy. Passionate team who are proud of our work and velocity (16x year over year growth). - Competitive salary and benefits. $400/mo lunch credit, healthcare, vision, dental, 401k, etc. Our team gathers 5 days a week at Triumph’s headquarters at Levi’s Plaza in San Francisco.