Engineering Manager

We are looking for a Board Game Designer with a strong interest in STEM-based learning, hands-on play, and physical game design. This role is ideal for someone who has worked or interned with STEM toy brands (like Smartivity) or has experience designing board games, puzzles, and construction-based learning products.

You will be responsible for creating engaging, age-appropriate board games that combine fun gameplay with clear learning outcomes, taking ideas from concept to playable prototypes and production-ready designs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize and design board games and tabletop games focused on STEM learning
• Develop game mechanics, rules, win conditions, and balancing systems
• Translate STEM concepts (logic, math, engineering, problem-solving) into engaging gameplay
• Design physical components such as boards, cards, tiles, tokens, dice, manuals, and inserts
• Build low- and mid-fidelity physical prototypes using paper, cardboard, MDF, or similar materials
• Conduct playtesting sessions with children and families; iterate based on feedback
• Work closely with product designers, engineers, illustrators, and educators
• Ensure games are age-appropriate, intuitive, safe, and manufacturable
• Prepare rulebooks, gameplay instructions, and product documentation
• Support production with component specs, BOM inputs, and assembly logic

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Game Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, UX, or related field
• 1–4 years of experience in board games, tabletop games, STEM toys, or educational products

(Internship experience at STEM toy brands is highly valued)

• Strong understanding of game mechanics, player psychology, and learning-based design
• Experience with physical prototyping and iterative testing
• Ability to simplify complex ideas into playful, understandable systems
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Passion for learning through play

Tools & Skills (Preferred):

• Prototyping: Paper prototyping, cardboard/MDF models
• Design tools: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Figma
• Familiarity with manufacturing constraints and materials
• Experience writing clear rulebooks and instructions

Good to Have:

• Prior experience with STEM toy companies (e.g., Smartivity-like products)
• Background in engineering toys, puzzles, construction kits, or logic games
• Understanding of child development and age-based learning outcomes
• Exposure to toy safety standards and durability testing

Strong Senior Backend Engineer profiles

Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have 5+ years of hands-on Backend Engineering experience building scalable, production-grade systems

Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have strong backend development experience using one or more frameworks (FastAPI / Django (Python), Spring (Java), Express (Node.js).

Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have deep understanding of relevant libraries, tools, and best practices within the chosen backend framework

Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have strong experience with databases, including SQL and NoSQL, along with efficient data modeling and performance optimization

Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs, services, and backend systems, including system design and clean code practices

Mandatory (Domain) – Experience with financial systems, billing platforms, or fintech applications is highly preferred (fintech background is a strong plus)

Mandatory (Company) – Must have worked in product companies / startups, preferably Series A to Series D

Mandatory (Education) – Candidates from Tier - 1 engineering institutes (IITs, BITS, are highly preferred)

• Developing models and business logic (e. g. transactions, payments, diet plan, search, etc).
• Architecting servers and services that enable new product features.
• Building out newly enabled product features.
• Monitoring system uptime and errors to drive us toward a high-performing and reliable product.
• Take ownership and understand the need for code quality, elegance, and robust infrastructure.
• Worked collaboratively on a software development team.
• Built scalable web applications.

Skills:

• Minimum 4 years of industry or open-source experience.
• Proficient in at least one OO language: Python(preferred)/Golang/Java.
• Writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code.
• Good knowledge of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
• Experience working with AWS components [EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, ECS, Lambda]

Experience: 4+ years

We are looking for a NodeJS / full stack developer responsible for the development and maintenance of scalable backend applications. Your primary focus will be the development of NodeJS applications and their integration with frontend services like React Web App. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem-solving, sophisticated design and the creation of quality products is essential.

• 3+ years of experience in Nodejs
• Having a good understanding & hands-On of AWS services like – IAM, Lambda, DynamoDB, ElasticCache, OpenSearch and AppSync 
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Strong proficiency with JavaScript.
• Knowledge of Node.js + Express and frameworks available for it.
• Experienced with NoSQL DB
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementation of security and data protection

Key Roles/Responsibilities: –

• Develop an understanding of business obstacles, create

• solutions based on advanced analytics and draw implications for

• model development

• Combine, explore and draw insights from data. Often large and

• complex data assets from different parts of the business.

• Design and build explorative, predictive- or prescriptive

• models, utilizing optimization, simulation and machine learning

• techniques

• Prototype and pilot new solutions and be a part of the aim

• of ‘productifying’ those valuable solutions that can have impact at a

• global scale

• Guides and coaches other chapter colleagues to help solve

• data/technical problems at an operational level, and in

• methodologies to help improve development processes

• Identifies and interprets trends and patterns in complex data sets to

• enable the business to take data-driven decisions

• Provide Thought Leadership to Develop Global Marketing strategies to support and sustain the company’s business growth.
• Develop and implement a strategic marketing plan.
• Create and manage marketing budgets and monitor costs.
• Develop and implement Brand Strategies to build company brand equity
• Be custodian for the organization's Brand Guidelines & Brand management across all its verticals & geographies.
• Closely work with the leadership team to create growth strategies, new product/ service development, and brand extensions.
• Build and inspire creative teams together and vendors as required that guarantees a holistic marketing capability to support the growth of the business
• Manage and optimize the websites within the group and use digital marketing methods to increase traffic and the online demand for our services.
• Lead communication strategy for marketing initiatives and social media campaigns
• Plan, execute, and measure lead generation programs to grow the sales pipeline.
• Work to create marketing materials/collateral (physical and electronic) including, presentations, brochures, graphics
• Manage, optimize, and provide analytics on the company’s presence in social media and other channels.
• Ensure the creation of case study content that demonstrates the benefits of our Services, Products & Training portfolio
• Strategic Brand Management
• Organize and/or ensure participation in relevant technology events, conferences, trade shows, exhibitions that help to demonstrate the company’s technology authority and create a positive image to attract good talent.
• Demonstrate effective communication and Interpersonal Skills.
• Ability to work in Global, Matrix and Team environment
• Organize PR-related activities to showcase the company and its leadership’s industry strengths.
• Undertake competition analysis and tracking with regular updates to Sales & leadership.
• Evaluate results of marketing activities and campaigns to measure ROI and effectiveness on marketing initiatives (Awareness, Demand Generation, PR, Events).
• Digital Marketing skills SEO, SMO, LinkedIn, Google Ads, Twitter, Facebook