Video Chat Engineering Manager - Hypermedia Systems Inc.

Hypermedia Systems (HMS) is a technology company based in El Segundo, California. We build and operate large-scale consumer internet products serving the Japanese market, supporting millions of users across web, video, data, infrastructure, and payment systems.

As part of our continued growth, we are evolving our engineering organization toward a modern IC/EM/PM model that separates technical leadership, people leadership, and product leadership into clear areas of ownership.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Video Chat Engineering organization.

About Video Chat (VChat)

VChat is one of HMS's most important products.

The platform includes real-time video communication, backend services, web applications, databases, integrations, QA, release management, and production operations. It serves as a critical business platform and requires close coordination across engineering, product, operations, and business stakeholders.

To support continued growth, HMS is intentionally separating technical leadership from people and execution leadership.

The VChat Principal Engineer owns technical direction and architecture.

The VChat Engineering Manager owns the engineering team's ability to execute.

The Role

This role is for someone who enjoys building high-performing engineering teams.

You will be responsible for the people leadership, team effectiveness, delivery coordination, communication, and operational health of the VChat Engineering organization.

Your job is to create an environment where engineers can do their best work, priorities are clear, risks are visible, and important work consistently gets delivered.

You will work closely with the VChat Principal Engineer, Product Manager, VChat PM, CTO, and other stakeholders to ensure the engineering organization remains healthy, aligned, and effective.

ResponsibilitiesTeam Leadership

● Lead and manage the VChat Engineering team.

● Conduct regular 1:1s, coaching sessions, and performance discussions.

● Support career development, growth planning, and skill development.

● Foster accountability, collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.

● Help engineers understand expectations and responsibilities.

● Build and maintain a healthy engineering culture.

Delivery & Execution

● Own delivery coordination for VChat Engineering initiatives.

● Ensure work is understood, assigned, tracked, and completed.

● Track blockers, risks, dependencies, and delivery health with the VChat PM.

● Help translate priorities into realistic execution plans.

● Escalate risks early and help remove obstacles.

● Ensure work successfully progresses from planning through release and follow-up.

Team Operations

● Maintain the operating rhythm of the engineering organization.