Technical Director

4 days ago

Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada Answers Recruitment UK Full time

Job Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Director to join our team at Answers Recruitment UK. As a key member of our studio, you will be responsible for setting the technical direction and leading the programming team to deliver high-quality games.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Technical Leadership: Determine the most suitable technology for each project, understanding the engine, middleware, and their constraints.
  2. Project Management: Collaborate with Technical Leads to manage the programming process, identify tasks, and estimate time requirements.
  3. Quality Assurance: Ensure that each game is built with a productive methodology, solid coding practices, and technical briefs, with a focus on long-term quality and future code sharing between projects.
  4. Risk Management: Identify technical risks on projects and develop contingency plans with the team.
  5. Industry Trends: Interface with design and art directors to identify trends in the gaming industry and adapt to implement key features that enhance our games.

Team Management:

  1. Communication: Facilitate communication within and across disciplines.
  2. Leadership: Demonstrate good leadership, charisma, enthusiasm, and a sense of commitment.
  3. Performance Management: Manage the performance of the programming team staff and direct reports.
  4. Objective Setting: Ensure each Lead Programmer defines clear and challenging objectives for their team members.

Knowledge Sharing:

  1. Process Improvement: Propose solutions to improve the development of projects in the studio.
  2. Best Practices: Identify and promote the application of technical best practices within the studio.
  3. Knowledge Sharing: Facilitate and encourage the sharing of technical knowledge and code between projects.

Requirements:

What you should have:

  1. At least 5 years of leadership experience in the games industry.
  2. At least 7 years of programming experience.
  3. Experience with console development is an asset.
  4. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent.
  5. A good knowledge of programming languages and software engineering practices.
  6. Must have shipped at least one game on console (mandatory).
  7. Minimum of 3 years working with Unity and/or Unreal Engine.
  8. Ideally held a technical developer role previously.
  9. Exceptional management and communication skills.

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