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AEG

Technical Director

Wheeling, WV · On-site

Manager of Game Operations & Activation The Wheeling Nailers are expanding their game day broadcast and are looking to hire experienced broadcast technical director for the 2026-2027 home season.

Epic Games

Technical Game Director

Cary, NC · On-site

What You'll Do Epic Games is looking for a Technical Game Director to lead a multi-platform systems design effort using Unreal Engine's capabilities to bring LEGO gameplay to life. The ideal ...

Netflix

Technical Director, Unannounced Cloud Game

We're looking for a versatile and engaged Tech Director to join our Internal Game Development team ... This role requires a balance of technical leadership and hands-on implementation, with the ability ...

Netflix

Technical Director, Unannounced Cloud Game

We're looking for a versatile and engaged Tech Director to join our Internal Game Development team ... This role requires a balance of technical leadership and hands-on implementation, with the ability ...

Netflix

Technical Director, Unannounced Cloud Game

We're looking for a versatile and engaged Tech Director to join our Internal Game Development team ... This role requires a balance of technical leadership and hands-on implementation, with the ability ...

Netflix

Technical Director, Unannounced Cloud Game

OR · On-site +1

We're looking for a versatile and engaged Tech Director to join our Internal Game Development team ... This role requires a balance of technical leadership and hands-on implementation, with the ability ...

Socket.dev

$200 - $250/hr

What You'll Do Epic Games is looking for a Technical Game Director to lead a multi‑platform systems design effort using Unreal Engine's capabilities to bring LEGO gameplay to life. The ideal ...

Virtual Producer

Technical Director - VR

Santa Monica, CA · On-site

$200 - $250/hr

Skydance Interactive, a leading virtual‑reality developer, is seeking a Technical Director for ... Oversee game runtime, tools/infrastructure and team workflow * Coordinate with the Creative ...

AEG

Technical Director- Summer 2027

Lafayette, IN · On-site

Technical Director The Lafayette (IN) Aviators (www.lafayettebaseball.com) are a summer collegiate ... Create Game scripts • Oversees the audio and visual production process. • Responsible for ...

Gearbox Software

Technical Director, SDK

Frisco, TX · On-site

Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for successful game franchises including Brothers in ... Gearbox is looking for an SDK Technical Director to join the Spark teams and steer a group of ...

Gearbox Software LLC

Technical Director, SDK

Frisco, TX · On-site

$125 - $150/hr

Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for successful game franchises including Brothers in ... Gearbox is looking for an SDK Technical Director to join the Spark teams and steer a group of ...

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Technical Director, Gaming

Hired Recruiters

San Francisco, CA • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 14 days ago

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION 

You are a Tech Lead, Technical Director, or Director of Engineering, who not only has led development teams to sustainable success, but also possesses a deep understanding of Unreal Engine 4. As Technical Director, you will lead and grow highly-skilled developers with technical vision and mentoring, delivering a top-notch training platform to hundreds of thousands of players everyday. But, the position is not solely a managerial one. Initially, the applicant is expected to spend a significant portion of their time contributing as a lead C++ developer. As we grow, the developer aspects of the role will give way to leadership and management.The ideal candidate is well versed in understanding the risks, challenges, and trade-offs of the software development lifecycle and can ensure teams self-organize through Jira, within an Agile-Scrum framework.Responsibilities

  • Work with Product to build and maintain the best esports training platform on the market
  • Maintain and improve overall code quality, ensuring that code is cross-platform, reusable, and testable
  • Manage internal and external technology dependencies and risks, and create contingency plans for all critical path technologies
  • Work with the production team to revise and validate engineering estimates and production plans
  • Keep current with technology advances and propose new innovations that may benefit the project
  • Provide mentorship, troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving assistance to members of the Engineering team
  • Foster a culture of open, honest, and respectful communication across all disciplines

Requirements

  • Experience developing in, extending, and modifying Unreal Engine 4
  • 8+ years professional development experience in the games industry
  • Experience bringing multiple game titles to ship and beyond
  • Exceptional management and communication skills
  • Fluency in C++
  • Fantastic debugging skills
  • Solid background in Git or Perforce
  • Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, complexity, and system design
  • Competent running development using Jira/Agile-Scrum
  • Basic game math fundamentals (vectors, matrices, physics, projections, camera space, tangent space, object space)
  • Solid understanding of software design patterns
  • Good working knowledge of source control, including best practices (branching/streams)
  • A practice of code instrumentation, tools, and development KPIs
  • Bachelors in CS, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

Bonus Qualifications

  • Deep understanding of concurrent programming
  • Experience administering CI pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Basic relational database abilities (SQL, Postgres or AWS RDS)
  • Experience with build systems, continuous integration and deployment
  • Console development experience
  • A background working with asset management systems, asset bundles, and in particular downloadable content (DLC)